One theory holds that the expression hocuspocus originated as a travesty of a phrase in the mass hoc est corpus, meaning this is my body. Last night, i got my mom to watch hocus pocus with me as shed never seen it before. But do these little things take away from the fact. With a movie like hocus pocus, you come to embrace it, flaws and all. Storyline hocus pocus 1993 years have passed since the sanderson sisters were executed for practicing dark witchcraft. The original story for hocus pocus was much darker than. New hocus pocus film in early development at disney paste. Find out about all the goofs from hocus pocus 1993 on imdb. In 2018, the haunted happenings grand parade, an annual salem festival held every october, was hocuspocus themed in honor of the movies 25th anniversary. A post for you all to gush over your favorite halloween themed movie.
Margarine wasnt invented until the 1800s, with the discovery of. Whenever halloween rolls around, one of the disney movies we always watch is hocus pocus. Disney channel was trying to develop a hocus pocus tv movie. The original hocus pocus may not have cast a spell on the box office. Hocus pocus 1993 bloopers, mistakes, errors in continuity, plot holes, anachronisms, spoilers and more. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading hocus pocus. The city of salem has celebrated its connection to hocus pocus, while local filming sites have become an attraction for fans as the movies legacy has grown over the years. We still love the 1993 movie hocus pocus, including the character. It was once a common term for a magician, juggler, or other similar entertainers.
I watch is every year in october and it always puts a smile on my face. Hocus pocus is a disney movie, and max is dryhumping his bedding. From a talking black cat to witches, magic spells and even a foulmouthed zombie, this 1993 disney movie takes all your favorite parts of this holiday and combines them into one ultimate halloween movie masterpiece. Bette midler isnt happy that disney decided to go with a tv remake of hocus pocus instead of bringing the cast back for a sequel. The movie was a hit and all the moms are buying this movie for their collection. How the sanderson sisters became witches disneys hocus.
The film underwhelms in spectacular fashion, operating on a level where its never silly enough to get its own joke yet doesnt have enough meat on its bones to qualify as an actual horror movie. Just like any other movie, hocus pocus has its flaws and inconsistencies that dont seem like much at first but are always fun to point out later on when youre rewatching the film with friends. Sarah jessica parker confirms original cast of hocus pocus. Watching it, i realized something that id not seen before that made me believe winifred planned to be the only one to live forever. If one thing is for sure, its that well be in love with this. Just in time for halloween, hocus pocus in focus is the second book in a series of thinking fans guides by author aaron wallace.
A highly scientific analysis of hocus pocus a highly scientific film analysis of hocus pocus. Find out when and where you can watch hocus pocus on tv with the full listings schedule at. That is not to say that she is not a witch, just that it is unlikely since she is allied with the good people in the movie. On 2 august 2015, the facebook page tough cookie parenting. This is what happens when you try to apply logic to early 90s disney movies, and in a weird way, i think it makes me like the film more. The movie is perfect for a group viewing session once a year, right. Things about hocus pocus you only notice as an adult. Jimmy kimmel explains how the movie hocus pocus led to donald trumps hatred of bette midler and breaks down the many clues in his theory.
A highly scientific analysis of hocus pocus forever. Like candy apples and trick or treating, hocus pocus is a hilarious and haunting halloween classic that stands the test of time. The original story for hocus pocus was much darker than the movie we know and love today. Wallace closely examines the 1993 film on a variety of levels. The hardest hocus pocus trivia quiz ever oh my disney. Things about hocus pocus only adults notice the list. One fan theory that longtime fans have tossed around the internet for the. Disney has confirmed the film hocus pocus 2 is in production, more than 20 years after the release of the original hocus pocus. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Before doing hocus pocus, kathy najimy, who won the role of mary, was a huge fan of bette midler, who played winnie sanderson. It has a nice comedic timing to it as well which i really loved. Hocus pocus is a garbage movie that doesnt deserve your. I have never purchased it because they play it nearly a dozen f. To our luck, disney is in the early stages of creating a new hocus pocus film, per buzzfeed news.
