Join us at the Northchase Library for a Family Friendly Spooky Cinema Series! Each week will feature a different film. Water and popcorn provided. Bring your own pillows and blankets for comfort.

About the movie:

From Swank Movie Licensing:

Rated PG

Three 17th-century witches, hanged for their murderous crimes, are resurrected on Halloween in modern-day Salem by an unsuspecting boy, who must now figure out how to get them back in the ground.

From CommonSenseMedia.org:

Parents need to know that Hocus Pocus' campy scares have lasting Halloween appeal. The story of the wicked Sanderson sisters involves their plot to suck the life force out of children, and one girl dies that way (it isn't gory). Most of the movie's violence is playful and meant to be comical, including the witches being burned in a pottery kiln (they're unhurt) and hanged at the gallows (their legs are visible). A corpse is reanimated and chases kids. Gross-out scenes include a character eating spiders and a zombie cutting his stitched mouth open with a blade. A book bound in human skin and a candle made from the fat of a hanged man play key roles in the story. Main characters Max and younger sister Dani are bullied, and teens mention "smokes" and "hash." An adult smokes inside her own home. Language includes "damn" and "hell." Teens flirt and almost kiss, and a character hugs his pillow and murmurs, "Oh, Allison, you're so soft." Max is teased about being a virgin. Some innuendo when the witches tell a bus driver that they "desire children" (to kill and use for a potion) and he replies, "It might take me a couple of tries, but I don't think that'll be a problem." Teen characters are portrayed as positive role models, but parents/adults are portrayed as unreliable, ignoring kids when they need help. Important themes include using teamwork to outwit villains.