To think The Witches is a horrible film?

[lottiejenkins]

Its about the only film by Roald Dahl that i cant stand.... I loved Matilda and Danny and Charlie etc but i find the witches a terrifying film my ds (11) loves it...the bit when they turn into rats is horrible!!

My ds isnt up to reading those sort of books yet he's profoundly deaf and his reading age isnt up to this book yet.

I LOVED The Witches when I was little and Roald Dahl was my absolute hero- I always said I wanted to be an author like him, and now I'm a published poet and have a degree in creative writing.

It's a little dark, but it's fun.

I think the reason such books have longevity is that they are adored by children and adults alike. Why shield a child from the actual horrors of life.

I loved The Witches as a child, although my mum admitted in later years that she hated reading it to me and thought it was sinister, with anti-semitic undertones. Oo-er.

Fairy tales are far worse. I had to read Hansel and Gretal to my dd yesterday. Now that's horrible

God, that film scared the shit out of me when I was a kid, as did the book - esp the grand high witch. Great stuff!

I think it's quite scary but my ds1 & 2 would like to disagree! They watched it for the 1st time a couple of weeks ago. They loved it.

Kids are weird

I bought it in complete ignorance (Roald Dahl lover) for dd aged 2 (she loves anything to do with witchy stuff)-put it on to watch with her and even I was scared.

Now if anyone scratches their head in dd's presence she is convinced they are a withc and has to check their eyes for verification.

Absolutely hated it. And DD hated it as well, thank goodness, as I did NOT want to see it again. Not going to show it to DS.

i hate it but in secondary school my english teacher made us watch it 7 yes 7 times

we had to analyse the camera angles etc. it scared me even as a high school pupil