Hocus Pocus and the All New Sequel
By A. W. Jantha
I think all girls want to be Sarah Sanderson, but most of us look like Mary. Hocus Pocus has been one of my favorite Halloween movies of all time (or at least the last twenty-five years). I am not one of those basic witches that joined the bandwagon when the film became a cult classic and everyone said they loved it. No Sir, I saw the film at the Muncie Mall movie theater and loved it from day one. I pretended I was married to Billy Butcherson and told Doug Jones (the actor who played Billy) that I dreamt of our wedding when I met him in college. To Mr. Jones credit, he giggled and called me Mrs. Butcherson. I knew when I grew up I would own the house that the Dennison's live in, or Allison maybe. I love Bette Miller and agree it's her best role EVER!!! I was only a little heartbroken that when we showed our eldest child this movie, he had nightmares for weeks. He sadly didn't share my love for the heartbroken zombie who happens to lose his head randomly throughout the film. Even when asked this year if he would like to try to watch the movie again he just shook his head and in not so many words declined the offer.
So when I was at the bookstore a few months ago I saw that there was a book adaptation sequel thing I was interested. Of course I didn't buy it because it was brand new and the price of an over priced Faberge egg, but about a month later I found it at Wally world for a fraction of the price and vowed to read it for Halloween this year. I'm not going to lie to you about this. Holy smokes I was disappointed in this money grab. The first two hundred pages is a scene for scene retelling of the film, with very little added. I could have just watched the film and skipped reading the first part. The second part is a story about Max and Allison's lesbian daughter and her friends fighting the Sanderson sisters again. It's a fun little story but it was trying way too hard to be something it wasn't. The writing wasn't all that great as well. It’s definitely a young adult book, which just isn't my genre. I will be honest I finished it to see where the plot was going to take me, but unless you are a die hard Hocus Pocus fan, you can skip this book.
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