Hocus Pocus 2 is another soulless Disney production relying on nostalgia. There is some enjoyable fan service and the skeleton of an interesting coming of age story but the overall story falls flat. Felt like the writers were trying to hit certain plot points at the expense of a coherent story or interesting characters. My biggest issue was the lack of anything spooky. The original was a least scary for kids with the spells and threat of eating children while this one goes full on comic relief with the witches turned into bumbling villains whose defeat is super easy barely an inconvenience. I did however enjoy Doug Jones’ performance and only just learned the original was one of his first roles. 4/10
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