1993 · fantasy · comedy · family
Hocus Pocus
Directed by Kenny Ortega1h 36m1993
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.
Our read: Hocus Pocus (1993) reads as a cosy, kinetic, inventive fantasy · comedy · family entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle fantasy / comedy, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
- cosy
- brisk
- gentle
- inventive
- redemptive
- tender
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“You want silly Halloween chaos, witchy musical numbers, and easy family-friendly fun.”
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