Early development

Slate is in active development, so things change fast and might occasionally break.

Home Search Discover

A home for everything you watch.

In active development. Things change fast.

Explore

Home
Search
Discover
Trending
Showing

About

Privacy
Terms
TMDB

Support us

Ko-fi

Film and series data from TMDB, where to watch from JustWatch. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

A passion project by Christian Pedersen

Slate

Sign in

We'll email you a code to sign in, or to create your account if you're new.

The Witches (1990) | Slate

The Witches

Backdrop

The Witches

Poster

Rated 7.0 on TMDB

The Witches

Saving the world from witches is a tall order for a boy they've turned into a mouse!

While staying at a hotel in England with his grandmother, Helga, a young boy named Luke inadvertently spies on a convention of witches. The Grand High Witch reveals a plan to turn all children into mice via a magical formula. When they discover the eavesdropper, the witches test the formula on him. Now, with the help of Helga and hotel manager Mr Stringer, Luke the mouse must fight back against the witches.

Released: 1990
Runtime: 1h 31m
Rated: PG
Genres: Fantasy, Family, Horror
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English

Direction and writing

Nicolas RoegDirector

Allan ScottScreenplay

Roald DahlNovel

Callum McDougallSecond Assistant Director

Where to watch

Stream

Rent

Buy

Cast

Jasen FisherLuke Eveshim
Mai ZetterlingHelga Eveshim
Anjelica HustonMiss Eva Ernst

Charlie PotterBruno Jenkins
Rowan AtkinsonMr Stringer
Bill PatersonMr Jenkins
Brenda BlethynMrs Jenkins
Jane HorrocksMiss Irvine

Full cast and crew

Similar

Mostly Ghostly 3: One Night in Doom House
Rated 6.2 on TMDB
Film, 2016
Just one enchanted jewel stands between earth and an army of evil spirits led by the devious ghoul, Phears. With the help of his new girlfriend and ghost pals, Max Doyle races to find the crystal and save the world.
Nightbooks
Rated 6.1 on TMDB
Film, 2021
Alex, a boy obsessed with scary stories, is trapped by a witch in her modern, magical New York City apartment. His original hair-raising tales are the only thing keeping him safe as he desperately tries to find a way out of this twisted place.

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Rated 6.5 on TMDB

In a small American town, a diabolical circus arrives, granting wishes for the townsfolk, but twisted as only the esteemed Mr. Dark can make them. Can two young boys overcome the worst the devil himself can deal out?

The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It

Rated 6.8 on TMDB

Cassie, a 13 year old Gothic girl, is trying to fit in at her new school. To entertain herself, she plays a series of pranks on the popular kids and her younger brother, Max. When she goes to a Halloween store looking for new tricks, she finds a little book called "The Evil Thing"

The Black Cauldron

Rated 6.4 on TMDB

Taran is an assistant pigkeeper with boyish dreams of becoming a great warrior. However, he has to put the daydreaming aside when his charge, an oracular pig named Hen Wen, is kidnapped by an evil lord known as the Horned King. The villain hopes Hen will show him the way to The Black Cauldron, which has the power to create a giant army of unstoppable soldiers.

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

Rated 6.5 on TMDB

The Wind in the Willows: Concise version of Kenneth Grahame's story of the same name. J. Thaddeus Toad, owner of Toad Hall, is prone to fads, such as the newfangled motor car. This desire for the very latest lands him in much trouble with the wrong crowd, and it is up to his friends, Mole, Rat and Badger to save him from himself. - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Retelling of Washington Irving's story set in a tiny New England town. Ichabod Crane, the new schoolmaster, falls for the town beauty, Katrina Van Tassel, and the town Bully Brom Bones decides that he is a little too successful and needs "convincing" that Katrina is not for him.