I give props to Hocus Pocus for casting actual teenagers and making them look like teenagers.

Can't believe you skipped over Billy the zombie, Winnie's ex who was resurrected by the witches but then decided to help the kids. He was the best character in the movie.

This is the most metal movie ever released under the Disney umbrella. It literally opens with a child murder, and the Sanderson sisters get so excited 'cause they think the guy in the Satan costume is actually him. Then one of them mentions her stay in the underworld. Like, I'm so amazed that Disney greenlit all this.

It's just a flash but we see Emily's corpse, and she is about a mummy. but damn, i love the bus driver; he is flirty with each of the sisters and he looks like they'd have a good time not killing kids! and the costumed devil was hilarious (and how his wife chased the witches out!)

the reason the child was so calm in the beginning is due to the song sara sings. it puts them into a hypnotic state.

The reason burning them didn’t kill them is because of the black flame candle. It kept them alive until sunrise. The reason Winnie turned to stone was because she was on hallowed ground. Just an FYI for anyone confused

What blows my mind is that the actress who played the teacher (Kathleen Feeman) also played Sister Mary Stigmata (The Penguin) in Blues Brothers. She managed to encompass both poles of the child-care spectrum in her career.

Sarah was also a pivotal moment for young Lucy realising "oh yeah I'm definitely into girls" 😂

Early Disney movies were always dark, but this movie literally started with a little girl getting her life sucked out and was centered on killing kids, which is seriously messed up and dark yet it’s still a fun movie, that I can’t help but love it!

The Sanderson Sisters are the best part of this entire movie, you could tell that the actresses were having an absolute blast. I was always rooting for the witches to win, since the kids, with the possible exception of Dani, were bland by comparison.

Hocus Pocus will remain as one of the best kids films ever. I literally watched my VHS to actual death x

"and by witches I mean any single women over 25...." I DIED

I'd always figured the reason Emily was sitting there so calmly in the chair the whole time was that she was still under that hypnotic spell that Sarah sang to lure her there. On that note, the witches' feet dangling didn't phase me much as a kid, but I did have a 'yikes' moment when I noticed that they show the dead girl slumped over in the chair.

I loved this movie as a kid and now as an adult. Honestly all the sexual innuendo and "dark scenes" went right over my head. The acting felt so honest and real that it just felt relatable as a kid. And now that im older and i get everything i love it even more.

This was hilarious from start to finish. You made it so hard for me to get a bowl of cereal without bustin out laughing and wakin up the whole house. 🤣

Idk if it was bc I grew up in a rural village but Halloween has always been safe for me. Never been mugged for my sweets. Definitely had the good ones nicked by siblings tho…

I’m surprised you didn’t mention the fact that the Sanderson Sisters COULD have won as Sarah had lured a bunch of children to their cottage. Winnie had just enough potion for 1 child but she chose to go after Dani. Had she taken the life of any other kid then they would have been able to fulfill the black flame candle deal and stay alive then go after Dani.

The reason Allison was so chill was because she was a witch too. There was a follow up book where it was revealed that Allison was the descendant of a fourth Sanderson sister who refused to be evil like the rest of her family. Max and Allison's daughter was tricked into casting a spell that caused all the witches in Hell to trade places with mortals on Earth.

i watched this in the dentist while high off laughing gas and it was a whole different experience

I love your animation style. I’ve binge watched tons of your videos since I came across your channel. Keep it up!

I think the best explanation for this movie I’ve ever seen was in a Tumblr post speculating about what the actors were told during filming. Their theory was that Winnie’s actress was told: “This is camp, just do whatever you want,” Mary’s actress was told: “Your character is basically an evil golden retriever,” Sarah’s actress was told: “Just act like you’re on all the drugs,” and the kids were told that this was a very serious horror movie and they’d be in trouble if they didn’t treat it as such.

It warms my bones to know that even though the movie flopped when it premiered, the Sanderson Sisters have obviously had the last laugh.

When Dani said “he loves ’em“ he gave me a jumpscare when he said “STOP!!“😂😅

I absolutely LOVED seeing this video and the labyrinth video! Things were so damn different when I was a kiddo. BRING BACK AWESOMENESS.

I never understood the teens bullying little kids on halloween trope. Like maybe I just lived in an area where teens are nicer, but honestly they've just kinda done their own thing. If they ever interact with kids it's to compliment their costume and/or give them candy.

