As the latest straight-to-streaming movie for Disney+, Hocus Pocus 2 has no reason for its existence other than to keep people on the platform after their annual viewing of Hocus Pocus (1993). A by-the-numbers rehash powered by commendable enthusiasm from its main cast, it’s just good enough to satisfy fans, but won’t earn the Sanderson Sisters any new admirers.
The original cult film found the coven of Winifred, Sarah, and Mary whisked from 1600s Salem to the modern day, where their desire to feast on children’s souls was thwarted by a couple tykes on Halloween night. Nearly 30 years later, the film resurrects the sisters once again after a duplicitous magic shop owner tricks a few teenagers into lighting a black candle during their Halloween spell-casting.
The film is basically 90 minutes of fish-out-of-water gags — the sisters are vexed by automatic doors, delighted by Roombas and oddly unmoved by cellphone...
The original cult film found the coven of Winifred, Sarah, and Mary whisked from 1600s Salem to the modern day, where their desire to feast on children’s souls was thwarted by a couple tykes on Halloween night. Nearly 30 years later, the film resurrects the sisters once again after a duplicitous magic shop owner tricks a few teenagers into lighting a black candle during their Halloween spell-casting.
The film is basically 90 minutes of fish-out-of-water gags — the sisters are vexed by automatic doors, delighted by Roombas and oddly unmoved by cellphone...
- 9/29/2022
- by Chris Williams
- CinemaNerdz
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