We Desire... Children!: Hocus Pocus Review

I watched one of my all-time favorite childhood movies on Monday... Hocus Pocus...

This is one of those classic children's movies that as an adult had so many more funny moments than I caught/understood as a child. It's a story of three old witches, burned at the stake many years ago, who are allowed one Halloween night to come back to suck the life out of any children they can get their hands on. With every child, the three will grow younger, and with enough children they could gain immortality. The only people who believe in their existance enough to try to stop them are a high school boy, his younger sister, his high school crush, a black cat who used to be a boy until the witches cursed him to live forever as a feline (the reason they got burned at the stake in the first place), and an undead boy who the witches had brought back to life themselves.

Bette Midler plays the leader of the three witches, with Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy as the other two. They make a hilarious trio, and on top of it all, they sing!

There really isn't much to say about this movie, other than it's a great family classic with humor for both children and adults, and an extremely funny cast that will make you laugh until the end. Sure, I might just be biased as I have a soft spot for the movie from childhood... and yeah, the special effects are definitely outdated... but oh well, I still say it's the perfect children's movie...

... otherwise its CURTAINS! hehe

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