HOCUS POCUS

Great movie. A classic. Perfect for the holidays.

QUITE LITERALLY THE BEST MOVIE IN THE WORLD BUT YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT

A classic tale for school aged children & family movie nights.

Although there are many movies that are frightening and horrific, none of them come close to encompassing the feeling of spooky season quite like this one, this is the greatest Halloween film ever made. The entire movie feels like a nostalgic postcard... from the incredibly detailed sets, costuming and score, to the visual and special effects (which look better than most modern movies). Bette, Sarah and Kathy deliver a level 10 on the scale of "camp" humor, truly hysterical. Films like this just aren't made anymore.

There are plenty of positive reviews of "Hocus Pocus" out there, so I'll get straight to the point. This movie is perfect Halloween entertainment for children because it has all the icons with no real terrors. After the brief 17th Century backstory, we see the protagonists in school in Salem on the day of Halloween hearing witch stories from the teacher. The bicycle ride through the leaf strewn autumn woods that afternoon reminds one of many such days. The scenes of the boy and his girlfriend taking his little sister Trick or Treating that night with flaming jack o'lanterns and other decorations in abundance is beautifully arresting. As for the 3 witches, notwithstanding their wicked intentions, Sarah Jessica makes for wonderful eye candy, Bette does a terrific rendition of "I Put a Spell on You", and Kathy is hilarious when she meets a hen-pecked husband dressed in a devil costume and believes that it is her master Satan offering her a Clark Bar. Even the zombie is right out of your standard amusement park haunted house ride. And the puns are a riot: Zombie to Bette, "Go to hell." Bette replies, "Been there, done that." Add the talking cat to the mix, and it's all wonderful fun, with a magnificent coda where the sun rises the next day and sends our witches to their final destination and the exhausted parents home after a night of non-stop bewitched dancing. I don't know whether there will be any extras on the Blue Disc version when it comes out, but I can only imagine how the Blue Disc treatment will serve to enhance the gorgeous photography. That by itself would be worth the purchase. There are a few other kid friendly films I would recommend: Ernest Scared Stupid (on blue disc since last year), Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (due out on blue disc 09/04/12), It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown (also BD), The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr Toad (DVD only), and The Devil and Daniel Webster (Criterion DVD only), but Hocus Pocus takes the Number One spot.

Favorite movie of all time. I watch it every Halloween

One of my favorite movies. I paid to have it all the time but I feel it shouldn’t have that much of a price or a price at all because of the age of the movie.

Awesome classic Halloween movie with our favorite sisters, the Sandersons! Witches of Salem!

Adverteren met de Franse / Engelse / Nederlandse editie maar je krijgt de Duitse versie zonder Nederlandse ondertiteling. Geen aanrader. Wel netjes restitutie terug gekregen.

とにかく、ハロウィンの日に見るのがお勧め。

Zum Film brauch ich nicht wirklich viel sagen, er ist purer Kult. Die DVD ist von Bild & Ton sehr gut, leider ohne Extras. Meiner Meinung nach, wäre eine Blu Ray/Mediabook Veröffentlichung längst überfällig. Mit Infos, Interviews & einem Making Of, wäre das eine Runde Sache.

Efectivamente, este DVD edición Francia trae audio en Castellano (España). Además, se puede escoger también el idioma en Español para los menús del disco (antes de salir el menú principal, nada más arranacar el disco, aparece una lista con idiomas para seleccionarlo). Por otro lado, la imagen es bastante buena, teniendo en cuenta que es una peli de los noventa y en DVD... Película muy divertida, y totalmente recomendable para toda la familia. En resumen, una buena compra y muy recomendable teniendo en cuenta que en España todavía no la tenemos disponible.

Otimo produto.