Hocus Pocus 2

"Back and more glorious than ever."

2022 1h 44m EN

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7.1

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65%

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★7.1TMDB · 1,883🍅65%Rotten Tomatoes●56Metacritic★6IMDB · 58,992

FantasyComedy

Synopsis

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29 years since the Black Flame Candle was last lit, the 17th-century Sanderson sisters are resurrected, and they are looking for revenge. Now it's up to three high school students to stop the ravenous witches from wreaking a new kind of havoc on Salem before dawn on All Hallow's Eve.

“Back and more glorious than ever.”

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Cast

Bette Midler
Winifred Sanderson
Sarah Jessica Parker
Sarah Sanderson
Kathy Najimy
Mary Sanderson
Whitney Peak
Becca
Belissa Escobedo
Izzy
Lilia Buckingham
Cassie
Froy Gutierrez
Mike
Sam Richardson
Gilbert

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Anne Fletcher
Writers: Jen D'Angelo, Blake Harris, David Kirschner
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 4 years ago.

MoodPlayr · trivia#01

2 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Hocus Pocus Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Anne Fletcher, shot by Elliot Davis. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by John Debney. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

AWARDS

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Editor Julia Wong shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Bette Midler and Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Back and more glorious than ever.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt11909878 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Anne Fletcher directs. Elliot Davis behind the camera. John Debney scores. Julia Wong cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

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1Released 4 years ago.
2Part of the "Hocus Pocus Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Anne Fletcher, shot by Elliot Davis. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by John Debney. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Julia Wong shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Bette Midler and Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Back and more glorious than ever.".
8IMDB entry: tt11909878 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 11 themes, including "witch", "high school", "sibling relationship", "halloween".

The technical file

Cinematography: Elliot Davis
Original score: John Debney
Editing: Julia Wong
Production design: Nelson Coates
Costume design: Salvador Pérez Jr.
Makeup / hair: Fleur Morell
VFX supervisor: Allan Magled
Sound: D. Chris Smith
Stunt coordinator: Jayson Dumenigo
Runtime: 104 min · 1h 44m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $30,000,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)
Rotten Tomatoes: 65% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 56/100
IMDB rating: 6/10 · 58,992 votes
MPAA: PG

Awards

Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. 3 wins & 17 nominations total

Part of

Hocus Pocus Collection

The story of three sister witches.

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Anne Fletcher

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CinemaSerf2022-11-10
★ 6/10
Whilst this isn't really a patch on the first outing for the "Sanderson" sisters, it's still quite a decent sequel that manages to reassemble Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy for some evil witchery. This time around it is 16th birthday girl "Becca" (Whitney Peak) and her best friend "Izzy" (Belinda Escobedo) who inadvertently disturb the witches using a magic candle. Needless to say, our tricky trio are ravenous for children to eat and are seeking a little bit of revenge too! It takes a bit too long for the the Divine Miss M and company to take to the screen, before that this is a rather muddled teenage affair, but once they are in full swing it is quite good fun with plenty of faux malevolence from "Winifred" and some mischief from her sisters once they discover that they, too, can zap folks. Ultimately, even the book of spells gets to choose it's own destiny - but whom will it follow? Star of the film is definitely "Billy Butcherson" - or his disembodied head, and a lively reversion of Blondie's "One Way or Another" gets the toes tapping away nicely too. This is an enjoyable family film that does what it sets out to do - entertain all in a gently, engaging and entirely forgettable fashion.
GenerationofSwine2023-01-12
★ 1/10
Hocus Wokus? They took one of the best family friendly Halloween movies and injected a heavy dose of far left 2022 politics and took out most of the humor. So, it pushes "THE MESSAGE" and doesn't little else except insult the fans and the original cast who would be problematic in today's political world. They made the best movie they could... after checking off the political boxes and ignoring any story telling