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15 thoughts I had while watching spoopy movies on Halloween

I decided to watch Hocus Pocus, Halloweentown, and The Nightmare Before Christmas on Halloween this year. Here's a total of 15 thoughts I had during my marathon (5 per movie).

  1. Hocus Pocus: The Thackery Binx actor went HARD in the 1693 Salem section
  2. Hocus Pocus: This movie is so '90s (praise) which is awesome because it 1) aired on the actual 300 year anniversary of the trials ending (though Disney made the WILD choice to premiere the movie over the summer, which initially made it a flop), 2) it means there are a lot of jokes about how the witches perceive modern conveniences as magic which sets up even more of these jokes in the sequel
  3. Hocus Pocus: Do we ever learn why Max and Dani's family moved from LA to Salem?
  4. Hocus Pocus: I think being the costume department would've been so fun especially for the town hall scene because I think you'd get to just buy any and every costume you've ever thought of
  5. Hocus Pocus: I have always genuinely appreciated that Max, Alison, and Dani make decisions that make sense given what knowledge they have and how old they are
  6. Halloweentown: How did I 100% forget 2/3 of the kids in the family?
  7. Halloweentown: A cauldron with buttons like a microwave is very funny
  8. Halloweentown: I realize this is random, but I do like that a lot of this movie takes place during daylight--I feel like that's rare for even just spoopy movies
  9. Halloweentown: Not that this super matters, but the movie makes a big deal of the kids being "Cromwells" which seems to be their mother's maiden name and her grandmother's current last name. Is Halloweentown a matrilineal society? Or are magic users? Or how does the importance of being a Cromwell work if you married into the family?
  10. Halloweentown: So real that the dude who can't get over a woman he dumped him decades ago is the villain of the movie
  11. The Nightmare Before Christmas: The music really does slap
  12. The Nightmare Before Christmas: "I'm only an elected official, I can't make decisions by myself" still hits hard (especially with midterms only 3 days away)
  13. The Nightmare Before Christmas: There are parts of the animation that are so nostalgically visceral (e.g. the crushing of the holly berry in the microscope
  14. The Nightmare Before Christmas: I have honestly not looked these up, but here are some things I have wondered about: 1) why, in the scenes in our world, we do not see adult faces clearly--they are either out of frame or in silhouette? 2) how many of the other holiday towns are aware that there are more holiday towns? 3) what does Mrs. Clause think happened to Santa? Wasn't she just in the next room when he was abducted? 
  15. The Nightmare Before Christmas: There are many lessons in this movie. Here are some I've noticed over my many viewings: 1) cultural appropriation is bad, 2) Christmas festivities MUST start after Halloween, 3) something falling apart does not mean you didn't need to do it

(Prompt by me)

Hocus Pocus (Walt Disney Pictures, Touchwood Pacific Partners, & David Kirschner Productions), Halloweentown (Singer-White Entertainment), and The Nightmare Before Christmas (Touchstone Pictures & Skellington Productions)

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