• Director(s)

    Nicolas Roeg

  • Production Year

    1990

  • Genre(s)

    Children, Fantasy

  • Approx. running minutes

    88m

  • Cast

    Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Jason Fisher, Rowan Atkinson, Bill Patterson, Brenda Blethyn

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Film

The Witches

mild scary scenes, mild bad language

An orphaned boy discovers a plot by witches to rid England of all children in this adaptation of the Roald Dahl story. Some scary scenes and mild bad language may be unsuitable for very young children.…

An orphaned boy discovers a plot by witches to rid England of all children in this adaptation of the Roald Dahl story. Some scary scenes and mild bad language may be unsuitable for very young children.

Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

threat and horror

language

sex

injury detail

alcohol and smoking

discrimination

rude humour

  • Director(s)

    Nicolas Roeg

  • Production Year

    1990

  • Genre(s)

    Children, Fantasy

  • Approx. running minutes

    88m

  • Cast

    Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Jason Fisher, Rowan Atkinson, Bill Patterson, Brenda Blethyn

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One or more of the releases in this collection was cut.

Classified Date:
04/05/1990
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Warner Brothers
Cuts:
This content received cuts or alterations as part of the classification process.
threat and horror
Occasional scary scenes include the witches removing their human faces to reveal the grotesque real forms beneath, and sequences in which children are transformed into mice which feature brief imagery of the victims mid-way through transformation where they exhibit both human and rodent features. Scenes of mild threat include a baby being pushed down a hillside towards a cliff, although it is stopped in time and the child is unharmed. In another scene it is implied that a mouse's tail has been cut off.
language
Infrequent mild bad language includes a use of 'bloody'.
mild scary scenes, mild bad language
Classified Date:
21/09/2000
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
violence
A mouse's tail is cut of with a meat cleaver and another mouse is squished by a witch, causing slime to emerge. Witches also disintegrate into ashes.
threat and horror
There are some scary scenes, notably when the witch characters peel off their 'human' faces to reveal their scary witch faces underneath. Younger children may also find a sequence in which a person is transformed into a mouse frightening. Other scenes of mild threat include a baby being pushed down a hillside towards a cliff, although it is stopped in time and the child is unharmed. In another scene it is implied that a mouse's tail has been cut off.
language
There is some mild bad language, including 'bloody'.
sex
There are some mild sexual references, including a man breathing on a woman's neck and a woman spraying perfume through her blouse onto her breasts. There is no nudity.
injury detail
There is limited sight of blood in the aftermath of violence.
alcohol and smoking
Adult characters drink alcohol and smoke cigars.
Classified Date:
13/11/1990
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
threat and horror
Occasional scary scenes include the witches removing their human faces to reveal the grotesque real forms beneath, and sequences in which children are transformed into mice which feature brief imagery of the victims mid-way through transformation where they exhibit both human and rodent features. Scenes of mild threat include a baby being pushed down a hillside towards a cliff, although it is stopped in time and the child is unharmed. In another scene it is implied that a mouse's tail has been cut off.
language
Infrequent mild bad language includes a use of 'bloody'.
mild scary scenes, mild bad language
Classified Date:
06/11/1990
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
threat and horror
Occasional scary scenes include the witches removing their human faces to reveal the grotesque real forms beneath, and sequences in which children are transformed into mice which feature brief imagery of the victims mid-way through transformation where they exhibit both human and rodent features. Scenes of mild threat include a baby being pushed down a hillside towards a cliff, although it is stopped in time and the child is unharmed. In another scene it is implied that a mouse's tail has been cut off.
language
Infrequent mild bad language includes a use of 'bloody'.
Classified Date:
27/09/1990
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified Date:
14/02/1990
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Warner Brothers

  • Classified date

    21/09/2000

  • BBFC reference

    BVF062403

  • Language

    English