Don Bluth’s The Witches

Based on the 1983 Book by Roald Dahl.

Premise
A young boy and His Distant Grandmother, must band together to defeat the Grand High Witch, and Her group of evil witches and warlocks.

Synopsis
In a small England town, an eight year old named Theo is brought to the home of Patricia, His Grandmother for the night. As Theo waited for His parents to return, His Grandmother tells Him that on their way home, Theo’s parents, were nowhere to be seen, even though their car wasn’t damaged. While Theo tends to Celia, Her white cat, a woman approaches Theo who offers a bar of chocolate. Theo, declines, saying that His dad taught Him never to accept anything from strangers. Persistent, The woman offers catnip. Theo takes Celia and ran to a public park, where children play. The woman gives up and leaves. After returning home, Theo tells His grandmother about what happened. The Grandmother, realizing this, tells Theo about Her experiences dealing with witches and the friends She lost to witches when She was a child. While explaining more, Patricia gets sick as Theo calls for a doctor. The doctor arrives saying Patricia has a sore throat, and orders Patricia to rest at the seaside for a few days. So, Theo and His Grandmother go to the Pinnacle Hotel, a 4-star hotel said to have the most promising food, atmosphere, and the best food in England. Before arriving, Patricia gives Theo two white mice and names them Sophie and Harold. After entering the hotel, Theo and Patricia are shown to their room, with a view of the seaside. Unaware that 13 buses, 12 containing women and three buses containing men arrive at the hotel, including their leader, Mrs. Delkash of Lebanon.

While exploring the hotel Theo meets the son of the hotel Caterer, Bruno Jenkins, judging the taste, detail, and ingredients. Hours later, as Theo tries to get Celia to behave and not to eat his two mice, The hotel Manager, Mr. Stringer tells Him that mice are not allowed in the hotel. Patricia tells the manager that She has photographic evidence of mice in the hotel (not including Theo’s mice) and suggests that if nothing is done, She’ll inform the health department. The manager relents saying that as long as the mice stay in the room, he won’t argue, and asks if he could borrow the cat for a day. Theo agreed. (Since the hotel does allow cats) At breakfast, Patricia notices something off, as She looked at Mrs. Delkash and two others. Meanwhile, Celia goes to the top floor to look for mice, hoping She won’t encounter any. After locating a rat, Celia panics and unknowingly goes into Mrs. Delkash’s suite, hiding.

Exclusive Characters

 * Celia - A gentle Khaomanee Cat with dichromatic eyes.