I mean, I get why Allison is so chill. She probably goes through that every day being the prettiest girl in town. She'd probably be more surprised if he didn't have a crush on her

Thank you for being so hilarious every time, Alex 🤣

Luv the animations... makes this so much better than a 'movie review' that just talks over 20 min of the movie. fwiw, I really appreciate it

When I watched this the first time as a kid I remember asking what a Virgin was. I was told it's someone who "doesn't believe in magic." Knowing Max's character I was like, "yeah, that checks out." 😆

"We desire...children!" "Well it may take me a couple tries, but I don't think that'd be a problem." Yeah the 90's were so wholesome. 😆

This video is non stop pure comedy! You really outdone yourself on this one!

It still is. Caught it on a television channel on a flight about 4 years ago and my mom watched it on TV last year.

Honestly, the bus scene and what the driver said flew over my head as a child. I know this because when I rewatched it as an adult and he said that, I turned to my brother and said, "Hold on, wait. Was this really in the movie? How come we're just hearing this?" He and I laughed for a good while lol Disney movies back then were just different. I mean, have you seen 'Blank Check'? lol

As a kid 95% of the adult jokes didn’t resonate with me because we weren’t overloaded with this kind of stuff like kids are now. As an adult now I think it’s hilarious. Pretty sure those jokes were for our parents who were forced to watch this a million times with us, but I appreciate them! Wish Disney was still like this honestly. Edit: spelling

I haven't seen a comment on this yet but 15:09 that is a student's attempt at recreating the Discobolus Statue. Love your videos, man!

I was 12 when this came out, and I've watched it on Halloween ever since. :) It's the one scary movie I'd watch as a tradition. (I'm an overly sensitive person who hates to be scared, and when I was a kid, my sensitivity to horror was at 10,000%. For kid-me, this was a horror movie.) It was an absolutely awesome part of that year for me. I loved it! As for knowing the words "OD'd," Yeah, we were kids in the 90's, and that kind of content was all over the media in the news and whatever, along with schools always telling you not to do drugs, so we learned that term early on. We were kids. Not completely morons. Morons, yes, but not *complete* morons. Anyway, I love this movie, and my 12th year was still one of the best years of my life to date for a few reasons, so yeah. My life went to hell after that for a good... years still going. Allison wasn't phased by Dani, because a) she's a girl and b) she's not taking an 8 year old seriously, because kids come with zero filter. Hey, the boob jokes were funny! That was classic humor back then. I remember laughing so hard I had to pee at the yabos joke. :D Everyone was also laughing at Madonna's ridiculous torpedo-tits bra in reality at that time. Since that was new-ish, that reference still landed. As a kid, I didn't completely get that bus driver (yay for being Ace), but I did understand the very obvious innuendo. Now as an adult, that guy's got so much confidence he's bleeding swag. I still wouldn't go near him, though. In my honest opinion, Disney peaked at made-for-t.v Halloween movies with this one. I've yet to see anything else they've made since come close to this. Halloween town was cringy AF, and nowhere near the level of Hocus Pocus. This was a fun, creepy, spooky movie that had a storyline, a plot, no character was better than another, (I'm looking at you, Disney's girl-boss fever that makes me want to barf - and I'm a girl!) The Hocus Pocus 2 movie they made had a few good parts (like the beginning scene - I'm terrified of spiders, and Mary's roombas, calling back to her being forced to use a vacuum as a broom. :D But 70% of that movie was Disney 2010's cheesy safe-for-the-kiddies, eye-squinting camp so bad you got second hand embarrassment for the actors.

Alison doesn’t react negatively to the discussion of her Yabbos because Alison, as depicted in the scene and throughout the movie, is suppose to be the mature, sophisticated, humble and understanding character. That and maybe naïveté. Plus she thinks it’s cute coming from Danny. Alison understands that Danny doesn’t understand the young adult world and allows her to be cute and innocent.

I actually liked how they had the Sanderson sisters sort of become more familiar with modern-day culture as the movie progressed (aka, for instance realizing that people stopped believing in supernatural stuff, so when Max tried to call them out at the dance they just played along). Yeah, it was a stretch that they were able to pick up so many things in one night, but it meant it became harder and harder to fool them, which upped the tension in the climax. Also, as anyone with a much younger sibling will probably tell you, they can embarrass you to no end in front of your peers. Just absolutely no filter whatsoever. That part of Dani they go so right that it easily made her the best non-Sanderson character.

In the sisters defense with the microphones - The sibling understanding of who sings lead and who gets out of the damn way is *timeless*.

