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HOCUS POCUS – John Debney
THROWBACK THIRTY
Original Review by Jonathan Broxton
One of the most enduringly popular films from 1993 is Hocus Pocus, a children’s fantasy comedy with a spooky edge. Directed by Kenny Ortega from a screenplay by Mick Garris and Neil Cuthbert and a story by David Kirschner, the film stars Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy as Winifred, Sarah, and Mary, the Sanderson sisters of Salem, Massachusetts, who were executed 300 years previously for practicing dark magic and witchcraft. In modern day Salem Max, a teenager new to town, inadvertently brings the sisters back to life on Halloween Night when he lights a black-flame candle in the witches’ former house while out trick-or-treating. Now, with the help of his younger sister, his girlfriend, and a talking cat named Binx, Max must stop the witches from stealing the life force of the town’s children, and achieving immortality. The film co-starred Omri Katz, Thora Birch, and Vinessa Shaw and, despite it not being especially successful at the time, has since become a popular kid’s Halloween cult classic. Read more…
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