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The Witches (1966) was a Horror Film directed by Cyril Frankel and produced by Anthony Nelson Keys.

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Roald Dahl's The Witches

By Rick29 on Oct 19, 2020 From Classic Film & TV Cafe

Anjelica Huston as the Grand High Witch."Real witches dress in ordinary clothes, and look very much like ordinary women. They live in ordinary houses, and they work in ordinary jobs," explains Helga to her eight-year-old grandson Luke. "Witches spend their time plotting to kill children, stalking th... Read full article


THE WITCHES On Blu-ray From Shout Factory

By Dan Day Jr. on Mar 23, 2019 From The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog

Shout Factory's latest Hammer home video release is one of the company's more offbeat productions--the 1966 tale concerning witchcraft in modern England called THE WITCHES. (The American release title was THE DEVIL'S OWN.) The movie starts with a effective pre-credits sequence, showing how Englishw... Read full article


The Witches and the Grinnygog ( 1983 )

By The Metzinger Sisters on Oct 14, 2018 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

Those Brits have a knack for knowing how to spin a good yarn...especially when it comes to mystery, horror, and fantasy tales. Author Dorothy Edwards penned a particularly juicy children's mystery story entitled "The Witches and the Grinnygog" in 1981 which was made into an equally engrossing six-pa... Read full article


Showcase Event Cinema: The Witches of Eastwick (1987) 30th Anniversary Screening

By Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001 From Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog

On Monday I had the privilege of attending an exclusive event hosted by Showcase at their Super Lux location in Chestnut Hill, MA. Showcase Event Cinema is the theater chain's initiative to bring classic movies, documentaries, anime as well as ballet, opera, stage productions and other entertainmen... Read full article


Showcase Event Cinema: The Witches of Eastwick (1987) 30th Anniversary Screening

By Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001 From Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog

On Monday I had the privilege of attending an exclusive event hosted by Showcase at their Super Lux location in Chestnut Hill, MA. Showcase Event Cinema is the theater chain's initiative to bring classic movies, documentaries, anime as well as ballet, opera, stage productions and other entertainmen... Read full article


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Released on a double bill with "Death Is a Woman."
This is Joan Fontaine's last big screen film.
Joan Fontaine reportedly purchased the film rights to Peter Curtis' novel and brought the project to Hammer.
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