Watched this for the first time with my wife who absolutely loved it as a kid. The film lacks the necessary thrills for a decent halloween film, the humor for a comedy or the development for a drama. It's just a middling kids film. Great if you are a kid...not so much for adults. We both agreed not to watch it again. There are just too many great halloween flix for this to make it on the annual watchlist.

I would've loved this movie as a kid!

This film is terrific campy fun and that's entirely down to the excellent casting and performances of Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, and Sarah Jessica Parker as the three witches.

The rest of the (mainly kids) cast are perfectly fine but would be kinda forgettable in another film, the only exception is Thora Birch as the little sister, Dani. Omri Katz is a decent actor but his character is kinda _meh_, as is his love interest played by Vinessa Shaw, so any time spent way from the Sanderson sisters does feel a little like filler.

The plot isn't too deep and the ending is rather cheesy, but it bristles along at an enjoyable pace and is a very entertaining ride. If you're looking for a film that doesn't take itself too serious and you enjoy campy fun humour, then you'll likely find a lot to enjoy in _Hocus Pocus_.

Still enjoyable as an adult. I noticed while watching that 'Binks' is Sean Murray [McGee] from NCIS.

Bette Milder is phenomenal. I love everything about this movie.

_"I couldn't wear anything like that because I don't have any...what do you call 'em Max? Yabbos?"_

Dani is iconic, Allison has my heart and Max is an idiot in the best way and if this was made in current day I'm pretty sure he would be a minecraft boy

I recently rewatched this as an adult and was really impressed. I guess I didn't expect more than a Disney TV movie level of quality. This film is joke after joke and the adult leads are abaolute pros who have created fully fleshed out unique characters. Bette Midler is mesmerising. I very much wanted to see what would happen next. I'm sure I'll watch this again one day when in the need of light entertainment.

Yearly Halloween tradition. Regardless of what these other stiffs have to say, it's good clean fun

3 Thoughts After Re-Watching ‘Hocus Pocus’:

1. My first drive-in experience tonight with the Sanderson sisters — and they’re as iconic as ever. Quintessential Halloween fodder. A staple of the season.

2. Bette is the queen of this film. There is no Hocus Pocus without all three, but the Divine Miss M’s theatrics take it all to a whole ‘nother level.

3. The fact that this film currently has a 37% on Rotten Tomatoes is a testament to how much we should ignore critics and just ENJOY. Find out for yourselves.

Good.

'Hocus Pocus' is a fairly amusing film about witches from the Salem trials era, not that it hasn't any real connection to those events. It's very much a fun fantasy film, which looks pretty neat by the way.

Bette Midler (Winifred), Kathy Najimy (Mary) and Sarah Jessica Parker (Sarah) play three witch sisters. They are main reason why the film is as enjoyable as it is, all are entertaining but Midler is definitely the pick of the bunch. The trio of younger actors in Omri Katz (Max), Thora Birch (Dani) and Vinessa Shaw (Allison) are OK, nothing special but passable.

I didn't fully connect or like the plot itself, but it's one that suits everything else on screen well so it kinda works to be honest. All in all, for me, this is a solid, mid-range production from Disney.

I never saw this as a kid so I have no nostalgia for this. It is fine but nothing more than a kids movie.

I like this one. "Kiddie" enough that I can watch with the youngest, but with a bunch of older humor to still be pretty fun. And I always forget how dark this can be at times... Kids die! And early! I think this does really well at ratcheting up the tension quick (these kids could die too!) while being able to present the witches in a "fun" way to kids... but man, that opening is dark for a kids movie.

I love the scenes with the witches wandering around on the kid packed streets of Halloween. The scenes with the Marshalls gets me everytime, "Master" dancing in the dining room with Sarah Jessica Parker ("THEY call me Master!"). Mom dressed as Madonna and the parents joking about parties in L.A... Watching Sarah Jessica Parker soooo wanting to "play with" all the non-witches. "ICE". Yeah, the non-Bette witches themselves can be a little too idiotic / annoying at times, but overall I think the movie does a good job blending together a bunch of different fun moments.