The Blair Witch made me lose like half my white friends from the nineties cause they loved to go camping and I was like "Did you watch that damn movie?"
Ann Boylen. I hate the woods full stop . I live on the edge of the New Forest and always walked our dogs with my parents there . Heard screaming coming from the woods there when I was about 6 and it scared the living hell out of me . It's a small town and i have never found out or heard what it was . It sounded like someone being murdered. 😱 . Mind you I'm no girly girl and I love horror films .😂
Blanca Rosales I didn't feel her neither scary or iconic specially because they went the "you rejected me and got druged" angle, she didn't tell evil enough to find her threatening or giving us a reason to care
@ Katelynn Barnes - no, for a person to be in a form of a witch, they would actually have to be a witch. A possessed person is just a possessed person.
THANK GOD. I was gonna say that fae was definitely not a witch. The original reason she got all pissy was because siding with only one of the courts( Seeile and Unseelie - apologizes if autocorrect fucks up the spelling) was a definite no no. Especially if it was inviting them to a royal gathering for the birth of an heir. Seriously, that's like a giant insult
can you guys all fuck off? Maleficent isn't a witch, but at the same time she IS! What separetes a witch from a fairy hãn? they both use magic, they both know how to work with the elements and the nature... and no hehehe... not all witches are "working" for the devil... though the only way to do a evil magic is by doing something with demons... it doesn't mean they like to use it!!! A witch is nothing more than a magic woman who either got engry or had something bad done to them and now they want revenge!!! A fairy is nothing more then the SAME woman but knows that revenge is'nt good, nor had something taken or evil done to them... A fairy can be as good as she is... but don't you ever try to see how she can be if she decides do to bad...
So many witchese you hardly even see through the movie. I would've voted Faruza Balk's character from the Craft for how irrational she can be as a mad teenage witch. Bellatrix LeStrange should have also made it.
I'm sorry but "Manou" WTF, so close and yet they fumble at the 10 yard line. You know the football and the field and the sun on the field he is supposed to be....where did they get that name, is it even a true one, and why not just not use a outer Eternal to bring all power and authority,?
There was a noticeable lack of witches in films where all the characters were magic users, & they stuck to the "Ugly Witch," version for the most part. They skipped Nancy Downs from The Craft. There is nothing like the hellish combination pettiness of High School politics, the rage of the outcast, & the power of life & death to make for a cocktail out of your nightmares. Also left out was Bellatrix Lestrange from the Harry Potter series. One of the Death Eaters she was in Voldomort's inner circle with a resume of atrocities that was up there with the Dark Lord himself.
Oh, come on, guys. The Wicked Witch of the West isn't scary. I mean, maybe back in the 30's, but certainly not now. Iconic, yes. But scary? It's impossible to be scary when half of what you say are legendary movie catchphrases, and when you have one of the most famously silly deaths in film history.
***** OF COURSE NOT!!! She is an excelent actress, her husband is an outstanding director and there is no one better to play Bellatrix Lestrange than Helena Bonham-Carter. The character is scary in its own way and Bellatrix is supposed to be mockery.
My vote: Haggis from the "Pumpkinhead" is Number One. The rest aren't even close in terms of being truly scary. The performance of Florence Schauffer is over-the-top great. No need for gore or blood on the face or special effects. Haggis rings true; feels believable; she is just formidable in her darkness.
Yes, I remember seeing this movie in high school with some friends. The Old Witch sitting on the chair saying HARLEY , Scared me so much , then her standing up scared me even more . To top it off , I had to walk back home by myself in the dark . I didn't sleep that night. Lol
+StarSnowGhost The witch in Paranorman wasnt evil. She was a bullied and murdered child, that doesnt maker her evil. She wasnt good, but she most certainly wasnt evil.
+Jordan “The Guy Who Memes” Rech i know. But scary and evil usually go hand in hand. Which was why i was saying evil. She wasnt really scary to start with, amazing and devastating but scary, not to me at least. Im pretty sure half was through the video i forgot it was about scary witches and not evil ones, my bad!
+jack brearley In the book she is referred to as the Beldam, which is, in other words, a witch. For all intents and purposes we might as well call her a witch and, as others have stated, WAY scarier than anything on this list.
I believe it came out after this video was made but the witches in "The VVitch" by Robert Eggers are absolutely terrifying in a daunting, minimalist way. Please make another video!!
First I call maleficent a witch since she has all powers of hell and gives me witch vibes second there are ppl who call her a witch and calling her a witch makes her look like badass sooo ye she is a witch
Lotharian is right - or almost right. 'Baal' is the same title as 'Beel', and just means 'Lord'. The Baal of the bible is the Canaanite God of the Rains. Baal-Zebub or Beel-Zebub was the 'Lord of the Flies', or the Devil. So they and a few other Gods and demons get mixed up sometimes. Witches could be male, of course, and wizards female...
+Johht134 If you call Helena Bonham Carter ugly, there is gotta be something a bit wrong with you. She might not be your cup of tea, but she definetly isn't ugly.
Recht_voor_zijin_raap we both where thinking the same thing witch Queen should have been 1 I know because I practice witchcraft myself just don't come and kill me
Ikkeeeeeh That was totally uncalled for. I never said I was against that guy with the mustache. If it came out that way sorry, Just found it amusing that I was seeing him everywhere XD. It is fun going around youtube wondering where I will see him next. But there is absolutely no need to use such language.
Seing jabs like that for no reason all over the internet, should people feel worried these days when they comment? Irritates the everliving crap out of me.
