Hocus Pocus

    Hocus Pocus
    1993

    Synopsis

    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.

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    Cast

    • Bette MidlerWinifred Sanderson
    • Sarah Jessica ParkerSarah Sanderson
    • Kathy NajimyMary Sanderson
    • Omri KatzMax Dennison
    • Thora BirchDani
    • Vinessa ShawAllison
    • Tobias JelinekJay
    • Larry BagbyErnie / 'Ice'
    • Doug JonesBilly Butcherson
    • Amanda ShepherdEmily

    Recommendations

    • 80

      The Hollywood Reporter

      It's a veritable bagful of box office treats.
    • 70

      Washington Post

      Its collection of one-liners and amusing situations could put you in a diverting spell. A studio-generated romp about three 17th-century witches who create havoc in present-day Salem, Mass., it's full of big-crowd laughs (thanks mostly to Midler) and suspense.
    • 50

      ReelViews

      Hocus Pocus is an occasionally dull, mostly pedantic motion picture with little to recommend it. It belongs on the long list of summer movies that will quickly be buried and forgotten until the surface on video in six months. For real fun at the expense of the dead, see instead Sam Raimi's Army of Darkness.
    • 50

      Time Out

      The ugly trio - Midler, Najimy and Parker - perform a show-stopping version of 'I Put a Spell on You' at a Halloween party, but otherwise it's slim pickings.
    • 40

      Empire

      Trying to break expectations isn't always a wise idea and here Disney show how not to do it. With this supposed-family movie, they disappoint on nearly every level. The plot is weak, the action poor and it's got Bette Midler, simply dreadful.
    • 40

      TV Guide Magazine

      Under direction that can only be described as scatterbrained by choreographer-turned-director Kenny Ortega (NEWSIES), HOCUS POCUS runs off in so many directions at once that it keeps tripping over itself behind a plot that doesn't make the slightest bit of sense.
    • 40

      Austin Chronicle

      And for all its artful, high-flying sorcery, Hocus Pocus cannot escape the irons of an all too pedestrian plotline.
    • 25

      Chicago Sun-Times

      Hocus Pocus is a film desperately in need of self-discipline. It's one of those projects where you imagine everyone laughing and applauding each other after every scene, because they're so convinced they're wild and crazy guys. But watching the movie is like attending a party you weren't invited to, and where you don't know anybody, and they're all in on a joke but won't explain it to you.

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