Hocus Pocus (Disney Film)

 With Halloween getting closer, I thought I continue to write about some more Halloween stuff. Today, I wanted to to write about Hocus Pocus which was a film that originally aired back in 1993. July 16 to be exact which was literally the day after my third birthday.

I remember watching years later as a kid and enjoying it especially during the Halloween season and this October was no different. But what I had found interesting about this movie was the fact that when this movie first came out, it was considered a bomb for Disney. To be fair, this movie came out the same weekend as Jurassic Park. It also came out the same day as the movie Free Willy.

But has since then become a cult classic, mainly because of the annual airing on Disney during the Halloween season.

The story begins in 1693 where the Sanderson sisters had kidnapped a young girl named Emily who was the younger sister of Thackery Binx and drained her life force in order to restore their youth. They then cursed Binx and turned him into a black cat for trying to interfere with their plans.

However, the witches were captured and sentenced to death by hanging by the townsfolk. But before they died, they cursed the town that one day they will return. 300 years later a young kid named Max Dennison and inadvertently brought the witches back to life and chaos ensured.

Personally, I really did enjoy this movie and probably no shock to anyone I really loved the scene where the sisters were singing I put a spell on you. To this day, I can not tell how many times I have heard someone sing a cover to that song. So you know that they had a hit on their hands.

Movies like this is are really one of the reasons why I get excited about the month October and it just brings me back to another time. Honestly, I am so glad that these older movies still exist.

Until next time!

God Bless and Be Safe! 🙏🙏🙏