+FoxyWhite totally agree. Anyway those three fairies shouldnt have been invited in my opinion. They were not only annoying in the cartoon but in the live action Maleficent as well.
Lelu Shae You can even see her genuine shock at not being wanted there. Her. The most powerful of the faeries in that room at that moment. Someone that could have granted Aurora amazing power if she'd just gotten an invitation.
Except that Maleficent in 1959 was basically like that Karen relative you don't want to see at the next family function, as they spent the rest of the time making everyone miserable.
@UCdTb5uQ3Eea31aYvlwDJ_Hw except, as someone else pointed out - Christenings in Medieval Europe were PUBLIC events, and she really did have a RIGHT to be there. Especially as she even gave them a chance to save face (“I had hoped it was merely some oversight”) and the Queen was dumb enough to provoke her (“You’re not offended, Your Excellency?” Like, stupid bitch, keep your damn mouth shut!) so, Maleficent’s response was perfectly within the realm of reasonable response.
@@velociraptorserbian4364 on real life bathseba sherman was not a witch only the movie made her out ti be ive looked her up more than one Ce and every artice i read ive not seen one say she was a witch or evem accused also found no tie to mary esty like the movie said
Re: the Wicked Witch of the West and Maleficent. You have to take in consideration different eras. They were pretty scary back in the day especially for the target viewers, families with kids. And in the 30s and 50s you couldn't get away with the gore you can now.
The witch from Season Of The Witch, also the one from The witch Hunter, Michelle Pfeiffer in Stardust.Also Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy and Sarah Jessica Parkerin Hocus Pocus (I guess yes they weren't completely scary but they were trying to eat kids). Bellatrix Lestrange, Delores Umbridge and Morgana Le Fey from The Sorcerer's Apprentice just thought I'd add my few :)
Natalie M one of my favorite Screams is Evil Dead and the Tarot Read as a prophet deemed insain by my fellow Priest and like I went to that leavle of trance
This list sucks. Blair witch was stupid and annoying. Malcifent is a Faerie. Hansel and Gretel was a bad movie. So far the only one that is a good pick is Haggis.
In 1999, Blair Witch Project cost only $30K to make, yet raked in over $100M as it was so creepy! The 3 actors and 2 producers each got $1M in revenue. But what happened to the other $95M?
leonardo h theatres don't make any money off movies, revenue all goes to movies... They only make money on popcorn and soda.. That's why it's so expensive
I remember being at my grandparents house when my grandpa or grandma were watching The Witches and I remember getting a bit traumatized but i sorta wanna watch it again
Not everyone one of those characters that were listed are witches. The conjuring, she was a witch when she was alive, but she became a demon. Same thing with the Blair Witch. Once you die, you become a spirit of some kind. Maleficient was not a witch, she was an evil fairy (original movie and new one). In the movie "Season of the Witch" there were witches, but the main evil villain, was not a witch. She (Ann) was possessed by a demon. "Drag me to Hell" Mrs. Ganush was not a witch, she was a gypsy. There is a difference between a gypsy and a witch.
Bathsheba from *The Conjuring* is the most terrifying on the list, because she was a _real_ woman named Bathsheba Sherman who sacrificed her own child, cursed the land before being hanged, and her dark spirit terrorized the farmhouse for centuries.
Cytron1515 The thing about Nancy is that she wasn't scary until she went insane. She's more of a tragic figure to me, as she was a good person until she lost her mind. She is absolutely worthy of inclusion on this list once she loses it, though. She is terrifying in the latter part of the movie! Incredible performance by Fairuza Balk.
I love her (Mostly Balk's performance)and the film but she' more of a deranged Goth teen that goes Berserk than a witch. Her rival Sarah is the natural witch to me since Nancy's kills are... More due to unexplainable/accidental deaths than murders by means of supernatural powers, i.e: Stepdad's heart attack, Chris falling from a window, the hobo(?). She attempts murder at the end off course, but thanks she fails.
A few I would've included were Margaret Morgan from The Lords of Salem, Angelique from Night of Dark Shadows, and Elizabeth Selwyn from City of the Dead (AKA Horror Hotel).
I don t know about you guys but the witch from "Drag me to hell" made me laugh so hard i couldn t breath, especially in the car scene with the main actress! She was just hilarious. Lmao
Honestly, nothing beats OG Malificent. That fight scene with the dragon will forever be ingrained in my memory as one of the highlights of my childhood, back when your Prince Charming had to actually earn getting his girl by escaping a den of monsters, hacking your way through a thorn-infested wood, and finally fighting the incarnation of all evil. You don't get Disney movies like that today.
@@phastinemoon Honestly, I'm okay with that. The fairies weren't just eye candy or escort duty, they held their own in combat. Which is all I'd imagine a hero can ask for in magical companions.
Abby R not only is she criminally underrated but she’s gorgeous too. I always thought that she has a natural ability to play a villainous character. She just has a dangerous look about her. Her performance in Hansel and Gretel was great. You could tell she was having fun in the role.
He's kinda not in it :) (except on TV where the main character is watching Halloween on TV) Halloween 3 followed the original plan for the franchise where each movie was supposed to be a different story centered around Halloween. -SPOILER- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . So you have this doctor who uncovers a big plot where a toymaker (who is actually a witch/warlock) is trying to ritually sacrifice all his customers (mainly kids).
