As far as children's horror's go...whereas, this isn't the scariest...it's one of the most alluring, in a fantasy sense.
It tells the story of a young boy, whose grandmother is a witch hunter. She tells him tall tales of witches...that don't turn out to be so tall after all.
For, when they head off on vacation...they stumble upon a witch's conference...featuring the grand witch and all.
He sneaks in to see what they are up to, only to discover that they are plotting to change all the children of England...into mice! And, he gets caught and changed into a mouse before he can escape.
Now, he and another boy (who was also turned into a mouse) who are on the lam. They must find his grandmother, so that they can foil the witches' dastardly plot...before it's too late! And they plan to do so...by giving the witches some of their own medicine.
This film is light-hearted fun, but I can see it being scary for a very young child.
It is most notable for it's incredible special effects- coming from the late great Jim Henson.
The witches themselves, are disgustingly cool...while the animatronic mice puppets are totally badass.
They shift between using the mice puppets and real mice, making the film even more fun to watch.
I don't remember ever seeing this as a kid...but it's on the same level as something like Labyrinth...just not as epic.
Kind of surprised I never even heard of it until now...because I'm a huge Roeg fan! Hopefully you didn't miss it like I did.
6.5 out of 10.
It tells the story of a young boy, whose grandmother is a witch hunter. She tells him tall tales of witches...that don't turn out to be so tall after all.
For, when they head off on vacation...they stumble upon a witch's conference...featuring the grand witch and all.
He sneaks in to see what they are up to, only to discover that they are plotting to change all the children of England...into mice! And, he gets caught and changed into a mouse before he can escape.
Now, he and another boy (who was also turned into a mouse) who are on the lam. They must find his grandmother, so that they can foil the witches' dastardly plot...before it's too late! And they plan to do so...by giving the witches some of their own medicine.
This film is light-hearted fun, but I can see it being scary for a very young child.
It is most notable for it's incredible special effects- coming from the late great Jim Henson.
The witches themselves, are disgustingly cool...while the animatronic mice puppets are totally badass.
They shift between using the mice puppets and real mice, making the film even more fun to watch.
I don't remember ever seeing this as a kid...but it's on the same level as something like Labyrinth...just not as epic.
Kind of surprised I never even heard of it until now...because I'm a huge Roeg fan! Hopefully you didn't miss it like I did.
6.5 out of 10.