Witches have had something of a rough ride throughout history, so it's good to see that the original all-powerful women are getting better press these days. No longer typecast as pure evil, we're starting to realise that witches are complex creatures with the same wants and needs of any woman...
Click on the pic to see our gallery of on-screen witches and rate their scariness!
evil edna
I'm never sure if the producers of cult 80s kids show Will 'o' the Wisp were trying to tell us something when they cast a TV set as their most evil character, but Edna has got to be my favourite wicked witch of all time. Scariness factor 0/10
