Hocus
Pocus
Two
By Alexa Habermann
Hocus Pocus, directed by Kenny Ortega has become a classic Halloween movie over the years. So much so, that the cast teamed up again to create a sequel to continue the story of the characters. The first movie, released in 1993, tells the story of the Sanderson Sisters played by Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy and their return to Salem Massachusetts upon the lighting of the infamous black flame candle. The new movie, released on September 30, 2022, has the same idea as the first movie but, the witches are met by two teenage girls who live life very differently than the witches are used to.
The movie starts with a flashback to 1600’s Salem where the young Winifred Sanderson receives her witchcraft from the mother witch after she was banished from Salem for refusing to marry the Reverend’s son. Flashing forward, two teenage girls get their hands on a black flame candle and manage to bring the witches back. The witches cause mass chaos to the town by trying to use an extremeley powerful spell that will make Winnie even more powerful than she already is. The girls need to come up with a way to defeat the witches. After trying to kill the witches using modern technology and