The 1990 movie adaptation featured the glamorous Anjelica Huston transforming into a bald, warty witch. For children of that era, that film from director Nicolas Roeg was a first foray into horror ...

Viewers in those countries will be able to purchase the movie or rent it for 48 hours ... Jim Henson helped produce a British adaptation of "The Witches" in 1990; the film was a critical success ...