The month of Halloween has begun – and whatever level of horror movies you’re into these days, chances are you were traumatised as a child by Nicolas Roeg’s 1990 adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The Witches. With its horrifying practical effects, a sense of real peril – and the director of Don’t Look Now, no less – it’s a kids-horror classic for a reason. And while those who love the former adaptation might turn their nose up at a new version, there’s plenty of exciting talent on board: legendary filmmaker Robert Zemeckis directing and co-writing, Guillermo del Toro with a co-writer credit, and a cast that includes Anne Hathaway as the Grand High Witch, starring alongside the likes of Octavia Spencer and Stanley Tucci.