Hocus Pocus 2 Is Cutesy, Not Campy

Like all truly great camp classics, Hocus Pocus needed time for its legend to grow. When it was first released in 1993, the Halloween tale about three witchy sisters—played with panache by Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, and Sarah Jessica Parker—stomping around modern-day Salem and trying to steal the souls of children was a critical and commercial misfire. It was a movie for kids that was surprisingly adult in nature, brimming with sexual innuendo (virgins lighting candles!), devilish concepts, and layered cameos that no child would understand. (The late Garry and Penny Marshall, real-life siblings, playing an argumentative couple, for example.)… Read Full Article