By Emily Mitchell/Reported by Wendy Cole

Dark and mysterious, Anjelica Huston is a sorceress. Until now, the actress's magic has been one of sophistication and glamour--but what a change makeup can bring. Build up that patrician face, dab on scary cosmetics, add a few stray hairs and--eeek!--she's the Grand High Witch herself. For The Witches, a new movie based on a Roald Dahl novel, Huston became a deliciously frightful hag who hatches a plot against children with the aid of a nasty potion. Let's see now, is that eye of newt and toe of frog, or is it the other way round?