Hollywood has forever fed into reductive and tiresome stereotypes of women as either mothers or molls, usually identified by their feelings towards kids. In The Witches, a large cross-section of women didn’t just not want children but they wanted to kill everyone else’s, an unapologetic and bloodthirsty desire for a child-free world. Sure, children are killed, but that hurtling pace and that Stanley Myers score sure make all that killing rather fun, huh? Ultimately any concessions didn’t matter commercially as the film underperformed despite a string of glowing reviews. The Witches is a scary movie for kids who need scaring.

Source: The Guardian August 24, 2020 06:22 UTC