Blu-ray Review Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Blu-ray Review (1 Viewer)

[Todd Erwin]

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Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Blu-ray Review

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[ahollis]

So it’s nothing more than the Blu-ray I already have.

 

[Todd Erwin]

The previous release was barebones. This one has two bonus features, as noted in my review.

 

[ahollis]

Still nothing for me.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Wow.

And I bought this blindly based on the overwhelming praise from its fans.

Looks like I wasted $10. Thank God it was only $10.

I'll try to watch this when I have nothing better to do.

 

[Andrew Budgell]

Well, I for one love this film! Perhaps you have to have grown up with it like I did, but I watch it almost every Halloween. It's a lot of fun.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

Big fan of this movie as well. It’s silly and cheesy but tremendously fun. It’s a Disney movie and feels like one but I think the cast is great. I enjoyed it on face value as a kid, and I enjoy it as an adult too.

 

[William Moore]

Perfect family Halloween movie and well-done in every regard. I only have this on anamorphic DVD and the sound and pic are excellent! No need to get it on BD, in my view.

 

[JQuintana]

Wow.

And I bought this blindly based on the overwhelming praise from its fans.

Looks like I wasted $10. Thank God it was only $10.

I'll try to watch this when I have nothing better to do.

How do you know you wasted $10 until you actually watch it??!!

It's a fun lighthearted Halloween movie the whole fam can love.

 

[Big Gay Andy]

As a Bette Midler fanatic since high school, I have always enjoyed HOCUS POCUS and especially Bette''s performance. Okay, so this movie is not THE ROSE or BEACHES or FOR THE BOYS, and my favorite Bette comedies are BIG BUSINESS and THE FIRST WIVES CLUB, but HOCUS POCUS is very enjoyable for what it is, and it is certainly head and shoulders above STELLA and SCENES FROM A MALL.

 

[jimmyd05]

This is a family favorite since it's release. It actually has some hip comedy for a Disney release and isn't nearly the treacly offering that DIsney live action can be accused. It still holds up as we recently watched it earlier this year and it is a perfect Halloween movie for adults to watch with their grade schoolers and younger teens. Ebert had it wrong. With so many 'scary' movies that can fall on either side this is a nice balance of humor and gentle scares.

 

[Mark-W]

I bought the new version and popped it in for a check on the commentary, which is actually a picture-in-picture audio-video track (nice!) and watched for a minute or two.

This is a dumb, fun, delightful film that I enjoy every year and the new bonus features are a nice treat.

A worthy upgrade in my opinion.

 

[darkrock17]

Disney should be raised for including special features on this release, however though how they decided to go about doing it just reinstates what I've been saying and others have been saying about them. This film deserves to have it's features accessible on their own, not lump together in an overhaul version only like what Paramount did to Airplane! with their "Don't Call Me Shirley Edition" .

 

[Scamp]

Wow.

And I bought this blindly based on the overwhelming praise from its fans.

Looks like I wasted $10. Thank God it was only $10.

I'll try to watch this when I have nothing better to do.

Gotta agree with a lot of the other posters; this is a fun Disney family film. Have watched it many times over the years and still enjoy tuning into it whenever I catch it airing on TV. Would definitely give it a chance and seems like a good time to try it out with Halloween on the approach.

 

[usrunnr]

We love this film. Classic? No. Fun? Yes.