DontBeBored Lee Shang Actually not even in the original story she was a Witch or Fairy. In the original one she was plainly an old woman who profetized the calamity of the princess' fate and wasn't even evil. Later she was turned into a dark/Evil fairy by the Grim Brothers.
EDsavant The ghosts refer to her as a witch and actually, if she's not a witch and plainly sews, then she wouldn't be able to give life to her craftings.
WHAT ABOUT THE WITCHES FROM THE CRAFT?!?!?!?!? THEY SHOULD'VE MADE THE LIST THEY USED REALISTIC WITCHCRAFT AND THAT MOVIE WAS PRETTY SCARY. COME ON NOW MOJO😡😡😡😤😅
@@spicy_kitty7983 And who was looking for realism with movie witches? You, sir, are a silly goose. Edit: It seems like I might be the silly goose because I didn't read OP's post in full. ... I humbly apologize, Michael, I have brought shame upon my name. 🙈
Hey WatchMojo, can we get a sequel to this list featuring the ladies of The Craft and the Sanderson sisters from Hocus Pocus? Cause both of them are iconic and they weren't even given honorable mentions while you listed a possessed human instead.
If anyone has ever seen The Haunting of Morella...you would not understand why it wasn't on the list. That movie creeped me out...a dead witch brought back to life by her skeleton being bathed in blood..yeah that will haunt people
SegaCDUniverse but were they technically witches? If anything wouldn't it only be Meg who was the witch? She cursed the bloodline but the rest could be just seen as devil worshippers.
Elly Kedward, the Blair Witch... wasn't hanged, she was left tied to a tree and died of exposure (we can assume hyperthermia/dehydration).... This is the story told in The Blair Wicth Project film and books.
Drag me to hell was number 2?!?!?!?! I couldn't stop laughing throughout that entire film. It MUST have been made as a satire, there is no way anybody can take that film seriously in any other way.
Maleficent's motives make more sense seeing that guest rights and invitations were a much bigger deal for Norse and Gaelic cultures. Maleficent is an Unseelie, basically a "dark faerie", and faeries were, in mythology, always invited to christenings. If Maleficent had been invited, she probably would've given Aurora a gift same as the other faeries- something like making her exceptionally cunning, but still something helpful to Aurora, as Maleficent couldn't harm the child while a guest of the King. By not only not giving her an invitation, but outright TELLING her she wasn't wanted, the King insulted her on a massive level as a faerie, which at least makes her anger more understandable.
This list is a joke. What about the Three Mothers Trilogy from Dario Argento? Or 200 other witches scarier than these. You should rename it... “Witches who aren’t scary, but are famous because we didn’t want to work that hard and need more views.”
Yvette Rees as Vanessa Whitlock a witch in the 1964 british film WITCHCRAFT .She doesnt utter a single word in the film and she doesnt need to its her eerie presence that carries her from beginning to end. A very rarely shown film on TV here in UK (twice in 30 years i believe) but now available on DVD.
Do you seriously not know that Morgana/Morgaine is part of the legend of King Arthur, which was already told in medieval times and adapted in quite a number of movies before that TV-Show? Despite that fact, I wouldn't have put Morgana into that list because she is not particularly scary as a witch and the magic she displays is not very impressive. She is more scary for being a dangerous schemer and manipulator than for being a witch.
That coven of witches from Hansel and Gretel looked like a black metal band x
MendMyWings 7 Watain
Lolol yupp I can see it
Love the movie, love this comment too
Loved that movie lol and they kinda do
I saw this movie in theaters, that was a cute dark fantasy movie!
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neither was mrs ganoush
But where is Evil Queen of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937) on that list???
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The Blair Witch made me lose like half my white friends from the nineties cause they loved to go camping and I was like "Did you watch that damn movie?"
😂😂😂
Such a black thing. Haha
Right
Ann Boylen. I hate the woods full stop . I live on the edge of the New Forest and always walked our dogs with my parents there . Heard screaming coming from the woods there when I was about 6 and it scared the living hell out of me . It's a small town and i have never found out or heard what it was . It sounded like someone being murdered. 😱 . Mind you I'm no girly girl and I love horror films .😂
We are stupid sometimes lol
I mean... the wicked witch of the west isn't scary.... sure she's iconic, but iconic is very different from scary.
they sould put the Disney Version of Oz the Powerful she scared me more than the original and this one serves as a prequel of The Wizard of Oz
Blanca Rosales I didn't feel her neither scary or iconic specially because they went the "you rejected me and got druged" angle, she didn't tell evil enough to find her threatening or giving us a reason to care
In the 1930's, I'm pretty sure she was terrifying.
Cloudy Daze I beg to differ I cryed and slept in between my parents when I first saw it
SHE IS SCARY!!!!! i'm 17 years old and i'm still terrified
Two of these weren't witches. Maleficent was a dark fairy, and Anna was just a normal girl possessed by a demon.
Anna was possessed by a demon in the form of a witch
@ Katelynn Barnes - no, for a person to be in a form of a witch, they would actually have to be a witch. A possessed person is just a possessed person.
Anna was a witch... A dark being, but no possessed
THANK GOD. I was gonna say that fae was definitely not a witch.
The original reason she got all pissy was because siding with only one of the courts( Seeile and Unseelie - apologizes if autocorrect fucks up the spelling) was a definite no no. Especially if it was inviting them to a royal gathering for the birth of an heir.
Seriously, that's like a giant insult
can you guys all fuck off?
Maleficent isn't a witch, but at the same time she IS!
