I put a Spell on you!  The Magic of Hocus Pocus by Indie-Ana Jones

So in the early 90's Disney set out to make a Halloween film for their cable channel, but somehow the script and stars made it worthy of the big screen instead.  That was just the beginning of the magic and mayhem that is now Hocus Pocus.  

The storyline is fun and captivating and brings in a new love for Halloween that isn't too scary but entertaining enough for adults too.  Three centuries of a curse believed to be upon the town of Salem when three witchy sisters are found guilty of stealing the lives of little children and using it to conjure up spells for youth and immortality.   The Sanderson sisters curse the town just as they are being hanged and vow to once again return to claim other little kids.  So it's the 90's and witches and curses are as threatening as the return of beta tapes when a teenage boy unwittingly releases the sisters from the grave to prey upon the small town once again.  It's up to these two teens and one intrepid little girl (Thora Birch from American Beauty) to save the town and banish the sisters forever.  With help of a feline friend, Binx (voiced by James Marsden) who has waited for his chance to avenge his sister, the kids have one Halloween night they will never forget as they run amok trying to run from the witches!

And who are the Sanderson sisters?  Winifried is played wonderfully by Bette Midler (Beaches, The Rose, Drowning Mona...)  who always confessed having loved playing that role more than others in her repertoire.  Sarah a bit of a vixen witch is played by Sarah Jessica Parker (Sex in the City) who actually sang the haunting lullaby that entices children to their death.  Lastly there is Mary, by Kathy Najimy (Sister Act, VEEP) who brings a lot of humor to her role as she always does.  The chemistry between the three is evident and they entice the audience to enjoy their nefarioius plans to rid the town of children.  don't forget cameos by sibling director duo, Garry and Penny Marshall as Satan and his wife.

If you love Halloween, you will love Hocus Pocus, if you don't love Halloween...what on earth is wrong with you!  And if you are reading this thinking you never saw the film well run your little butt over to the Blue Starlite Drive In tonight to start celebrating Halloween on screen!!!  Be careful, you may leave thinking you have been put under a spell!