The Witches (2020), directed by Robert Zemeckis, is a dark fantasy comedy film based on Roald Dahl’s classic novel. The story follows a young boy and his grandmother, who are staying in a hotel in Alabama. Unbeknownst to them, the hotel is hosting a gathering of witches led by the Grand High Witch, who despise children and have a plan to turn them all into mice. The witches, disguised as ordinary women, are revealed to be horrifying creatures with distinctive features like claws and bald heads, and they hatch a devious plot to use a magical potion to transform every child in the world into mice.

The film explores themes of fear, transformation, and courage as the boy and his grandmother try to outwit the witches and stop their evil scheme. The boy, turned into a mouse by the witches, uses his wit and resourcefulness to fight back. Though the film received mixed reviews, the performance by Anne Hathaway as the Grand High Witch was widely praised for its eccentricity and intensity.