They placed a spell on themselves so that they will be resurrected during a full moon on All Hallows’ Eve when a virgin lights the Black Flame Candle.
While trick-or-treating with Dani, he encounters a mysterious cottage and inadvertently revives a trio of witches (known as the Sanderson sisters), who were hanged for their crimes 300 years ago. The story follows Max Dennison (Katz), a teenager who just moved from Los Angeles to Salem, Massachusetts with his parents and his younger sister Dani (Birch). With that in mind, let’s ride our brooms into the sky and see what I’ve been missing. With Halloween being today, I figured now would be the best time for me to experience this kid-friendly spook-fest from start to finish.
I didn’t remember watching this film all the way through as I was growing up because of my focus towards other Halloween-related materials. Given how popular it is, I thought it would be good for me to finally see what makes it a “classic” to begin with, especially since Disney is already developing a sequel to it for Disney+. It became a cult classic for Halloween fans later on. Years later, the film was rediscovered by audiences through annual airings on television, resulting in massive spikes in home video sales every Halloween season. In addition to being a commercial disappointment, it also received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics upon release. Unfortunately, the strategy didn’t turn out as well as the studio hoped, mostly due to being overshadowed by another family film, “Free Willy”. The film was released during the summer season instead of Halloween in order to attract a lot of children that are off from school. Before he turned “High School Musical” and “Descendants” into cultural musical phenomenons, choreographer/director Kenny Ortega helmed two theatrical films for Disney, “Newsies” in 1992 and the main topic of my review, “Hocus Pocus” in 1993, with the latter being a straight-up fantasy-comedy instead of the usual musical film that Ortega is known for. Hold on to that witches brew, boys and girls, because I got another witch-related film to talk about, and it’s from Disney. The film was directed by Kenny Ortega, who also directed films such as “Newsies”, “High School Musical”, and “Descendants”. Released on July 16, 1993, the film is about a teenage boy who accidentally resurrects a trio of witches.
“Hocus Pocus” stars Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Omri Katz, Thora Birch, and Vinessa Shaw.
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