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1990: Creepy disfigured looking monster 2020: Bald Shark Woman

Perfect example of how technological advancements doesn’t guarantee a better product.

Reasons why the original is better: 1. No CGI 2. Scarier 3. Mr Bean was in it

The girl trapped in the painting was so scary! It still gives me goosebumps :(

The eerieness of the original is unbeatable. That painting story is so scary. In the new one the girl turning into a chicken was just an excuse to use CGI lol

This is why I love old movies. Practical effects are waay better and more convincing than cgi. Looks more realistic.

The original is way better because I was actually scared! Anjelica Huston played Morticia Addams too! She’s incredible!

1990 The Witches, can't be beat, a classic and the visual effects are timeless

The reason the witches from the other version were so scary is because when they take of their disguise they didn't have smooth skin and poorly made CGI, they had weird contact lenses, crooked and broken teeth, ugly scars, big hairs coming out of places they shouldn't, etc. All made practically, making it look super real. The way they do close ups of the witches give you this claustrophobic feeling, making you uncomfortable too. Also, the witches don't have this over the top voice, they sound creepy but realistic

I love Anne Hathaway, but no one can beat this role of Anjelica Huston.

You can't beat how gnarly and unsettling the mouse transformation was in the original... Holy Molly Also I hate that they removed the witch that becomes good, and instead finished the movie with a weird cult of children trained to gen*cide all witches. Like I know witches are awful but there's something really uncomfortable about encouraging kids to actively seek and kill a group of people.

The original was one of my favourites as a kid, the book too. It absolutely terrified me but I still loved it because of the adorable child characters. It’s nice to see it remade for a new generation but I think parents should show the older one too because it still holds up and the effects are so cool.

The original witches looked so scary, I don't know why they didn't make an effort on them in this remake.

Something interesting is that the 1990s version offered much more realism. Like the mouse dragging the bottle with his tail instead of standing up and holding it in his hands like a human would. In an insane story with witches and kids turning into animals, those moments grounded in reality are so important. It's the difference between being afraid of a scene or laughing at it.

1990: looking like a real horror film complete with practical effects and crafted prosthetics 2020: looking like a creepypasta

the witches in 1990 is a horror film and the 2020 version is a comedy film __________________________________ CHANGE MY MIND

Let’s think about the core message of the film for a second, and that is that children should *never* trust strangers, since not everyone is as nice as they seem. The witches represent child predators, since they appear to be beautiful at first glance but when they’re alone, their true horrific, ugly nature is revealed through the removal of their wigs, shoes etc. All things that are designed to make them blend in with non-predators/witches. Now that we’ve established this, when handling such a dark subject matter and spreading it to children, it makes sense for the movie to realistically be disturbing and creepy, so children will remember the core message of it and be extra wary around strangers. The 1990 version does an obvious better job at doing this. The story about the girl trapped in the painting, the grand high witch looking like a disfigured, horrifying monster, the beginning scene of the witch trying to lure Luke down from his treehouse etc. All terrified me when I was little. The movie was still watchable however from a few comedic aspects, but it still left me thinking about it for days after I’d seen it. As for the reboot? The use of CGI which looks quite frankly goofy takes away from the creepy factor of the original, the grand high witch looks more like a real person who has disfigured hands than a revolting monster, and the focus being more on the comedy and a CGI mice chase for the climax take away from the actual message that’s supposed to be told here. In the original, Luke had the help of his grandma - an adult - to defeat the grand high witch and used his brains to defeat her. This is more realistic to what would happen in real life compared to the reboot, since the the reboot, he gets into an “epic” chase with the grand high witch which results in her getting killed by a cat. No child is able to physically have an advantage over an adult in real life, so it made more sense for Luke’s grandma to have more of a role in the grand high witch’s downfall, since it was previously shown how helpless he was without her. Luke isn’t a hero, he’s just supposed to represent a normal kid, which the reboot doesn’t understand. The point is: if you want someone to get the true message of this movie. Watch the original.

1990s Witches made you feel there may be magic things going on right now, on your neighbours home. It had a totally palpable veil of eeriness, both scary and exciting for a 9 years old me but also for adults! Real witchy energy, coming from an impecable cinematography, perfect Anjelica Houston, spectacular production design and the special effect and puppetry of Jim Henson. Even attempting a remake was pretentious and doomed from the beginning, and the results speak for themselves.

You can't beat the charm of practical effects

My eyes: ⬆️⬇️⬆️⬇️⬆️⬇️

The old version was scarier than a scary movie. The actress really had that old wise grandma feel who did everything she could to bring her grandson revenge. It was edge of the seat... New one is just effects.