What separetes a witch from a fairy hãn?
they both use magic, they both know how to work with the elements and the nature...
and no hehehe... not all witches are "working" for the devil... though the only way to do a evil magic is by doing something with demons... it doesn't mean they like to use it!!!
A witch is nothing more than a magic woman who either got engry or had something bad done to them and now they want revenge!!!
A fairy is nothing more then the SAME woman but knows that revenge is'nt good, nor had something taken or evil done to them...
A fairy can be as good as she is... but don't you ever try to see how she can be if she decides do to bad...
So many witchese you hardly even see through the movie. I would've voted Faruza Balk's character from the Craft for how irrational she can be as a mad teenage witch. Bellatrix LeStrange should have also made it.
I'm sorry but "Manou" WTF, so close and yet they fumble at the 10 yard line. You know the football and the field and the sun on the field he is supposed to be....where did they get that name, is it even a true one, and why not just not use a outer Eternal to bring all power and authority,?
There was a noticeable lack of witches in films where all the characters were magic users, & they stuck to the "Ugly Witch," version for the most part.
They skipped Nancy Downs from The Craft.
There is nothing like the hellish combination pettiness of High School politics, the rage of the outcast, & the power of life & death to make for a cocktail out of your nightmares.
Also left out was Bellatrix Lestrange from the Harry Potter series.
One of the Death Eaters she was in Voldomort's inner circle with a resume of atrocities that was up there with the Dark Lord himself.
Oh god, the Grand High Witch...
That monstrosity haunted my nightmares when I was a kid! 😖
Same with me
+Jackie McCann Yep! And I was addicted to that movie as a child. I screwed myself over with that one.
I am a child :)
Jackie McCann uuuh how old are you?
Jackie McCann
Hey, she’s from the sick and twisted mind of Roald Dahl! Of course she’s terrifying!
Dean Winchester- "When someone says a place is haunted, don't go in!"
Me- *Throws rock at window instead*
Lamia from Stardust.
One I would of also included in my list but could neither remember the movie or name. But the performance? Pure Witchy goodness...badness...whatever.
Maleficent was not a witch, she was a fairy. I know its pretty much the same thing but at the same time, its not.
True that
+Tiffers Lynn No she isn't in the 1959 movie...
+Tiffers Lynn In Kingdom Hearts the characters call her a witch.
+Tiffers Lynn
Eh. Fairy is a species. Witch is more of a "profession". I'm sure you can be both. She's a... Witch Fairy.
Number 1 should have been Abigail Williams from The Crucible.
Oh, come on, guys. The Wicked Witch of the West isn't scary. I mean, maybe back in the 30's, but certainly not now. Iconic, yes. But scary? It's impossible to be scary when half of what you say are legendary movie catchphrases, and when you have one of the most famously silly deaths in film history.
true
it's funny when u watch it now but back then she was scary
+Masterxl MVs At least she's scarier than the Blair Witch.
+Masterxl MVs couldn't say it better
She had an army of flying f***ing monkeys. Best. Witch. Ever.
my favourite on this list is Evangeline Ernst/The Grand High Witch. Anjelica Huston was awesome as her!
I think Bellatrix Lestrange should be added here
She was in the list for Top Movie Witches lol
TOTALLY
I came here to say the same haha. Terrifying and insane!
There has to be someone from the Harry Potter franchise like Bellatrix or Doloris Umbridge
***** OF COURSE NOT!!! She is an excelent actress, her husband is an outstanding director and there is no one better to play Bellatrix Lestrange than Helena Bonham-Carter. The character is scary in its own way and Bellatrix is supposed to be mockery.
the witch from the ;movie The Witch was scary even though she was barely on there
kez_ h 🙌 truth. love that movie
kez_ h I was searching for this comment! 💯 That film is scary af 😖
Loved that movie so much
most definitely.
Saw this yesterday and loved it! I thought she was scary enough when she appeared as a beautiful lady in the woods in front of Caleb.
My vote: Haggis from the "Pumpkinhead" is Number One. The rest aren't even close in terms of being truly scary. The performance of Florence Schauffer is over-the-top great. No need for gore or blood on the face or special effects. Haggis rings true; feels believable; she is just formidable in her darkness.
i'd say the same. she's really like a wise, dark, mysterious, ancient witch, with her appearence being so disturbing and mysterious
Yes, I remember seeing this movie in high school with some friends. The Old Witch sitting on the chair saying HARLEY , Scared me so much , then her standing up scared me even more . To top it off , I had to walk back home by myself in the dark . I didn't sleep that night. Lol
Misfits pumpkinhead starts playing ;)
Wait, I'm sorry but, Other Mother and the witch from Paranorman don't count but Maleficent does?
Merp merp
The other mother is more of a god in charge of a parasitic universe
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+StarSnowGhost The witch in Paranorman wasnt evil. She was a bullied and murdered child, that doesnt maker her evil. She wasnt good, but she most certainly wasnt evil.
+Jordan “The Guy Who Memes” Rech i know. But scary and evil usually go hand in hand. Which was why i was saying evil. She wasnt really scary to start with, amazing and devastating but scary, not to me at least. Im pretty sure half was through the video i forgot it was about scary witches and not evil ones, my bad!
+jack brearley In the book she is referred to as the Beldam, which is, in other words, a witch. For all intents and purposes we might as well call her a witch and, as others have stated, WAY scarier than anything on this list.
Where are The Sanderson Sisters from "Hocus Pocus"?
Nancy O'Malley I think they were more amazing then scary hehe
It's comedy, not horror.
