![]() ![]() Winifred, the eldest sister, highlights that the potion, when drank by a child, has the ability to restore the witches' youth. Inside the house, three aging evil witches, the Sanderson sisters- Winifred, Mary, and Sarah (Midler, Najimy and Parker), are brewing a potion in a cauldron. He then rushes after Emily, and eventually finds the house where Emily has been captured. Thackery urges his friend Elijah to hurry back to the village and alert the elders. 5.Hocus Pocus begins in a small town in 1693, were a teenager named Thackery Binx realizes his little sister, Emily, has been lured Into the woods, under the control of a witch. I hope, as they get older, my kiddos can have the kind of close relationship Max and Dani have (minus a trio of undead witches trying to kill them, obviously). Maybe it’s because I have a salty but good-hearted son and a witty, weird daughter, but Max and Dani speak to me on a different level now that I’m a mom. Their relationship is multidimensional - it’s not 100% or 100% bad - you know, like actual siblings! I love this movie, and the only thing better than watching it as a child in 1993 is rewatching Hocus Pocus with my kids. They fight, but they clearly love each other, so they apologize and movie on. Hocus Pocus skips that - Dani and Max have their ups and downs throughout the course of the movie. Most movies where sibling relationships take center stage show a hackneyed, boring, and unrealistic “hate to love” trajectory to show character growth and story arc. Moreover, the relationship comes across as real. Dennison, you’re raising those kids right!” Because throughout Hocus Pocus, it’s clear Max and Dani care about one another, look out for each other, and genuinely seem to like each other. The relationship between brother and sister in this movie is clearly a key theme (both between Max and Dani and Thackery and Emily) but was never something I particularly paid attention to as a kid (I was way too busy having a crush on Omri Katz to think about whether he was a good big brother, TBH). Oh! And let’s not forget the unnecessarily lecherous bus driver! (Like, it’s funny because the Sister’s are clueless to innuendo but you know he does that to every woman who gets on the bus and that’s not cool.) 3. no one in the history of boobies has ever actually called them that), and Jay and Ice suggesting peeking in windows to watch women undress (gross). ![]() Other weird choices in this vein - which, let’s be honest, most kids won’t get - include Sarah’s constant horniness (like when she suggests they “hang on a hook and let me play with him!” and just generally being boy-crazy), Dani for no discernible reason talking about Allison’s breasts (a-hem “yabbos” which. Like, whatever, it’s fine, it’s just a really weird choice and one, I highly doubt, would ever fly in 2021. ![]() Like, “a newcomer to Salem” or “an unbeliever” or even, like “a boy” without referencing the sexual experience of a child in a children’s movie. It’s consistently brought up throughout the movie, which begs the question: why? Like, some writer made the decision that a virgin, specifically, would summon the Sisters from the dead, but what exactly does that add to this movie for children? They could have chosen to describe the person who would light the candle any number of ways that would apply to Max. (Pro-tip: if your kid asks what a virgin is, just tell them “An inexperienced, innocent person” because it’s not wrong.) What I forgot was just how much they keep referencing Max’s virginity. OK, so we know a crucial plot point is that a virgin has to light the Black Flame Candle to bring the Sanderson Sisters back to life. At one point, Max suggests Dani go trick-or-treating by herself, incredulously telling her “You’re 8!” implying that it’s past time she wandered the streets alone at night. So the near-complete lack of parental involvement in Hocus Pocus isn’t a revelation or anything, but seeing it in action, now with children of my own, is weird. In fact, starting around 1989, I don’t think I saw my parents in the summer except for the week we’d go on vacation (and even then, I was too busy almost drowning in the undertow at the beach to pay much attention to them). Look, I was a child in the ‘80s and ‘90s and, as such, have memories of running around my neighborhood entirely unsupervised. well, it gave me a new perspective on certain details that I’d never considered as a fifth grader belting out “I Put A Spell On You” on the playground. But when the time came, rewatching Hocus Pocus as a mom. This epic tale of the Sanderson Sisters is a childhood favorite of mine, and I couldn’t wait until my kids were old enough to enjoy it with me. And for the past 28 years, no Halloween would be complete without a viewing of, dare I say, the ultimate family Halloween movie: Hocus Pocus. ![]() Pumpkin picking, visiting apple orchards, and, of course, getting ready for Halloween. Autumn is a season full of wholesome family traditions. ![]()
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