To have grown up with ‘90s children’s films is a constant exercise in looking back and asking, “Was that actually too harrowing and/or too emotionally manipulative for kids?” But The Witches (1990) is ...

I was only 10 years old when my first film scarred me for life. Picture the scene: I was scrolling through TV channels in my bedroom and stumbled upon a film I’ve never heard of before that seemed ...