The Worst Witch

• Director: Robert M. Young
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Children's/Family
• Movie Type: Children's Fantasy
• Themes: Witches, Teachers and Students, Boarding School Life
• Main Cast: Fairuza Balk, Charlotte Rae, Diana Rigg
• Release Year: 1986
• Country: US
• Run Time: 70 minutes
• MPAA Rating: G

Plot

Jill Murphy's children's story The Worst Witch is given satisfactory treatment in this amiable film fantasy. The scene is a school for witches, where the head sorceresses offer a liberal black-arts curriculum. Problems occur when one of the students turns out to be too good for her own good. And, as everybody knows, the best people make the worst witches. Veterans Diana Rigg and Charlotte Rae generously share screen time with such engaging comparative newcomers as Fairuza Balk. The 70-minute Worst Witch is ideal TV fare for the Halloween season. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Fairuza Balk - Mildred Hubble; Sophie Cook - Natalie Sinister; Tim Curry - The Grand Wizard; Sabina Franklyn; Charlotte Rae - Miss Cackle/Agatha; Diana Rigg - Miss Hardbroom; Amy Shindler - Spinner Webb

Credit

Robert M. Young - Director, Hilary Heath - Executive Producer

Similar Movies

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone; The Witches; Matilda; Double, Double, Toil & Trouble; Halloweentown High; Hocus Pocus; Sabrina the Teenage Witch