Even The Babies Weren’t Safe
Regardless of whether we treat our bodies like a temple or a trash can, we squirm at the idea of anything painful or disfiguring, so when the Grand High Witch peeled her face off like it was no big deal, we were shook. The lower witches weren’t much prettier with their toeless squared feet and diseased, itchy scalps.
These weren’t your run-of-the-mill witches with cute rhyming spells and cauldrons bubbling over with mysterious green potions. The Grand High Witch sent her minions on a mission to seek and destroy every child in England, and her desperation to eradicate kids was so overwhelming she even tried to push a baby off a cliff. A baby!