![]() ![]() Like the original, the trio deliver choreographed spell-casting, several Little Shop of Horrors-worthy musical numbers, and melodramatic sobbing circles with the crackling energy the film hinges on. ![]() The formula is still perfection: Winnie booming operatic statements while Mary overanalyses the detail and Sarah misunderstands the general point, all awash in glorious physical slapstick comedy magic. "Observe, sisters, it glows from within with a sickening light." Credit: Disney The witches' mission? To suck the lives out of the children of Salem before sunrise, of course, otherwise, it's curtains! They evaporate! They cease to exist! Hocus Pocus 2's narrative follows the original’s main breadcrumbs faithfully, with executed witches The Sanderson Sisters accidentally resurrected again with the lighting of the Black Flame Candle, 29 years after Max, Allison, and a tiny, sassy Thora Birch did it in 1993. With Anne Fletcher directing and Jen D'Angelo writing the script for David Kirschner and Blake Harris spooky Disney tale, they’ve brewed up a perfectly spellbinding sequel, resurrecting our favourite melodramatic, witchy sisters with smart modern dialogue, old-school spooky special effects, and perfectly potent new additions that bring the beloved Halloween classic into 2022. Broom, ho! The long awaited sequel to 1993's Hocus Pocus is here, and it’s a wickedly fun nostalgia trip, one that’s seen us light many a Black Flame Candle to bring about its triumphant return.
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