Hocus Pocus (1993)

United States of America

Fantasy, Comedy, Family

Walt Disney Pictures, Touchwood Pacific Partners 1

Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Omri Katz, Thora Birch, Vinessa Shaw

Kenny Ortega

David Kirschner, Neil Cuthbert, Mick Garris, Mick Garris

Taglines: It's just a bunch of Hocus Pocus.

witch, virgin, sibling relationship, magic, halloween, undead, resurrection, potion, salem, massachusetts, trick or treating, spellcasting, talking cat, time skip, grimoire

After 300 years of slumber, three sister witches are accidentally resurrected in Salem on Halloween night, and it is up to three kids and their newfound feline friend to put an end to the witches' reign of terror once and for all.

Reviews:

Author: GenerationofSwine
The colors, right? Was the the draw in for you too, because this movie popped. Outside of Dick Tracy I don't think I've seen color used to well in a film, both for entertainment and for pure wow. It popped... and, yeah, there was a story here too. This was the 90s, it was that time where they could make a children's movie that was still a little dark, a children's movie that was still entertaining for adults to watch. In other words, they made a FAMILY movie, and that hasn't been done lately has it? You can watch it as an adult and love it because it has a real plot, it has jokes that are above the low brow children's fair, and jokes that cater to them as well. It takes an effort to be appealing to ALL age groups. And, as I said, it has a plot that you can follow, which again is new for the modern family film which are more or less a series of scenes loosely linked together. It's entertaining, it was entertaining when I was 13 and my little sister was 7, it was entertaining for my parents that took us, and it's still entertaining. Only now that I'm 40, I'm old enough to look at it and appreciate the color... because man does it pop.