Linda Edwards they aren’t scary
tht movie is TRASH
rorey sotela it’s a comedy movie not a horror movie
I believe it came out after this video was made but the witches in "The VVitch" by Robert Eggers are absolutely terrifying in a daunting, minimalist way. Please make another video!!
Maleficent is a Dark Fairy, not a witch.
First I call maleficent a witch since she has all powers of hell and gives me witch vibes second there are ppl who call her a witch and calling her a witch makes her look like badass sooo ye she is a witch
@@user-hx1hy7yj2i She's both. She's a fairy, doesn't need to be evil for powers but then she gets into the Hell stuff, which makes her a wtich.
Baal is a demon not a witch and malefecent is a fairy
...and Sylvia is a Gypsy.
Is the Ungod/demon in the bible is a Guy right
Exactly
Lotharian is right - or almost right. 'Baal' is the same title as 'Beel', and just means 'Lord'. The Baal of the bible is the Canaanite God of the Rains. Baal-Zebub or Beel-Zebub was the 'Lord of the Flies', or the Devil. So they and a few other Gods and demons get mixed up sometimes. Witches could be male, of course, and wizards female...
Bellatrix Lestrange was pretty freaky, moreso in the books than in the movies, but still freaky nonetheless
+That Weird Ninja (Rockster2112) she is ugly
+Gordon McNulty The books are wholly better than those films
+Johht134 I didn't find her ugly at all (other than the teeth) She kind of looked like a hot mature goth chick
The Lovecraftian Grammar Commie She was supposed to look like a psychopath, but hey…if that's the way you roll.
+Johht134 If you call Helena Bonham Carter ugly, there is gotta be something a bit wrong with you. She might not be your cup of tea, but she definetly isn't ugly.
So why was Nancy from The Craft shown at the beginning, then not included among the top 10?
+Stan Schurman I agree, that bitch was psycho scary!
Stan Schurman from what i hear, the actor who played her is REALLY a witch.
@@mylovesongs2429 seriously?
@@bikergirl120rider3 yes. I read that about a year ago.
You would think she would have been listed.
Glad you mentioned Hansel & Grettle. It’s a fun horror pulp movie with unique witches.
Ice Witch of Narnia better be on this
Jadis got beat by four kids lol i so yeah i get you. They would hve to do many lists to get them all lol
denben04 ... well, it wasn’t. Did you watch?
She would be on my list.
I was hoping that the Witch Queen from Stardust played by Michelle Pfeiffer was on the list ...
me too she scared me everytime she loses her hair or she becomes more old and ugly resembling how the witches look like
Recht_voor_zijin_raap we both where thinking the same thing witch Queen should have been 1 I know because I practice witchcraft myself just don't come and kill me
I was too. That movie is spectacular. But Underrated
Describing Maleficent as a witch seems like an understatement.
+Just Some Guy with a Mustache Are you everywhere on UA-cam? XD
Ikkeeeeeh
That was totally uncalled for. I never said I was against that guy with the mustache. If it came out that way sorry, Just found it amusing that I was seeing him everywhere XD. It is fun going around youtube wondering where I will see him next. But there is absolutely no need to use such language.
Seing jabs like that for no reason all over the internet, should people feel worried these days when they comment? Irritates the everliving crap out of me.
Ikkeeeeeh Your heart was in the right place.
Just Some Guy with a Mustache she was a dark faerie and Briar Rose's parents were stupid
As for Maleficent, it actually was one of the greatest insults to not be invited to something like that, ESPECIALLY when other faeries were invited.
+FoxyWhite totally agree. Anyway those three fairies shouldnt have been invited in my opinion. They were not only annoying in the cartoon but in the live action Maleficent as well.
Lelu Shae You can even see her genuine shock at not being wanted there. Her. The most powerful of the faeries in that room at that moment. Someone that could have granted Aurora amazing power if she'd just gotten an invitation.
Plus in fae culture that is an insult. Also if she really wanted aurora dead merryweather wouldn't have been able to soften the curse.
Except that Maleficent in 1959 was basically like that Karen relative you don't want to see at the next family function, as they spent the rest of the time making everyone miserable.
@UCdTb5uQ3Eea31aYvlwDJ_Hw except, as someone else pointed out - Christenings in Medieval Europe were PUBLIC events, and she really did have a RIGHT to be there.
Especially as she even gave them a chance to save face (“I had hoped it was merely some oversight”) and the Queen was dumb enough to provoke her (“You’re not offended, Your Excellency?” Like, stupid bitch, keep your damn mouth shut!) so, Maleficent’s response was perfectly within the realm of reasonable response.
The Queen Witch in The Last Witch Hunter was pretty crazy. Also there are 3 really psycho ones in The Lords of Salem.
The Witch from "The Witch"
This list was made before that film was released. The reason that's not on here should be pretty obvious.
Creeped me the hell out!
Dallas Burns that was a BORING MOVIE
Weren’t there three witches apart of the coven in the film The Witch?
You mean the VVITCH?
A Watchmojo video should never be this long
I agree
'Bathsheba' is absolutely the scariest one!
Lol why are 'the Wicked Witch of the West' and 'Maleficent' on this list XD
Royal Royke Bathsheba isn't a witch but agreed she is the scariest
She isn't but she was accused of witchcraft
@@velociraptorserbian4364 on real life bathseba sherman was not a witch only the movie made her out ti be ive looked her up more than one
Ce and every artice i read ive not seen one say she was a witch or evem accused also found no tie to mary esty like the movie said
Re: the Wicked Witch of the West and Maleficent. You have to take in consideration different eras. They were pretty scary back in the day especially for the target viewers, families with kids. And in the 30s and 50s you couldn't get away with the gore you can now.
