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It’s just a bunch of Hocus Pocus 2

IT'S JUST A BUNCH OF HOCUS POCUS

HOCUS POCUS 2

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HOCUS POCUS 2

By - DISNEY

As Disney+ says: “This Halloween season, the Sanderson Sisters fly again!!!

About the original Hocus Pocus...

It all started in 1993, or was it 1693?

Ok, so for all the non-believers out there who have never heard of hocus pocus, here goes a quick little summary of the first movie which came out 29 years ago in 1993. 

The Sanderson’s story starts in 1693 when they lured a little girl named Emily into the enchanted woods and absorbed her soul in order to become young again. Despite Emily’s brother Thackery’s best intentions, he wasn’t able to recue her, and got turned into a cat during his atempt.

The whole town of Salem turned against the three sisters who were sentenced to hang. Not before casting the following spell:

“On All Hallow’s Eve, when the moon is round, a virgin will summon us from under the ground.

We shall be back!

And the lives of all children of Salem shall be mine! -Winifred Sanderson

October 31, 1693″

The movie quickly jumps to 1993, which was current time when the film was made, following the lives of; 

Max, the virgin who lit the candle bringing the three witches back to life.

Allison, the girl Max was trying to impress when he lit the candle.

Dani, Max’s little sister and the child whose soul the Sandersons were most after.

Spoiler Alert !!!!!!!!!!!

By the end of the movie, the sisters fail to absorb a child’s soul before the sunrise which was their literal “deadline”, thus turned into stone until next time a virgin lits the candle on a halloween night…

Hocus Pocus Original Trailer or Preview as they were known back in the day.

HOCUS POCUS 2

The witches are back!! Watch party for Hocus Pocus 1 &2!!!

Bloody eyes potion. Sangria with a couple of gummy eyes makes for a great movie night potion drink.

Hocus Pocus 2

Are you not like super excited?! I know I am!!!

To build up the momentum I’m sharing the trailer for the 2022 movie as well as the original cast for the Sanderson Sister’s reaction to it!!!

 

Love to have them back!

Hocus Pocus 2 Official Trailer!

The Sanderson Sisters Are Back!!!

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Favorite Quotes

 
  • “There is a small woman trapped in that box.” -refering to Alexa
 
  • “Retinol. What a charming name for a child.”- referring to the lotion which they thought was a potion for youth.

Praise & Critique

This section applies only to Hocus Pocus 2.

😁

  1. Originality. Different song with the same old spell was just glorious. The young Sanderson sisters were amazing actors who characterized each witch’s specific traits to the core, and being able to know their backstory was a really nice gift for us fans.
  2. “Relatable”. They bring the story to 2022, with the robot vacuums for example. And I’m pretty sure the teenage plot line about dumb unintentional bullies and friendship communication issues is very relatable for gen Z. 
  3. Personal take. I just can’t get over how much the creaters valued and respected the orginal movie that they decided to make the 2nd one with the original cast for the Sanderson Witches. Without them it would have been just another bad sequel like Grease 2. I love the way each of the sisters portrayed their own unique personality in accordance to the first movie, in new ways. And I just love that they are all such show girls.
  4. Story Line. They did a good job at mixing the old story, and even giving it a backstory of the witches origin. It was also great that they added completely new characters with their own modern stories.

😕

 

I kind of wish there was some sort of allusion to where the original characters Max, Allison and Dani were now, and how they were doing

As for what I didn’t love about the storyline; I feel the story about the one friend starting to be popular and thus having differences with her old friends is a little overused in teen movies.

There was also the making of “new good witches” which I didn’t quite appreciate, part of the magic in Hocus Pocus is the evil witches, so if they continue to do sequels I hope they are not all goody witches.

Also the genZ aesthetic in which you don’t know what year it is when looking at all the different clothes teens wear still trips me out, but that’s just a me problem I guess.

My last comment would be, I found this second movie to be a tad more childish.

 

Recommendation

This movie is a must watch! The original Hocus Pocus is already a Halloween classic, and now I have a strong feeling the tradition will expand to 4 hour cozy fall movie nights of watching both movies.  The main reason to watch it is to see the Sanderson Witches be Sanderson Witches. Then we have the spellerific  music numbers that are “to die for”. And the witty jokes aren’t missing. 

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Rating

I  give out a star for each of the following parameters met with excelence according to my own personal opinion.

  1. Originality.
  2. “Relatable”.
  3. Personal Take.
  4. Story Line.

Results:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

5/5estrellas

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