I have a real problem with the mice in the 2020 movie moving like anthropomorphic mice. They look like cartoon characters. The moment they ran like real mice, for a brilliant moment, I believed I was watching vulnerable, frightened children trapped inside the bodies of tiny, far more vulnerable animals. Then, the mice broke frame and moved like people again, and the illusion was ruined.

Angelica Houston played that part so well. The costumes and sfx were way better and scarier that. The new version. When it was first mentioned for a reboot I knew it wasn’t gonna be better

The old one looks scary and convincing ,the new one looks like something a make-up artist did to put on her Instagram.

I don't know why I loved the 1990 movie. Guess the prosthetics scared me more than the 2020 CGI

dude i always taught the remake was the only movie until i found this video and i was quite surprise that that both the boys in both movies have diffrent skin color

Thank you for this video , was amazing!!🎉

Angelica Huston is still the more frightening and effective Grand High Witch.

The Witches of 1990 looks and feels more genuine than 2020's!

It’s amazing that the compilations are so different

For the longest time, i though the original film was just a fever dream i had. But then i rediscovered it and was hit with the biggest wave of nostalgia

Practical effects > CGI

I'd like to understand how someone comes up with the idea to remake 30 year-old movie with worse effects and an entire crew of hundreds of people think it's a great idea... And how oscar winning actors agree to participate, even if they're getting a good paycheck.

Both scared me, loved them

The old one is horrifying and it makes feel sick I love it.

Angelica Houston was unforgettable!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

im sorry but the original movie holds a special, nostalgic place in my heart, this movie will never top that.

For me the first one is a perfect example of 'don't touch in a classic'!

I darn love BOTH movies~

Amazing how a movie made 30 years ago can look better than anything made today!!!

the trained mouses in the OV are incredibly impressive, and the switches between them and and puppets are fabulous. Also, Angelica will always be one of my all time favourite actresses. She genuinely scared me when I watched the OV as a kid.

the old one has a lot more heart, the effects seem better in a direct comparison between the effort of CG and Practical, and I just like how much more creepier it seems

Wow, I just started recalling that 1990 film watching this. I remember being creeped out as a kid with that main witch scene at 03:09 and that rat transformation scene near the end 07:40 😱😱

The original in no way needed a remake as the 2020 version proved with ease.

Anne Hathaway acts like she is doing a comic character instead of an evil and cold woman.

After seeing this, this brings back so much nostalgia and I’m gonna go watch the film right now like NOW NOW

Claramente la nuevs version, jamas superara a la anterior, misma que acabo de ver y no ha envejecido tan mal. Que buena comparación...😈👉🏻🎉

Hollywood will never learn, will they?

Prosthetics is always better Nothing will ever change my mind...

I remember watching them both.

Old is gold 🌟

Hands down for Angelica Houston, she's everything. The 1990 witches are more convincing. So, 1990 is better.

No offense to the actors and actress's in this 2020 version they gave it there best shot but the 1990 version was still way better hands down.

How I miss the old days

Das Orginal bleibt unerreichbar mit einer der verstörendsten Kinderfilme die je gedreht, wurde, und das Make Up war seiner Zeit voraus die grottigen CGI Effekte von 2020 kommen da nicht ran absolutes Meisterwerk.❤

i just think the whole vibe of the first one is so much better and more interesting

Not convinced. After all, the Henson version is a classic for one reason: Brilliant acting instead of CGI. Not to mention the sad tale of the haunted picture ....

This is why like old tv show they just have decorations in 2020 three things done effects,lines, and characters that’s all and the is just so good

Nothing beats a classic

The CGI of the new film looks like it was made 15 years ago

The 1990's one for sure, Anjelica Huston's grand high witch makeup is monstrous looking and it fits the character. Anne looks like Amy from Fright Night.

I’ve seen both of these they r really good

As freaky as Anne Hathaway looks. The OG just screams "Ancient witch" instead of "humanoid monster."

The Grand High Witch's true form in the remake looks more like a cross between a vampire and an alien than like a fantasy witch.

I swear back then I feel like the the remake was a lot more scarier than the original as a kid

In the old one the grand high witch was scarier without her wig etc BUT the new one has these growing longer and longer arms that grow in a breaking motion. That was very scary. Of course as an adult I couldn't tell if the new one or old one was scarier in it's totallity. I do say, the child turning into a chicken was scary. Those sudden bulges growing on her chin and neck bleh! The transformation cgi was fenomenal! Such a fluid transition. What makes the old transformations scary is that litteral prosthetics look more real and disgusting.