The prevalence of adult humor/scenarios in children's media (television and film) in the 90's and earlier probably had a great deal to do with the fact many homes that had televisions only had one and the whole family used it. So, children's shows and movies needed to have something for the adults to not wanna bash their heads into a wall while watching or even allow it to be played in the first place. Like you pointed out, a lot of these adult jokes & scenarios were just shrugged off by the kids. And, if your kid did understand them? You probably already had bigger problems~^.^

I think this is one of the best kids movies ever, it's exactly what a kids movie should be. Stuff in there for the children and stuff in there for the adults because parents should be watching stuff with their kids, not just dumping them in front of the TV. God I hope they don't ruin the sequel!

Honestly I LOVE this movie! It's nostalgic to me. I used to watch it all the time with my grandma, it reminds me of her :) She also had curly black hair that reminded me of Winnie, so that also reminds me of her lol

12:36.. I don't think they (more specifically the bus driver) were referring to *that* but moreso production of children. And the reason I think this is because he says "it may take me a few tries" suggesting that he isnt very.. potent.

Wow, that innuendo just went completely over my head as a kid, haha. For a kids movie, it sure has a lot of jokes that only adults will get.

I love watching this movie as an adult, I had no idea what 60% of the dialogue meant as a child 🤣

love your commentary ...absolutely hilarious

At the part you show around 14:50, Danny lies when she says she hasn't even had a piece of candy, as she clearly eats a lollipop at the hot girl's house towards the beginning of the film

I love that movies centered around kids and teens in the 80's/90's were a lil edgy. it was more realistic because not all kids are angels. A lot of us did speak and act like the kids from the goonies/IT (the 2017 version). I think some adult jokes are added to make sure the parents who take their kids are not completely bored.

I never watched Hocus Pocus as kid but I did later as an adult and uh... yeah I laughed so hard (plus for a kids movie I think it still holds great. Parents keep forgetting about how children are not that fragile to certain jokes or content and this movie is a prime example of that)

Drinking from those empty cups is soooooo believable, especially when he does the spit take lmao

this was one of my fav movies as a kid and still a good go to even for me now ♥

Yo if you’re looking for a movie to review for spooky season, I think The Adam’s Family still holds up as a great halloween classic and it would be nice to give it some hype

Allison was just the ultimate cool girl. Nothing can phase the cool girl, they just go with the flow.

7:28 the way he says this with such confidence!!!!🤣

Another great video & i have to say due to me jst now stumbling upon this channel I fell madly in ❤❤ for it's up my alley in every way, especially sense of humor for i ❤❤ to 😂😂 I dnt watch the majority of these movie's so it's a win-win for i have no interest in watching them & his take on them are 😂😂😊😊

Not sure I can tell you ‘why’ people let their kids watch Hocus Pocus. What I can tell you is that it’s those kids that did watch it, myself included, that turned it into such a beloved and fondly remembered movie. Because everything in this movie is perfect, nothing is made “for kids” and so we didn’t feel patronised and talked down to.

The reason why Emily is so calm in the beginning is because of some cut content from the movie. The witches would make 'candy crows' that would essentially brainwash the kid (if I remember that right) so that's why she's just sitting there.

this is so funny, love your videos❤

These are the cutest drawings, especially the baby! Lol

Max being a virgin and lighting the candle, isn't really as big of a self-own, when you consider that Max didn't actually expect anything to happen. This would have been a win/win for Max. If he lit the candle, and nothing happened, Allison would have to admit that he was right and magic wasn't real. Or, he could have played off the virgin aspect as the "reason" why it didn't work, thus looking cooler to Allison and letting her question her beliefs at the same time. It really was a great setup for Max... Except, the candle actually worked.

I wasn't allowed to watch this movie as I grew up in a conservative Christian home because witches, but honestly that should've been the least of my parents' worries when it comes to all the adult jokes.

My kids watched this movie. They are now in their 30's and 40's and still watch it every year as do I. Frankly I was more scared than the kids back then. Took me awhile to get use to the guy who came out of the grave. The script, actors and their characters, acting, special effects and music are great. The Disney cartoon movie that did scare me when I was a child was the story of Ichabod Crane...the Headless Horseman...it was a cartoon.

Love your videos. I'm just trying to help the algorithm give ya more love. Don't stop, please...but always take care of yourself. I don't know if you've done "Clueless" yet, but please do if you haven't!

Alex Meyers’s commentaries on shows and films are always of the best of quality. From the animation down to the editing portion, we can clearly see the amount of passion, hard work, dedication and commitment that has been invested into all of this.

