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THE WITCHES Screening at Schlafly Bottleworks October 4th – ‘Strange Brew’
THE WITCHES screens Wednesday,October 4th at 8pm at Schlafly Bottleworks Restaurant and Bar (7260 Southwest Ave.- at Manchester – Maplewood, MO 63143) as part of Webster University’s Award-Winning Strange Brew Film Series. Admission is $5
Roald Dahl may not have enjoyed the financial success of J K Rowling, but he knew how to spin a good yarn for kids. THE WITCHES (1990) is an excellent blend of Dahl ‘s dark story and British slap-stick humor, the whole thing realized in a seaside hotel that might have been run by Basil Fawlty.
These witches have gathered at the hotel to finalize plans for the extermination of nasty, smelly children (good luck to ’em, I say). Ably led by Angelica Houston – who camps it up so far over the top as Grand High Witch that you almost wish she could win – they are going to put her master-plan into execution, using a particularly powerful magic poison. Our young hero Jasen (Luke Eveshim), staying there with his invalid grandmother, accidentally discovers their plan, and being captured, is turned into a mouse. The whole adventure becomes a race against time to stop them before it’s too late.
Some of the scenes in THE WITCHES are, in effect, child cruelty – are singularly out of step with modern political-correctness and some of the scenes of metamorphosis, especially amongst the witches, are almost the stuff of nightmares. Leave the tots at home. THE WITCHES is a brilliant blend of Fantasy and Horror, this film is a treat you shouldn’t miss and you’ll have a chance to see October 4th at Schlafly Bottleworks Restaurant and Bar (7260 Southwest Ave.- at Manchester – Maplewood, MO 63143)
A Facebook invite for this event can be found HERE
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