The grand high witch deserved higher honors. So epic.
No mention of Seventh Son? That movie was chock full of witches!
Derek Bates the movie was fucking Shit
Luke Bainbridge
the movie had hot chicks
The witch from Season Of The Witch, also the one from The witch Hunter, Michelle Pfeiffer in Stardust.Also Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy and Sarah Jessica Parkerin Hocus Pocus (I guess yes they weren't completely scary but they were trying to eat kids). Bellatrix Lestrange, Delores Umbridge and Morgana Le Fey from The Sorcerer's Apprentice just thought I'd add my few :)
Natalie M one of my favorite Screams is Evil Dead and the Tarot Read as a prophet deemed insain by my fellow Priest and like I went to that leavle of trance
Sorry to what movie are you referring? Sorry I didn't see this reply until now.
This list sucks. Blair witch was stupid and annoying. Malcifent is a Faerie. Hansel and Gretel was a bad movie. So far the only one that is a good pick is Haggis.
And where is Ursalla? She was so evil and awesome
Altho Bette played a witch amazingly I loved her in that role in Hocus Pocus, is wasn't scary,
What about Sarah Ravencroft from Scooby Doo and The Witch's Ghost. That chick was bad ass
Witches be trippin'.
I see what you did there it was pretty obvious
+ckotherletters I got 99 problems but a witch ain't one.
HAIL SATAN!
+The Crimson Loki You Are A Dumb Ass .
The Crimson Loki ..
Not ALL Witches are Satanists
In Fact, Most if Us Aren't!
In 1999, Blair Witch Project cost only $30K to make, yet raked in over $100M as it was so creepy! The 3 actors and 2 producers each got $1M in revenue. But what happened to the other $95M?
the film disitributors and the theatre got the rest, I guess.
+leonardo h that's so jacked up.
Halpin2006 it was spent on a dj and glow sticks for a proper rave
Halpin2006
It wasn't even scary
leonardo h theatres don't make any money off movies, revenue all goes to movies... They only make money on popcorn and soda.. That's why it's so expensive
I remember being at my grandparents house when my grandpa or grandma were watching The Witches and I remember getting a bit traumatized but i sorta wanna watch it again
Roald Dahl's The Witches was one of my absolute favorite books as a kid ^.^
I would've put the "witch" from Paranorman, I can see kids being scared of her in parts and she has a very sympathetic and tragic backstory.
Man, The Conjuring was sooooo good.
Mary Van Tassel deserves more than an honorable mention
Mary had a sister who helped in distracting the Hessian before he lost his, you know.
Not everyone one of those characters that were listed are witches. The conjuring, she was a witch when she was alive, but she became a demon. Same thing with the Blair Witch. Once you die, you become a spirit of some kind. Maleficient was not a witch, she was an evil fairy (original movie and new one). In the movie "Season of the Witch" there were witches, but the main evil villain, was not a witch. She (Ann) was possessed by a demon. "Drag me to Hell" Mrs. Ganush was not a witch, she was a gypsy. There is a difference between a gypsy and a witch.
There's no difference except the difference of culture gypsies are witches
Maleficent was not an evil fairy in the original film
Bathsheba from *The Conjuring* is the most terrifying on the list, because she was a _real_ woman named Bathsheba Sherman who sacrificed her own child, cursed the land before being hanged, and her dark spirit terrorized the farmhouse for centuries.
Allegedly.
Edit: also - she wasn’t hanged. She died of old age.
You forgot Nancy from 1996's The Craft.
But she wasn't on the list.
Cytron1515 The thing about Nancy is that she wasn't scary until she went insane. She's more of a tragic figure to me, as she was a good person until she lost her mind. She is absolutely worthy of inclusion on this list once she loses it, though. She is terrifying in the latter part of the movie!
Incredible performance by Fairuza Balk.
Somethingclever I super agree to that
Cytron1515 yes!!!
I love her (Mostly Balk's performance)and the film but she' more of a deranged Goth teen that goes Berserk than a witch. Her rival Sarah is the natural witch to me since Nancy's kills are... More due to unexplainable/accidental deaths than murders by means of supernatural powers, i.e: Stepdad's heart attack, Chris falling from a window, the hobo(?). She attempts murder at the end off course, but thanks she fails.
How about a top ten horror movie survivors?
A few I would've included were Margaret Morgan from The Lords of Salem, Angelique from Night of Dark Shadows, and Elizabeth Selwyn from City of the Dead (AKA Horror Hotel).
MegaHorror2 Selwyn was diabolically evil!! Great horror movie! Very atmospheric!!
I don t know about you guys but the witch from "Drag me to hell" made me laugh so hard i couldn t breath, especially in the car scene with the main actress! She was just hilarious. Lmao
Honestly, nothing beats OG Malificent. That fight scene with the dragon will forever be ingrained in my memory as one of the highlights of my childhood, back when your Prince Charming had to actually earn getting his girl by escaping a den of monsters, hacking your way through a thorn-infested wood, and finally fighting the incarnation of all evil. You don't get Disney movies like that today.
He didn’t even do the majority of the fighting - the fairies turn the arrows into flowers, boulders into bubbles, all that.
