Being a huge fan of the original movie, I was worried this would be a disaster, but it was everything I had hoped it would be. The tone, visuals, and acting are all there. _Hocus Pocus 2_ is able to hold enough from the first movie to be recognizable, while adding enough new ideas to not just be a boring copy. Our new, young protagonists are delightful, and give the movie a theme of friendship, rather than family, that was the driving force in the 1993 movie. The Sanderson sisters are still amazing, and we even get to see them as kids - I don't know who found the young girls to play them, but they did a great job; seriously, I could have watched a movie just about them. There are loads of laughs here, a little bit of music, and at almost two hours, the movie just flies by. I will absolutely watch this every October - along with the first _Hocus Pocus_. Fans of the original are going to love this, and anyone new to our trio of witches can jump in and still enjoy.

This is an amazing sequel, totally worth the watch! Gotta love the Sanderdon Sisters! :black_heart:

It's so cool to see the Sanderson Sisters again! It's such a nostalgia trip. That being said, the movie is just okay. I really loved the beginning with the Sisters' origin story; I would've loved if it was longer. The present day teenagers were boring as hell though. Just like the joke in the movie, I forgot their names too. It's like every teenage lead now has to be intelligent, confident, witty, good looking, an outsider but in a cool way, and their only faults seem to be that they're so confident it causes conflict that they're always in the right about. I loved in the first film how the three teenage leads all had very different personalities, and were able to bounce off of each other well. The film was also missing any real scary moments. In the original, the Sisters seemed like a real threat. Here, they're never really intimidating, because the producers would never allow it.

It was good. I wish they would have sang i put a spell on you though.

Whitney Peak is just annoying. Aren't there any good actors out there? Bette Miller, Kathy Najimy and even Sarah J Parker were great! And now no-one can't say a joke that everything is making fun of someone? It's not. Grow up! They ruin movies that could be really good with these abuse of political correctness. 3 Stars, one for each original witch.