Stars: Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, Sarah Jessica Parker, Vinessa Shaw

Director: Kenny Ortega

Summary: A supernatural comedy in which three teenagers investigate the hauntings at a local house in Salem and suddenly become the only people able to prevent a group of three hundred year old witches finding everlasting life.

The Sanderson Sisters are 17th century witches who were conjured up by unsuspecting pranksters in present-day Salem. The key to their immortality involves three children and a talking cat, who also turn out to be their biggest obstacles.

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This big, fat theatrical bomb has a lot going for it. There's the three leads, Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy and Sarah Jessica Parker, playing three resurrected witches who wreak havoc on Salem, Massachusetts, 300 hundred years after they were hung. There's music, special effects, and magic. There's a surprisingly horror-filled plot. Whoops, hold up on that last one. It's probably the extremes that this film goes to (displaying a Disney label), such as the witches sucking the life out of a little girl in the first five minutes, that put the brakes on any success for Hocus Pocus. Older children, however, in the 8 and up range should get a kick out of all the weird goings-on. It's a good measure of Halloween thrills and chills. --Keith Simanton

Aspect Ratio:	1.85 Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Year:	1993
Release Date:	February 5, 2001
Runtime:	92 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	B E D 888209
Keywords:	Comedy, General, Wide, Screen, Hocus, Pocus
Genre:	Comedy