everyday is halloween

hocus pocus [1993]

why - how - a film becomes a cult classic is the subject of a great many master's & phd theses.  sometimes it might be just plain dumb luck.  & a certain cheesy charm that has that oh i don't know what.  whatever the reasons this Disney flick from nearly 30 years ago have achieved that rarefied status.  it is a beloved cult movie for the spooky high holiday.  & i just watched it for the first time a few days ago with anna.  what a celebration of three witch sisters of Salem, MA who are doing their goofy best to stay young & live forever.  do they get their greatest wish?  not if a pair of teens, & a young thora birch, along with a talking black cat, can help it.  but is this movie a fun watch & worthy of its status.  i withhold judgment for who the hell am i.  my movie collection is comprised of the weird, the strange, the controversial, the bloody & the goofy.  de gustibus non est disputandum.  i did like the halloween imagery.  jack o'lanterns, stormy nights, creepy graveyards, & more silly energy than any movie to compare it with.  hell, i wanted to see the Sanderson Sisters succeed.  i was rooting for them the whole length of the film.  plus, some of the locations are in Salem.  that's a doubleplus good!  

boo!