Your animation is awesome af

I grew up in an extremely prudish Catholic Ireland in the early 2000s. When Hocus Pocus would be on our local TV station RTE as "The Big Big Movie", the more adult moments were edited out. (One of them being the scene where the witches got hanged) This meant the first time I properly watched the film in full was as a teenager when I bought the dvd 😅

All the dirty jokes went over my head as a child , absolutely love this movie still

“And by witches I mean any single female over 25” Sir I did not come to this video to be roasted today. I came here for some nostalgic fun! This is one of my favorite movies. I watch it all year round and at least 20 times in the fall. Absolutely love it! I even own the book 😁 what makes this movie work is the chemistry between the Sanderson sisters. They’re so funny and cooky. Honestly you’re right, Winnie is a queen. Also the ambiance of the movie is just full Halloween! It’s what I wish Halloween looked like everywhere.

9:05 the best line I've heard in a youtube video in a long time, lol

Amazing video dude keep the great work up

As a child of the 90's, none of this "adult" content hit home because we were a bit more innocent than kids today. We didn't have the internet at our finger tips. Or shows like Euphoria. I'm honestly glad I was able to grow up when I did. I had the opportunity to be a kid without the pressure of having to be up on the latest tik tok dance. I also never worried if my outfits were "hawt" enough for school.

I actually think this movie is a very clever way to scare kids and make them aware of dangerous predators through a fictional and magical story. I loved the movie back in the day and I still do now. There is a lot of realism behind it in my opinion. The kids aren't supposed to fully understand the sexual jokes but they will get the terrifying message of 3 people hunting down kids to cause them harm. I also find it interesting that the 3 dangerous people in question are portrayed by women (which you are more likely to trust as a kid) showing that a potential predator could be anybody.

Regarding the "OD" line, I just finished high school when this movie came out. When I was about 6 or 7, one of my favorite songs was Anne Murray's "A Little Good News." That song features the phrase in the chorus, "nobody OD'd." I learned what that term meant then, so an 8 year old from a big city upbringing could easily be familiar with the term.

Freeform aired it all day 0ct 31 in 2018. And there's something vaguely related to the topic. Keep up the amazing reviews.

I had faith in Hocus Pocus 2 when Winnie said "spread out' and Sarah literally did 👏😂👏😂👏🥂

What's crazy to me is that I grew up in a strict Christian household who was terrified of anything having to do with the devil but they let me watch this as a kid with no problems

I mean he brings a good point about how movies never age well

With the whole “Them having no reaction.”, and Max’s logic with the black flame candle, I have my theories. For Alison having no reaction, the first case is in school when Max gives her his number, and it’s obvious she didn’t want to make a big deal of it and make the public interaction more embarrassing. And after school, similar story. At her party, with Dani’s comment, I think a similar thing too. She didn’t want to make a scene in her house, during a party, and in front of Dani. So she went with it, and moved on. (Also small rant, but I LOVE how Alison acts like a big sister towards Dani. Constantly watching her, holding on to her, and talking with her. They just met that day, and her and her brother aren’t even in a official relationship until later in the movie/after the movie, and the two already act like sisters.) But the more upsetting theory, is that Alison is just used to dumb comments. She is the pretty and smart rich girl, who stands out in class, loves mysterious Halloween, her Mom ran the famous Sanderson Sisters’ House Museum, she has a big party every year, she seems very social and popular. She probably has a lot of boys crushing on her, and with that, has heard a fair share of rude and dumb things that she had just learned to deal with. Even after Max gives her his number, a random guy basically tells him there’s no chance. He seems like he was in Max’s place once, and made similar embarrassing moves. And now feels the need to speak on her behalf. And for the actual Hocus Pocus stuff, the three of them, and later four of them, are actually all always scared and having big reactions when it comes to jump scares and the witches doing stuff to them. The only time they don’t have a BIG reaction I guess is when they all hear Binx talk for the first time. But at that point, Max had already heard Binx talk and had his big reaction, and for Dani and Alison, after all they saw and experienced already, hearing the random cat Max has had them follow talk is probably not that shocking. Especially since he seemed to be helping them. Especially for Alison. She knows and believes in (At least to our knowledge, because she also says “So the legends are true.”, as if she had doubts.) in Thackeray Binx and the story. She’s the one that recognizes him. So she probably would suspect him to talk more than anyone. And finally for Max’s black flame candle plan, he didn’t believe in the candle. So he thought no matter who lit the candle, nothing would happen. But to the best of his knowledge, Alison believed something would happen if someone lit the candle. And she knew that the person prophesied to bring the witches back would be a virgin. So he thought by lighting the candle, nothing would happen, cause it’s fake. But to Alison, who thinks something would happen, and seeing it didn’t, would realize he wasn’t the prophesied virgin, and that would someone make Max cooler. Cause it was never that it had to be a virgin who brought the witches back, it could be anyone, but it was prophesied that it would be a virgin. That was the only characteristic (if you can call it that) of the candle lighter. But those are just my theories and interpretations. I love this movie and couldn’t help but rant.

