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The Worst Witch

The Worst Witch (1986)

  • 70% of users liked it
    (6,314 ratings)

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.… More

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Genres
Television, Kids & Family, Science Fiction & Fantasy
In Theaters
Jan 1, 1986 Wide
On DVD
Aug 24, 2004
Prism Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Heather Boerner, Common Sense Media

    Slow-paced magic adventure for the pre-Potter set.

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  • AJ V


    I really wanted to like this movie, but it was just so simplistic that I started to wonder why they had the characters be witches. I suppose it was just because it was a TV movie and they wanted a movie for kids to watch on Halloween that had a good lesson in the end. I think kids… More

  • Marion R


    Fun, plus Tim Curry Sings that's got to be worth something

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