The Witches is a 1990 English-language Adventure Comedy film written by Roald Dahl and Allan Scott. The movie is directed by Nicolas Roeg and produced by Mark Shivas. The plot features evil witches who masquerade as ordinary women and follows a boy and his grandmother, who must find a way to foil their plans of turning children into mice. The witches features Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Jasen Fisher, Rowan Atkinson, Bill Paterson, Brenda Blethyn and John Triplett. The screenplay is written by Allan Scott which is inspired from The Witches by Roald Dahl. The music was composed by Stanley Myers. Cinematography was done by Harvey Harrison and editing by Tony Lawson. The film has a running time of 91 minutes. It was released on 1st January 2019 and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released and became successful at box office. The Witches was made on a budget of $11 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $29 million. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by Warner Bros. Pictures. The plot features evil witches who masquerade as ordinary women and follows a boy and his grandmother, who must find a way to foil their plans of turning children into mice.