{"id":81838,"date":"2022-09-29T15:13:06","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T15:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/disney-sequel-does-the-sanderson-sisters-dirty\/"},"modified":"2022-09-29T15:13:06","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T15:13:06","slug":"disney-sequel-does-the-sanderson-sisters-dirty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/disney-sequel-does-the-sanderson-sisters-dirty\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney sequel does the Sanderson sisters dirty"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el\" aria-label=\"Video - Kathy Najimy talks 'Hocus Pocus 2' expectations: 'It can't really rock your world'\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">By the time the witchy Sanderson sisters become enchanted by the electronic doors at a Walgreens drug store, you realize just how wickedly off course \u201cHocus Pocus 2\u201d has gone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The 1993 Halloween cult classic starring Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy was a mostly forgettable dud with some safe and fun kid-friendly high jinks.  Compared to the terribly unnecessary new sequel (\u2605 \u00bd out of four; rated PG; streaming on Disney+ Friday), the OG \u201cHocus Pocus\u201d might as well be a classic from the Universal monsters canon.  Directed by Anne Fletcher (\u201cThe Proposal\u201d), the follow-up fails in every way, as a retread of the beloved &#8217;90s vehicle and as a youth-centered setup for future installations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">&#8216;Lock up your children!&#8217;:<\/strong>See the first look at &#8216;Hocus Pocus 2,&#8217; chilling new trailer<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Although it has its faults, the original \u201cHocus Pocus\u201d (directed by a pre-\u201cHigh School Musical\u201d Kenny Ortega) found a novelty with the Sanderson sisters \u2013 bucktoothed leader Winnie (Midler), barking oddball Mary (Najimy) and lovable dimwit Sarah (Parker) \u2013 introduced as horror villains by way of the Three Stooges.  Three centuries after being hanged by Salem&#8217;s residents, they were brought back to life (thanks to a teen virgin lighting a magic candle) to run amok, amok, amok on the town, sucking the life force out of children so the siblings can remain young .<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Even though it seemed they permanently poofed into colorful dust at the end of the &#8217;93 movie, \u201cHocus Pocus 2\u201d runs the plot back, with young wannabe spellcasters Becca (Whitney Peak) and Izzy (Belissa Escobedo) inadvertently unleashing the witches again.  They get help from their friend Cassie (Lilia Buckingham), who has been spending more time with the popular kids than her longtime pals, when her mayor dad (Tony Hale) becomes an unexpected target for the Sandersons &#8216;vengeful shenanigans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">&#8216;Hocus Pocus&#8217; original review:<\/strong>Read our critic&#8217;s not-so-good take on the first movie in 1993<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:300px\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/09\/27\/USAT\/afcc8c8e-af41-4601-962d-f54c1341c37e-HP2-FF-001.jpg?width=660&amp;height=300&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" data-gl-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/09\/27\/USAT\/afcc8c8e-af41-4601-962d-f54c1341c37e-HP2-FF-001.jpg?width=1320&amp;height=600&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Izzy (Belissa Escobedo, far left), Becca (Whitney Peak) and Cassie (Lilia Buckingham) are friends and wannabe teen spellcasters in &quot;Hocus Pocus 2.&quot;\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The potion-brewing siblings are the latest, after the subjects of \u201cMaleficent\u201d and \u201cCruella,\u201d to receive a Disney villain \u201cthey&#8217;re not <em>that<\/em> bad\u201d origin tale, as their childhood backstory is forced into the \u201cHocus Pocus\u201d sequel.  On one hand, it&#8217;s a timely bit of girl empowerment (and one of the only aspects of the movie that kind of works).  Yet it also renders the Sandersons toothless.<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">While in the first movie they were goofy women with a penchant for out-of-nowhere musical showstoppers, the sisters actually felt dangerous, since they were straight up murdering children for youthful makeovers.  In the sequel, the Sandersons are mere filler, rather than killer, in their attempt to be all powerful, more inept than ever and, in Mary&#8217;s case, riding Roombas.  They even sing a switched-up version of Elton John&#8217;s \u201cThe Bitch Is Back&#8221; (and you can guess which word is changed).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:300px\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/09\/27\/USAT\/81cb6e45-a232-48c0-a4ba-0b37ee3e27c2-HP2-FF-005.jpg?width=660&amp;height=300&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" data-gl-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/09\/27\/USAT\/81cb6e45-a232-48c0-a4ba-0b37ee3e27c2-HP2-FF-005.jpg?width=1320&amp;height=600&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gilbert (Sam Richardson) runs the local magic shop in Salem in Disney's &quot;Hocus Pocus 2.&quot;\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">&#8216;Hocus Pocus 2&#8217; premiere:<\/strong>Kathy Najimy talks pressure of sequel, writer teases &#8216;third&#8217; movie<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The witches are done dirty, yet the youth movement also isn&#8217;t well served.  There are so many Easter eggs and callbacks to the original \u201cHocus Pocus\u201d piled on that the teens don&#8217;t have the focus they need to be fleshed-out heroes of the story.  Placing the sisters front and center<strong\/> in the sequel takes away from the younger characters&#8217; development, although two guest stars make the most of their time: Hannah Waddingham (\u201cTed Lasso\u201d) plays a witch the Sandersons meet in 17th-century Salem, and Sam Richardson is owner of the magic shop frequented by Becca and Izzy.  (From \u201cWerewolves Within\u201d to \u201cThe Afterparty,\u201d Richardson usually makes everything he&#8217;s in better, but he can save only so much of this travesty.)<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_anc\" id=\"gnt_atomsnc\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-method=\"loadAnc\" aria-label=\"Newsletter signup form\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">With its well-trodden fish-out-of-water and teen-movie tropes, \u201cHocus Pocus 2\u201d succeeds in showing that not every popular movie needs a starry sequel decades after the fact.  (Tom Cruise&#8217;s new \u201cTop Gun\u201d is the rare<strong\/> exception.) Midler, Najimy and especially Parker gave a needed spark to the mediocre original that&#8217;s missing in the sequel, an accursed undertaking that lacks any of the spell it cast on nostalgic fans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">&#8216;Hocus Pocus&#8217;:<\/strong>Completely bonkers fundraiser reunites cast, overflows with celebrity cameos<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_gl_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/09\/28\/USAT\/b002a095-9a11-4aa7-b0e6-4a11ccd9cbc2-GTY_1428205382.jpg?crop=5448,3065,x0,y0&amp;width=660&amp;height=372&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" data-gl-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/09\/28\/USAT\/b002a095-9a11-4aa7-b0e6-4a11ccd9cbc2-GTY_1428205382.jpg?crop=5448,3065,x0,y0&amp;width=1320&amp;height=744&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\"\/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By the time the witchy Sanderson sisters become enchanted by the electronic doors at a Walgreens drug store, you realize just how wickedly off course \u201cHocus Pocus 2\u201d has gone. The 1993 Halloween cult classic starring Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy was a mostly forgettable dud with some safe and fun kid-friendly &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/disney-sequel-does-the-sanderson-sisters-dirty\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Disney sequel does the Sanderson sisters dirty<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":82003,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/hocus-pocus-is-heading-to-broadway-producer-says-a-musical-is-in-the-works\/","url_meta":{"origin":81838,"position":0},"title":"Hocus Pocus is heading to Broadway!  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