Allison’s crazy tolerance is incredibly respectable, that’s what I strive to be.

I love hocus pocus!! I still watch it every year in Halloween! It’s a sibling tradition for me and my brother 😂

"that's Disney for ya, make boob jokes and.... i cant even say what that was about."🤣🤣

I love Hocus Pocus, it's just perfect camp. The Sanderson Sisters, Allison and even young Dani are fabulous female characters. It's one of my go to Halloween watch-fests. Love your vid and animation!

I personally find Alex Meyer's commentary to be of the upmost quality, with the perfect amount of humor and pizaz. I love Hocus Pocus as me and my mom would watch it every halloween.

What an amazing channel I found! No idea why I didn't watch it earlier

5:57 Wait, she gave him back his numebr? I coulda sworn I remember her giving him a paper with her name and just "555-" and not the rest of her number like she was teasing him to continue to pursue her. .

I never felt traumatized by this movie and as a kid, i only got maybe one adult joke and that was fine. Yes, watching as an adult has me a lil surprised but as others have mentioned, families usually had one tv to watch so the movies and shows catered to all ages mostly. Still love this movie! I don’t take it too seriously because after all… it’s just a bunch of Hocus Pocus 👻🎃🔮🧙‍♀️ This video was fun to watch! You made some great jokes!

Lol, saw this movie as a kid years ago when I was living in Switzerland and I had nightmares for ages. 5 years ago I moved to the USA and decided to watch it again to see if it's still so scary. Little did I know that I had bought a house just 5 mins away from where this movie takes place (Salem, MA) 😅

you should watch 90's Italian children television production 'princess Fantagiro'... it took great emphasis in raising the experience of dad's having to watch children's television.

love your vids keep them coming

You know why we love that movie? Because we were so confused back then, we still didn't knew it's possible to like the villains in the movie and we did love the Sanderson sisters. They were one of the best trios in cinema. I can't describe how happy I am about the second movie and the fact that the same actresses are coming back for their roles. I feel it's gonna be amazing. Also did you watch the trailer? They legitimately look exactly the same as 30 years ago, especially SJP, how? They're probably witches in real life too. 😳

The term "virgin" when the witches and Thackery are using it refers to anyone who hasn't been involved in a satanic ritual or bound to magic in some way, but there are still plenty of jokes about max being a virgin by the towns people (also thats the historically accurate, mostly likely celtic, definition)

My mom always took me trick or treating so I never had to deal with bullies.

this movie also gave me that awakinging that I was into girls I kept telling my mom I was gonna marry sarah Sanderson. and also I personally prefer a lot of the disney movies that were made around the 90's more than the ones today

Hocus Pocus was one of those lightning in a bottle films, it caught everything right. Right on down to Penny and Gary Marshall in it. Unfortunately Disney has been trying to do it again with old properties, with exponentially lackluster results.

You forgot the part where Allison is also a witch. She manipulated Max and every event to resurrect the Sanderson sisters so they'd awaken the Book. Then she'd have to last until morning to destroy the sisters and gain possession of the magic within its pages. Winnie even recognizes Allison for what she is, and at one point calls her a "clever little white witch."

These videos are SO SO GOOD ❤

I think one of funnier things about it was the can they got to play thackerius at the beginning before turned into a cat was deemed not good enough to do the voice of well he's a cat. But this young man grew up and is actually an actor still working. In fact he's on NCIS as McGee

I use to be employed as a nanny and around Halloween time I was trying to think of movies that we could watch that would be interesting while still appropriate for a 7 and 9 year old. I had very fond memories of watching Hocus Pocus when I was younger so I threw it on not putting to much thought into it. Within the first 15 minutes the 9 year old asks what a virgin is and oh boy I should have picked a different movie 😅

This was literally my favorite movie as a kid.

I remember when I first saw Hocus Pocus and the beginning of it scared me so much as a kid. I mean those three witches make the Wicked Witch of the West from the Wizard Oz look like a pushover by comparison. I mean those three could very well be in the book/movie, Witches, and no one would notice. It didn't help that Witches also gave me nightmares as a kid too, but I'm glad that Sabrina the Teenage Witch didn't have them as her aunts.