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The Witches is a 1990 film based on the book by Roald Dahl.

Plot

Witches are a well-connected organization with one goal: the elimination of as many children as possible, ideally all of them; children smell unpleasant to them, which is the only real motive given. Tired of the witches' habit of concocting elaborate schemes resulting in the removal of perhaps one child at a time, the Grand High Witch comes up with a new plan: to infiltrate England's confectionery retailers and giving away chocolate made with a magic potion that will turn the children into mice in exactly two hours.

Unfortunately for her, an old witch expert and her grandson named Luke are staying at the hotel where the congregation of witches at which she makes the announcement takes place (cleverly disguised as a "Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children" convention). By chance, Luke also happens to be hiding in the convention hall at the time, and having received a thorough education about witches from his grandmother he quickly realizes what is going on. The witches unveil their true selves, removing wigs to reveal bald scalps, their gloves to reveal long, sharp claws, and shoes to reveal their toeless feet.

The Grand High Witch turns a fat child named Bruno Jenkins (lured there by the promise of six chocolate bars) into a mouse as a demonstration of the method; and the witches soon sense Luke resulting in another mouse with a human mind.

Luke and Bruno manage to reach Luke's grandmother's room safely, and they turn the witches' potion against them by adding it to the soup reserved for the witches themselves. The hotel staff panics, as the Grand High Witch predicted, and rid England of its witches. But one good witch (who quit) comes to Luke's and his Grandmother's house and restores him back to human form, completed with his glasses, and his two white mice. Luke also reminds her to restore Bruno Jenkins' form.

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