Roald Dahl’s 1983 novel “The Witches” has always been an especially terrifying children’s story. In Zemeckis’ “The Witches,” which is now streaming on HBO Max, the setting shifts from Europe to rural Alabama in 1968, and the cast gets a more inclusive twist. “The South is kind of Gothic and it has a tradition of witchcraft and voodoo and strange things going on. “[We wanted] to bring the witches to life in a way that is new and unique,” notes visual effects supervisor Kevin Baille. “He didn’t want to do the classic witch who had a deformed face and long nose with hairy warts.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 23, 2020 15:28 UTC