HALLOWEEN SYNC WATCH: Hocus Pocus (tonight at 9:30pm)

[COB]

To celebrate the end of the spoopy season and put a cap on our Moopy Halloween spectacular, please join us later for the 1993 film Hocus Pocus starring Omri Katz, Thora Birch and some witches or something:


The film is available to stream on Disney+ (which offers a free trial I believe), and can be rented on YouTube or Amazon Prime for £4.99.

 

[Tisch]

I don't think I've seen this since I was a kid. So excited!

It prompted five year old me to ask my very Catholic nan what a VIRGIN was.

 

[COB]

Or you could dig out a rotten old pan and scan VHS for that authentic Nineties feel

 

[COB]

I remember being really impressed by the Black Flame special effect - I bet it looks rubbish now

 

[COB]

Also let's enjoy Roxette's Almost Unreal, the song that was going to be the credits song for this until it was unceremoniously DUMPED and used in the Super Mario Bros movie instead (despite still prominently featuring the phrase "hocus pocus" in the chorus):

 

[Iguana]

@Tisch which of us is paying £2.49 and which of us is paying £2.50?

 

[Lucille]

@Tisch which of us is paying £2.49 and which of us is paying £2.50?

THE TOP SHOULD PAY MORE.

 

[jyxz]

Omri Katz is now a hairdresser? Didn’t expect to discover that little nugget today.

 

[COB]

Now moved to 9:30 as per the rest of our festivities tonight.

 

[SDF]

 

[Ellie]

Oh I’m up for this! It’s playing at the local Odeon too and I was considering it earlier but decided against in favour of a new film.

 

[COB]

This is happening in just over five minutes! Press play at 9:30!

 

[AGinAg (37)]

I'm out alas. Much soz.

 

[Ellie]

I own this as well as having Disney+ and see there's an iTunes extra where you watch the film but it's like Pop Up Video with trivia and stuff on the screen.

 

[COB]

Ready?

 

[Tisch]

@COB I haven't said yet, but THANK YOU for putting everything you put into the presentation because - again - it was stunning. You and @The Asexual Goose should be very very proud.

 

[COB]

GO!

 

[Ellie]

This music is very much a Danny Elfman rip off, isn't it?

 

[Zu]

I somehow missed the first bit which I’m now watching and isn’t / wasn’t Joanna Dee’s looking lovely. Poor Goosey still having issues with his trapped wind though

 

[Iguana]

Is this one of those Mormon boy things again?

 

[Tisch]

The opening sequence!

 

[COB]

This music is very much a Danny Elfman rip off, isn't it?

It really is

 

[COB]

Thackeray Binks and his sister should feel LUCKY that the Sanderson queens have taken an interest, quite frankly.

 

[Beverley]

OMG I'm not ready yet

 

[Ellie]

OMG I'm not ready yet

I'm 7 minutes in! Shall we pause at an agreed time for a while?

 

[Pingu]

We slightly jumped the gun on this and went to see it in the cinema earlier, so we’ll be doing the obvious romantic alternative and watching the @Euphoria documentary instead.

 

[SDF]

We watched this earlier at the cinema and it was everything

enjoy

 

[Tisch]

"You hag!"
"Sisters, did you hear what he called you?"

Never noticed that before!

 

[Tisch]

Anyone else still getting a massive smell of BITCH from SJP?

 

[COB]

I always felt bad for the cat being called a BEAST

 

[SDF]

"You hag!"
"Sisters, did you hear what he called you?"

Never noticed that before!

I love that line

 

[COB]

I was half watching there as I was doing Halloween karaoke admin, but I'm back now!

 

[Tisch]

Love how the "fat chance" kid in class had STUBBLE

 

[COB]

Oh isn't there some distressing bullying coming up including SHOE THEFT?

 

[SDF]

How old is Alison (32) supposed to be?

 

[Beverley]

I'm on the hanging scene!

Obsessed with Winnifred's teef

 

[Ellie]

I first watched this on a school coach trip to France as a double bill with ice dancing classic The Cutting Edge.

 

[Beverley]

TYE DYE IS A SMART ALECK AND NEEDS TO WTFU

 

[COB]

I do like this little miss bossy boots

 

[Beverley]

Is Alison Thora Hird?