The cinematography of the original is just superb

They clearly don't want to traumatise children now... shame 😂

Still love the old movies

That "WHO DAREES TO ARGUE WITH MEE" was smooth

1990 really worked with what they had for effects and that need of practical elements served toward a lot of reality when I was younger that I appreciated. 2020 has the digital effects, but it relies on them in an unflattering way. I wish the grandmother was played as much in the 2020 as she was in '90, the ventilation scenes cut her down a bit and they're not needed. Granny was done beautifully by both actors, but '90 leans on her age as a factor in her behavior that '20 doesn't run into as much like her appearance in the kitchen or her inability to throw herself to the floor to speak to the child. The witches in '90 were forced to be costumed in layers so the few effects they could do would sit on them, 2020 seems to be all in post and it shows. The Head witch's profile in '90 is terrifying, she's a beast and vilely inhuman; '20 shows us a beautiful bald woman with a jaw that opens too far and arms that are unentertainingly strange. '20's jaw is hinted by her disguise, I was put off by her makeup when I first saw her, '90's face is a mask that maintains the needed effect until she chooses to reveal herself. I appreciate the toe removal of '20, but it's at the loss of mice that feel more real, less like Ratatouille. The violence of the transformations for the kids and the witches is lost in the cartoony explosion and lack of practical aspects. I loved the opening scenes, the use of race is an interesting choice that Dahl probably wasn't considering at the time, but the effects use there was able to tell a similarly entertaining tale. Overall, I appreciate that they modernized this piece, but it feels only somewhat needed, the involvement of non-White cast is wonderful, but it is at the loss of beautiful practical effects that deserve our focus more. I would want people to see both, but I wish '20 could have been more impressive on its own.

1990 original is way better, just the whole movie by itself is a masterpiece, new one was just not asked for and just not as good as the original, I mean come on, a child turning into a chicken? A child stuck in a painting, moving by itself, and aging is far better and darker and brings the dark witch vibes, plus the main witch in the 2020 version just looks like a bootleg MoMo.

Honestly in both movies they did an excellent job and I love them both equally I can watch both time and time again

I loved the original “Witches” film when I was growing up. My mother , whom I love very much, I was suspicious was a witch, because she used to wear purple contact lenses when she went out. It was such a change, I remember worrying she was and looked at her feet to see. The active imagination of a child 😅 in the original, even the mice were good for the time. I think the way they portrayed the head witch was amazing and scary. The part with the child in the painting scared me as a kid very much. Then they did a remake and I thought it was terrible. Who wouldn’t notice the scar like joker slits on the cheeks of these women? It was so odd the way they made the witches look in the remake. 😢

When the grandma's friend turned into a Chicken.....I knew something wasn't right.......so I liked the 1990 Witches

Did anyone notice how in the original one, once The Grand High Witch takes of her mask the lights behind her start flickering?

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The picture FREAK ME OUT so much as a kid. Reading it and watching it the idea was so spooky and sad

I am having a hard time sticking to the lower part.

1990 version looks scarier.

the 1990 one chilled my bones the first time i watched it. the 2020 one wasn’t so scary in a since it was more comedic.

Looking back, Roald Dahl was warning children about real life predators.

They should’ve just made a sequel about the boy from the original being a witch hunter in honor of his grandma, that would’ve been better then a remake.

The 2020 movie doesn't have a secretary of grand high witch who would help mice transform back into kids as at the end of the 1990 movie.

The fact that they actually used real mice in somebody's scenes trained mice. If you never owned a mouse or any rodent variant you know how hard it is to train them and the skill it takes. It was beautiful to see a living creature able to do a roll that's awesome even though you probably use different mice to do different scenes but still. With the CG it just feels so like maybe this should have just been animated since they wanted to do special effects everywhere. Maybe they should have just done this animated since practically the whole movie is nothing but CGI.

I stayed at the hotel they used in the original film. It's in Newquay, Cornwall. It's in a great location, on the edge of a cliff looking out to sea.

1990 version has more of a terrifying witch the 2020 version looks like a vampire zombie bald james charles crossover

I love how the visual effects of the mice in the original look much more realistic than the remake... And of course, so do the practical effects on both them and the witches. It's one of the reasons the original was creepier and more unsettling.

Winner is Anjelica because it was very difficult with the make up and everything, she worked hard making that film. And she's very proud of it.

Love em both

No comparison. The 1990 film is far superior and that with far less technology at the special effects team's fingertips.

The original mice have and will always be the cutest mice I've ever witnessed from 1990 to now

I am mad beyond words.

I honestly didn’t know this movie was a remake until I saw this video

I think Anne Hathaway’s portrayal of the character is the long lost daughter of Baraka and Mileena

0:49 the older version is adorable

I've watched both, and love both 🤷‍♂️

Anne Hathaway was a great casting for the High Witch, but her true form is more terrifying in the first film; she seriously looks like a Skeksis.

The 1990 movie was better because the of course the witches look like bland witches the grand high look like a perfect monster style witch the 2020 look like lizards people just with magic no where near witch-like