For years and years I also (like the reviewer I just read) have had vague, misty memories of this movie -- where all I could remember was a witch, a boy, pancakes, and a big house with pointy gables on it. Oh, and big colorful floating polka dots. Saw it at Valley Oaks Elementary in Houston, Texas between the years of 1975 and 1978....
The strangest things would trip off this memory -- like just now I saw a commercial with big colorful polka dots, and I asked my husband if he remembered it too (no, he died laughing at me). So I did a web search for "witch, pancakes, movie" and oh my gosh I can't believe I found it!
What is really weird to me is that the reviewer before me had the exact same experience as me -- the vague odd memories of pancakes and a witch, elementary school in the 70's, etc. How cool is that?
Imagine the looks on peoples' faces when I tried to describe it to see if they remembered it too. They looked at me like I was on drugs or something, ha ha.
Anyway, I remember thinking the movie was very odd -- it even scared me a little bit (though it wasn't "scary"), but for some reason I loved it.
So, the mystery is solved -- and now I know I'm not crazy! : )
The strangest things would trip off this memory -- like just now I saw a commercial with big colorful polka dots, and I asked my husband if he remembered it too (no, he died laughing at me). So I did a web search for "witch, pancakes, movie" and oh my gosh I can't believe I found it!
What is really weird to me is that the reviewer before me had the exact same experience as me -- the vague odd memories of pancakes and a witch, elementary school in the 70's, etc. How cool is that?
Imagine the looks on peoples' faces when I tried to describe it to see if they remembered it too. They looked at me like I was on drugs or something, ha ha.
Anyway, I remember thinking the movie was very odd -- it even scared me a little bit (though it wasn't "scary"), but for some reason I loved it.
So, the mystery is solved -- and now I know I'm not crazy! : )