@@phastinemoon Honestly, I'm okay with that. The fairies weren't just eye candy or escort duty, they held their own in combat. Which is all I'd imagine a hero can ask for in magical companions.
Famke Janssen is without a doubt in my mind one of the most underrated actresses and I love her so much (Muriel in Hansel and Gretel)
Abby R not only is she criminally underrated but she’s gorgeous too. I always thought that she has a natural ability to play a villainous character. She just has a dangerous look about her. Her performance in Hansel and Gretel was great. You could tell she was having fun in the role.
As of now, it's definitely the witch from the Witch
Conal Cochran from Halloween 3 still trumps her.
Zeitgeist6 Didn't see Halloween 3, although Mike Myers is my favorite out of the Big 3
He's kinda not in it :) (except on TV where the main character is watching Halloween on TV)
Halloween 3 followed the original plan for the franchise where each movie was supposed to be a different story centered around Halloween.
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So you have this doctor who uncovers a big plot where a toymaker (who is actually a witch/warlock) is trying to ritually sacrifice all his customers (mainly kids).
Zeitgeist6 Ok thanks for the heads up. I will check it out soon hopefully
Reeverse's Channel BORING MOVIE ITS IN THE OLD DAYS NO THANKS
Sory but you're wrong, Maleficent is a fairy... she's not a witch. You're WRONG... And where's The Other Mother from Coraline?
The new Maleficent isnt a witch but the original was
+Lee Shang she has always been a dark fairy
+Draco Nidhoggson She is out sewing buttons.
DontBeBored Lee Shang Actually not even in the original story she was a Witch or Fairy. In the original one she was plainly an old woman who profetized the calamity of the princess' fate and wasn't even evil. Later she was turned into a dark/Evil fairy by the Grim Brothers.
EDsavant The ghosts refer to her as a witch and actually, if she's not a witch and plainly sews, then she wouldn't be able to give life to her craftings.
I was so glad to see Helena Markos make the list, and place #1, no less. Suspiria is a very underrated horror movie.
"I'm melting, I'm melting. Oh, what a world" those words have haunted me for 20 years.
Lady Van Tassell should have been in the top ten - she hid her true nature so well. Hey, what about The Craft???? That troup was pretty convincing.
WHAT ABOUT THE WITCHES FROM THE CRAFT?!?!?!?!? THEY SHOULD'VE MADE THE LIST THEY USED REALISTIC WITCHCRAFT AND THAT MOVIE WAS PRETTY SCARY. COME ON NOW MOJO😡😡😡😤😅
@@spicy_kitty7983 And who was looking for realism with movie witches?
You, sir, are a silly goose.
Edit: It seems like I might be the silly goose because I didn't read OP's post in full.
... I humbly apologize, Michael, I have brought shame upon my name. 🙈
Exactly!!!
Yeah Fairuza Balk was great in this!
the lady from drag me to hell is not a witch she's a gypsy
And Maleficent is a fairy.
A lot of gypsies practiced witchcraft so by default that makes them a witch.
@@archangel5627 Wiccan/Pagan practices and Roma practices are not even remotely the same, lol.
Gypsies were the original witches. Research much.
@@patman0250 No they were not, witches date back thousands of years to Pagan times before gypsies even were in Europe, lol.
no mention of Queen Grimhilde ??? aka The Evil Queen from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs she was scary af
Nipun Sharma she was a sorceress
Esmerelda The Griffon aren't sorceress' and witches more or less the same thing
Nipun Sharma true... sorcerer and sorceress are French for witch and wizard, I just found that out....
Ravamna from snow white and the huntsman was scarier tp me
The best "Witch" movie for me was Julian Sands in "Warlock" (1989).
The witcher 3 crones are scary as fuck. (I know there from a videogame which is why I didn't say they should have been on the list)
There based off a Slavic myth called Babayaga.
+Sam S (ThatsMyTomahawk) Well, don't mean to offend no-one, but Babayaga comes from Russian folklore...
Sorry I'm not an expert on Slavic folklore I'm from America.
+jotabeas22 You basically just repeated what he said.... Russia is part of the Slavic countries....
He wasn't "technically" wrong in what he said.
+Chrisbepimping andgettinmoney THEY WERE SOOO HORRIFIC! DAMN RIGHT THEY NEED TO BE ON SOME LIST SOMEWHERE.
I think the scariest witch from any movie is Jane Doe in Autopsy of Jane Doe
Just saw that movie yesterday, I thought it was terrifying and so well done!
Then bathsheba
It's always funny when somebody says ''a bunch of teens'' but the actors are like 28 years old lmao
Hollywood...
Hey WatchMojo, can we get a sequel to this list featuring the ladies of The Craft and the Sanderson sisters from Hocus Pocus? Cause both of them are iconic and they weren't even given honorable mentions while you listed a possessed human instead.
If anyone has ever seen The Haunting of Morella...you would not understand why it wasn't on the list. That movie creeped me out...a dead witch brought back to life by her skeleton being bathed in blood..yeah that will haunt people
because sleep is overrated anyway
+Cas Van De Ven Agreed
+Cas Van De Ven indeed
SLEEEP IS FOR THE WEEK!!!!!!!!
+DerangedEmu This is what happen kids if you don't sleep. You can't spell properly.
The witches from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Willow, and Snow White and the Huntsman are noteworthy
No Lords of Salem? Those witches were creepy as hell!
SegaCDUniverse but were they technically witches? If anything wouldn't it only be Meg who was the witch? She cursed the bloodline but the rest could be just seen as devil worshippers.
