I was obsessed with this movie as a small child. In fact, for years, I avoided reading Harry Potter because I thought of this as the definitive “witch school” bit of media. Haven’t seen it in ages. Doesn’t so much hold up — particularly Tim Curry’s musical number, which is bad video-effectstastic. (However, the evil twin sister song is actually still fun. Let us not discuss how and Englishwoman’s evil twin sister witch ends up with a Texas accent.)
Still a LOT like Harry Potter, though.
The Worst Witch, part one:
The Worst Witch, part two:
(Sing it with me, y’all: “If you’re filthy/ smelly/ evil wicked and cruel/ you’ll fit right at home / in my little school.”)
The Worst Witch, part three: (tell me this doesn’t look like the flying scene from Harry Potter!)
The Worst Witch, part four: (terror tag! With a ridiculous amount of screaming given that all they are doing is making funny faces)
The Worst Witch, part five:
The Worst Witch, part six: (In which we meet Tim Curry, and he sings!)
The Worst Witch, part seven:
And finally, The Worst Witch, part eight, in which “Hermione” gets hers:
October 31st, 2008 at 3:02 pm
We watched too much of that
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October 31st, 2008 at 3:10 pm
We really did. I was pretty disturbed by how much of it I still had memorized.
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October 31st, 2008 at 4:41 pm
oh my gosh! i loved loved this movie!! i haven’t seen it in forever! and i have to agree on the cheesy music number with the wizard. i need to get this movie! did you ever see “return to oz” the same girl stars in that movie as well.
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November 2nd, 2008 at 1:18 pm
I loved this movie! I saw it on tv a couple of years ago. Must see if I can order the dvd.
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November 3rd, 2008 at 9:39 am
I loved this movie! But then, I’ve long had a crush on Tim Curry. I think he sang because this was the height of his “rock star” portion of his career. Unfortunate.
The book is terribly boring, though. I tried to read it with my daughter last year. Yawn. Nothing like Harry Potter!
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November 3rd, 2008 at 10:26 am
I never understood the Tim Curry fascination (Rocky Horror aside). This was a fun movie–thanks for reminding me of it.
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November 3rd, 2008 at 1:51 pm
I knew Tim curry could sing. I just knew it from a different movie, that’s all.
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November 5th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
Brooke, I could be wrong…but I think it’s his voice.
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