Cinematic Void 2018
HOCUS POCUS (1993) - 35mm print! THE LORDS OF SALEM (2012)
Discussion following HOCUS POCUS with writer-producer David Kirschner, writer Mick Garris, composer John Debney, production designer William Sandell and FX artist Tony Gardner. Introduction to THE LORDS OF SALEM with actors Bruce Davison, Dee Wallace, Meg Foster and Judy Geeson.
Thursday, May 24 - 7:30PM, Egyptian Theatre, Hollywood, CA
TICKETS
HOCUS POCUS - 35mm print! 25th Anniversary!
1993, Buena Vista Pictures, 96 min, USA, Dir: Kenny Ortega
Over 300 years ago, the Sanderson sisters (Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy) were executed in Salem, Massachusetts, for witchcraft, but they swore to return. On Halloween, new kid in town Max (Omri Katz) lights a cursed candle that resurrects the witches, who seek to steal the lives of Salem's children. Now Max, his sister Dani, his crush Alison and Thackery Binx, a child who was turned into a cat by the witches, must stop the evil before it's too late.
THE LORDS OF SALEM - 2012, Lionsgate, 101 min, USA/UK/Canada, Dir: Rob Zombie
A mysterious record from the Lords shows up at a Salem radio station, and DJ Heidi plays it thinking it's just an elaborate marketing scheme by a local band. Instead, the music on the records causes Heidi to have visions of a past trauma. When the Lords announce their first concert, the women of town are drawn to the hypnotic drone that evokes Salem's historic witchery.