Rating: PG
Genre:
Comedy
Release Date: 06/04/2002
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 96 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Walt Disney Video
Bette Midler,
Sarah Jessica Parker, and
Kathy Najimy romp around like coked-up versions of
The Three Stooges in the frantic Disney romp
Hocus Pocus. The film begins in 1693 where three witches -- Winifred (
Bette Midler), Sarah (
Sarah Jessica Parker), and Mary (
Kathy Najimy) -- are preparing a potion that will grant them immortality and eternal youth. But before they finish mixing their cocktail, the people of Salem capture them and execute them for practicing witchcraft. Before their deaths, they vow to return to Salem 300 years hence on Halloween to exact their revenge. Three hundred years later, a skeptical, newly transplanted Californian, Max (
Omri Katz), explores the ruins of the legendary witches' house and dares the witches to manifest themselves. Disregarding the warnings of his sister Dani (
Thora Birch) and girlfriend Allison (
Vinessa Shaw), Max lights the Candle of Black Flame. With that, the witches reappear to wreak havoc on the town. The kids take off with the witches' spellbook and a musty tome of hexes and recipes. The sorceresses, who will die by the morning light if they don't recite the incantation for immortality, have to get the books by whatever means they can. So, Winifred, Sarah, and Mary hop on their broomsticks for a chase through Halloween night.
~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
Average Review:
Number of reviews: 2
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A reviewer
from Cross Lanes, WV
pretty awesome
I love this movie. It really brings me back. I grew up around it and it definitely gets me in the Halloween mood. It's also a pretty funny movie. I'd definitely reccomend it to someone.
A reviewer
from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
A Cursed Dippy Fantasy.
Disney's bewitching comedy lacks real magic. Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy are three 300-year-old witches resurrected from the dead to suck the life out of children in order to sustain their own lives. Even though, the Divine Ms. 'M' looks demented as a buck-toothed witch, she can still sing great.
;)
