17 Movie Villains Who Completely Ruined Your Childhood
3. The Grand High Witch - The Witches
Theres a lot of cautionary tales wedged into the subtext of most of the entries on this list, and The Witches is no exception: with the overall mantra being never to accept seemingly innocent offerings from strangers. Because they could well turn out to be hawk-headed witches in disguise. The Grand High Witch is an ogre, with skin drooping from her hairy chin, a nose like a Hummingbirds beak, and shoulders adorned with what appears to be monstrous scrotums. We might have been taught not to judge a book by its cover, but sometimes even the most well-intentioned moral lessons can fall aside in horror. Again channelling fundamental human fears, the Grand High Witch seeks to wipe the planet clean of children - the very opposite of humanity's singular drive - but it is her iconic, horrifying design that really makes her stand out from the pantheon of family movie villains. She is the kind of monster who claws under your skin and stays there.
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