Talk:Hocus Pocus (film)

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Contents 1 Initial article 2 Dance Till You Die 3 Thackery Binx 4 Cult Film 5 ABC Family airing ?

[edit] Initial article

• This is just the initial article, please feel free to expand it as you see fit.
  • Wikipedia:WikiProject Magic should add a "Magic films" or similiar type category.

<>Who 05:12, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

• I just changed a typo in the 4th paragraph from "then" to "they". That is all! :)

<>ashley*e 20:17, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dance Till You Die

According to the summary:

"Taking over the stage, the witches perform a Broadway-esque musical number highlighting Midler's talent — and putting a spell on the adults to make them dance until they die."

I thought she was just playing into Max's characterization of her as being the real sanderson sister. She didn't have the spell book with her, so how could she have casted a spell on the parents?

Perhaps she doesnt need her spell book with her to cast simple spells? At the beginning of the movie she doesnt need the book in front of her to zap Thackery with the lightning from her hands. Maybe she only needs the spell book for complex spells and potions. Grey witch 22:15, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

That's not entirely accurate. She flips through the book and then finds the appropriate spell, likely committing it to her short term memory as he enacts it on Max.

Winifred didn't have the book, nor was she able to look at the book to find the apporiate spell to re-animate the dead body of her ex-lover, yet she did. It is likely that she is able to come up with simple spells on the spot as she needs them, however, she often likes to use more complex spells and uses the spell book for that. 03:32, 21 October 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by SilverWolf10 (talk • contribs)

[edit] Thackery Binx

Thackery, not Zachary. June-gloom 02:35, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cult Film

This is not a comment against this particular article. However, I feel that the label "cult film" has become quite overused at Wikipedia. Sometimes is seems that every film that was not a blockbuster in theatrical release but has even lukewarm home video sales or broadcast popularity is described as a "cult film". That term used to conjur up images of Rocky Horror, midnight movies, underground films, Divine, and what-not, but now it refers to any film that people still watch after it finishes its theatrical run. PurpleChez 14:48, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

I can understand what you are trying to say, but everytime I've seen cult film mentioned, it actually has been a cult film. This one certainally is as everyone I know thinks this film is fantastic. Wild ste 22:49, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

I like this film too. This wasn't a comment against the film or the article. I still think that the "cult film" label is overused, but I apologize for not being able to back up the statement with examples. To me, this film fits the bill. PurpleChez (talk) 20:34, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] ABC Family airing ?

ABC Family's airirng was bad they cut like a number of scenes like after the witches break the window they went to commercial and then they just went to the witches soaring in the sky wtf? I highly recomend you see Disney Channel's version of the film its uncut but the d word was cut out Matthew Cantrell (talk) 21:56, 15 May 2008 (UTC)