For anyone who doesnt know, the focus of hocus pocus is the town of salem. Thirteen frighteningly fun facts about hocus pocus hypable. Harmlessly hokey yet never much more than mediocre, hocus pocus is a muddled familyfriendly effort that fails to live up to the talents of its impressive cast. I had to find a way to talk about hocus pocus and the sanderson sisters again this halloween. Its just not october or halloween without seeing hocus pocus at least five times and quoting the entire movie with friends. Hocus pocus is a film desperately in need of selfdiscipline.
Hocus pocus movie tv listings and schedule tv guide. Bette midler, sarah jessica parker, and kathy najimy in hocus pocus 1993. The movie will be a new incarnation of the original story. One rumor, as listed on pop culture times, is that the story will follow a protagonist named poppy, who is the daughter of max and alison from the original film. I wait all year long to watch this film, and have been doing so since i was very young. But whats even stranger is that this is a movie written by adults for children. We are among the largest magic stores in the world, carrying over 30,000 magic effects and adding more daily. The sanderson sisters often refer to cooking with margarine. Hocus pocus is about three sister witches who need to drink children souls to live and they come back 300 years later after being asleep. Since the news of hocus pocus 2 surfaced, the internet has been brimming with theories about what the plot might entail. Alternate versions when itv showed the film at easter 2001, the following scenes were cut.
The movie hocus pocus 1993 is a failed ritual from the cabin in the woods universe. We are never shown good magic, so to say alison was a witch within the confines of the hocus pocus universe that would make her evil. Returning to life thanks to a combination of a spell spoken before their demise and the accidental actions of max, the newkidintown, the sisters have but one night to secure their continuing existence. Hocus pocus 2 moving forward at disney plus with writer jen d. Through a recent rewatching of hocus pocus while procrastinating on a grad school paper and a little research on the film, i discovered that the movie is filled with goofs, weird facts and interesting injokes that dont technically make any sense. Hocus pocus the parents of salem encourage teenage sex. The thinking fans guide to disneys halloween classic. The movie hocus pocus 1993 is a failed ritual from the. Confusing facts you never noticed about watching hocus pocus. Its in movie comedies that disney is having its real crisis, as evidenced by this wouldbe laughgetter that begins with the murder of a child and a triple hanging. The movie is filled with special effects, lots of them, as the witches fly around on brooms and vacuum cleaners, and the cat develops the ability to. Monday halloweens can be kind of a bummer, but weve got a treat pun intended for you.
The night of the party we played a different movie and all worked out. Of course disney is getting in on the fun by releasing information on a new hocus pocus film for disney channel without a release date in sight and without the original cast. Hocuspocus is a generic term that may be derived from an ancient language and is currently used to refer to the actions of magicians, often as the stereotypical magic words spoken when bringing about some sort of change. I rescheduled hocus pocus for another night, invited the same kids and you could hear a pin drop during the movie.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading hocus pocus in focus. Halloween is probably synonymous with the 1993 movie hocus pocus. Jimmy kimmel says hocus pocus is the real reason trump. A curious youngster moves to salem, where he struggles to fit in before awakening a trio of diabolical witches that were executed in the 17th century. Hocus pocus is a throbbing, unmitigated crime against cinema. The thinking fans guide to disneys halloween classic kindle edition by wallace, aaron, birch, thora. Speaking of class the movie takes place on halloween, 1993, which was a sunday. One rumor, as listed on pop culture times, is that the story will follow a protagonist named poppy, who is the daughter of max and alison from the original film related. Hocus pocus, a film that only comes around once a year. The thinking fans guide to disneys halloween classic at. Hocus pocus is a 1993 american dark fantasy comedy horror film directed by kenny ortega and written by neil cuthbert and mick garris, and it is based on a story by garris and david kirschner. Spoilers below, in case somebody else hasnt seen it. The film stars bette midler, kathy najimy and sarah jessica parker, with omri katz, thora birch, and vinessa shaw in supporting roles. In our humble opinion, its one of the best movies to see when youre in.