![]() The disgusting witchly potion concocted to turn all of Britain’s children into mice, plus blood-splashed scenes of the unnamed young hero getting his tail chopped off and the Grand High Witch-herself transformed into a (fantastically feral-looking) mouse and smashed to smithereens-are showstoppers too. Generous use of wordless panels and close-up, exaggerated reaction shots lends both speedy pacing and cinematic flair to this version-though so deliciously terrifying is the Grand High Witch once she takes off her disguise that viewers may be compelled to linger over every hideous detail. Even being transformed into a mouse doesn’t keep an 8-year-old orphan boy from turning the tables on a convention of child-hating witches in this graphic makeover of the classic novel from 1983. ![]()
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