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Chucky sings my buddi8/31/2023 ![]() It was a time when tubular was in the vernacular among teens and boomboxes were all the rage. Gone are the Puritan bonnets and cockel hats, exchanged for oversized jeans, tie-dye, and sideways baseball caps. The film then jumps 300 years and picks up in 1993 Salem. Even now, it’s still an image burned into my brain. It’s unflinchingly unafraid to go to such an unsettling place. That’s rather disturbing for a PG-rated children’s movie. Winifred, Sarah, and Mary are hung for their crimes – and the film actually shows the hanging, or at least the dangling feet. While dealing with eating children’s souls, it laces up its narrative with tongue-in-cheek jokes about a dead man’s toe and how they’re just “spending a quiet evening at home” when the torch-wielding townsfolk show up at their doorstep. ![]() It walks the line between comedy and horror, never sacrificing one for the other. Inside, three witchy sisters Winifred ( Bette Midler), Sarah ( Sarah Jessica Parker), and Mary ( Kathy Najimy) gather around a bubbling cauldron as they cook up a potion that will allow them to suck the lives from all the children of Salem. Thackery makes a mad dash out into the woods to a secluded cabin. One morning, Thackery awakens to find his sister missing and a plume of purple smoke rising in the distance. With a score composed by John Debney, Hocus Pocus begins its tale in 1690s Salem, where a young girl named Emily ( Amanda Shepherd) lives with her brother Thackery Binx ( Sean Murray) and their parents. Screenwriters Mick Garris and Neil Cuthbert perfectly balance these elements to deliver a timeless story about youthful curiosity, the importance of sibling relationships, and the bonds of friendship. It made me a horror fan with its oddball humor, strong messaging about holding onto one’s imagination, and just enough darkness to worm into your brain. It lives next to Tourist Trap, Halloween II, and Poltergeist as my genre entry points. I honestly don’t remember the first time I watched it I only recall watching it every Halloween since I was seven. For many, it was their very first spooky movie. But more importantly, Hocus Pocus defines an entire generation of horror fans. There’s a reason we got a completely unnecessary sequel last fall. In the era of TV reboots, remakes, and requels, millennials yearn for their childhood and a simpler time. Hocus Pocus endures because of nostalgia. It’s still an extraordinarily fun picture 30 years later. In fact, its legacy is as strong as ever. It’s got a talking black cat, spooky spellcasting, a zombie, and three children-eating witches – oh my! Released in the height of summer (July 12), the Kenny Ortega-directed feature hasn’t lost its allure. From its opening frame, the 1993 film contains all the magic and wonder you could want from a gateway horror movie – earning its place next to other ‘90s essentials like Halloweentown. See □ in theaters everywhere today & please stay all the way through the end-credits so it can be stuck in yours! Tickets here /0aM2ocmazUĭon’t believe anything you read. I listened to “The Buddi Song”□ 50+ times in the days before I recorded it. ![]() In true horror fashion, it will be stuck in his head forever. Hamill shared the full song with a little backstory that included him listening to it an insane amount of times before recording it. In the reboot, Andy ( Gabriel Bateman) is the recipient of this song, which eventually turns chilling. ![]() Part of the new doll’s gimmick is that he has his own “Buddi Song” that he sings to his “imprint”. Orion Films’ Child’s Play ( read our review) remake is now in theaters and features the talented Mark Hamill as the voice of the new Chucky, which has been changed from a Good Guys doll to that of an interactive Buddi robot with modern tech. ![]()
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