OH HELL YES! i agree 1000% \,,/ ‘-..-‘ \,,/
Love this list. I've seen all these films many, many times over the years.
Elly Kedward, the Blair Witch... wasn't hanged, she was left tied to a tree and died of exposure (we can assume hyperthermia/dehydration).... This is the story told in The Blair Wicth Project film and books.
Meg Mucklebones from the movie Legend.. should have a mention on this list
MrShaun42088 heck yeah I loved that movie
Absolutely!! One of my absolute favorite movies! Yet most of the ppl I know have never heard of it before....pity
What about The Good Witch of the North? All that over use of make-up scared me half to death
Dude , you forgot the witches from Salem tv series , most of the witches there are creepy and disturbing as hell.
The Witches was absolutely terrifying to me as a child. I was so scared after watching that movie. It’s still pretty creepy to watch
Drag me to hell was number 2?!?!?!?! I couldn't stop laughing throughout that entire film.
It MUST have been made as a satire, there is no way anybody can take that film seriously in any other way.
Who else thought bathshiba from conjuring 1 was number 1 ?
Where is The Evil Queen?
+The101genco
I'm pretty sure she wasn't a real witch, she just acted like one.
She had magic...She was a witch or at least sorceress.
The101genco sorceress
Maleficent wasn't a witch!
Yea, she was a evil fairy.
Ketutar Jensen in other words she is a evil witch
Sonia Drummond she is not a witch
I hope y'all not using that insulting Maleficent movie as canon?
The Disney animation version she was a witch. No wings. The remake with Angelina Jolie she was a fairy.
Maleficent's motives make more sense seeing that guest rights and invitations were a much bigger deal for Norse and Gaelic cultures. Maleficent is an Unseelie, basically a "dark faerie", and faeries were, in mythology, always invited to christenings. If Maleficent had been invited, she probably would've given Aurora a gift same as the other faeries- something like making her exceptionally cunning, but still something helpful to Aurora, as Maleficent couldn't harm the child while a guest of the King. By not only not giving her an invitation, but outright TELLING her she wasn't wanted, the King insulted her on a massive level as a faerie, which at least makes her anger more understandable.
Maleficent’s not really a witch, though. She’s a fairy.
So I don’t think she should be on this list.
I love Pumpkinhead! I really think that witch should've been ranked higher on the list. Even if just for the atmosphere of her cabin alone!
This list is a joke. What about the Three Mothers Trilogy from Dario Argento? Or 200 other witches scarier than these.
You should rename it...
“Witches who aren’t scary, but are famous because we didn’t want to work that hard and need more views.”
They put Helena Markos at the #1 spot and she was the most hands-on in three out of the murders she committed.
Paul J what witch movies are scarier? I want to know..
the Witches from Macbeth - "double double toil and trouble", etc
All those people saying Maleficent wasn't a witch, just because of that live remake, lol
In the original she was a dark fairy just like the live action remake.
Read the actual faerie tale those movies were based on.
@@tsubakiofmelancholy6297 Not in the original she wasn't
@@waluigitime1780 I read the script of the original Sleeping Beauty that was a cartoon Disney movie and she was a dark fairy not a witch.
@@tsubakiofmelancholy6297 You mean the script they didn't go with? In the final version of the film, she is a witch
7:18 is that ned's declassified school survival guide
Yvette Rees as Vanessa Whitlock a witch in the 1964 british film WITCHCRAFT .She doesnt utter a single word in the film and she doesnt need to its her eerie presence that carries her from beginning to end. A very rarely shown film on TV here in UK (twice in 30 years i believe) but now available on DVD.
Does Morgana from Merlin count? If so, I think she should have been added to the list
Nevermind. Merlin is a show not a movie
+Greg Putnam yeah
Do you seriously not know that Morgana/Morgaine is part of the legend of King Arthur, which was already told in medieval times and adapted in quite a number of movies before that TV-Show? Despite that fact, I wouldn't have put Morgana into that list because she is not particularly scary as a witch and the magic she displays is not very impressive. She is more scary for being a dangerous schemer and manipulator than for being a witch.
What about Nancy from The Craft? Come on Mojo, you put her 5 seconds by the intro and then not a single comment.
The witch from Spirited Away (for those who watch anime films lol)
8:32 I feel like being petty 😂😂😂 11:19 clap meme is born
The famous "Wicked Witch of the West"
How can you not list Meg Mucklebones? I mean her appearance was short but damn if it didn't leave an impact.
They should do a spinoff.
Angelina Jolie in maleficent was amazing
Where is the Queen/Witch in Snow White?
These Witch movies are so Witchy. There's a new Hansel and Gretel coming out . Can't wait to see it .
That witch that made a noise on 4:27 sounded like my dog growling at me when he was a puppy xD
Meg Mucklebones (Legend, 1985)
she was based off jenny greenteeth from british legends.
Keep this comment at an odd number of likes.
0 will do
Sorry, Zero is even.
Zero is both odd and even, and neither at the same time.
+Kobe Harmon Zero is a place holder or so I have been told.
69!
Malficent , is a very wick fairy, a less does blame Sleepling Beauty for her father's sins.
The Witches gave me nightmares as a kid, it was recurring, where i was in the witches meeting and watching them turning children into mice.
Sabaidee Bee I can’t watch it still. Wanted to watch it with my kids but I just couldn’t do it.
You forgot Julian Sands as Warlock !!
Oh yes! Good call.