Welcome back to Social Sunday, the day I do no promotion on the blog and just kind of hang out with personal topics.
Since it’s October, my favorite month, and Halloween, my favorite holiday, is just around the corner, this month will probably be devoted to all things autumn and Halloween-y. Starting with my favorite Halloween movie (non-scary).
I loved this movie from the first time I saw it. My kids loved it all these years and I just got to watch it again (and not for the last time this year I suspect) the other night. The casting of the witches could not have been better. Bette Midler is just superb and Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy are fabulous as the Sanderson sisters. The teen actors are also well cast and together they create a wonderful ensemble piece.
My absolute favorite scene is where the witches are lured into a furnace by a French-English language tape saying things like “I would like to get a book” and then the equivalent in French. After the witches are burned up, they miraculously re-appear and Bette Midler comes out of the oven spouting the same English-French exercises: “I want my book.” “Je veux mon livre.” As though the atoms of the tape have been reassembled in her and that’s all she can do is translate these sentences. LOL This just tickles me to no end!
Here’s the trailer from this wonderful 1993 classic, though I hope you’ve enjoyed the whole movie.
Now, what’s your favorite Halloween movie?
Jenna Jaxon Romance--because passion is timeless. 
I love this movie and try to watch it every year! 🙂
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Love Hocus Pocus. My kids are just now getting into non-animated movies. I think this year is the year to watch it! They love Halloween!
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Does It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown count? I think that’s my favorite. I know it’s a kiddie movie, but I’m so out of touch with movie-dom, and I remember this from happy, childhood days. My mother got very sick of it over the years. 🙂
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That’s a wonderful movie, Trish. I love the Great Pumpkin. It’s not Halloween unless I watch that. 🙂
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Hocus Pocus is a great one, Jenna! Excellent choice. On the spooky side, I like a very old movie called “The Other.” I don’t think it was set during Halloween (it’s been a while since I’ve seen it), but it’s great for watching during the goose-bump month of October!
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OMG! I know that movie. Scared the S*&t out of me when I was a teenager. Creepy as hell. Great scary choice. Thanks for sharing, Mae!
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LOL, love Hocus Pocus.
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We are really so much alike, Brenda. 🙂 Thanks for coming by!
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It is not officially Halloween in our house until we watch Hocus Pocus! Awesome movie! Great post, Jenna! Love this time of year 🙂
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A perfect way to start the season, Jennifer! I love it too. If only it would get colder here. Autumn should be crisp. Now we are humid. 😦 Curse you, Global Warming!
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I love anything with Lon Chaney, Sr., the master of horror and the macabre. The original Phantom of the Opera is one of his best, but other favorites include The Penalty (where he plays a double-amputee on a vendetta), The Unknown (one of his circus movies, also an early role for Joan Crawford), and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
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And I don’t think I’ve seen one of those classics, Carrie-Anne. I need to put them on my TBV (To Be Viewed) list. I just remember Lon Chaney, Jr. and The Wolfman movies. Loved those! Thanks for sharing!
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I’m like Ella – I don’t watch Halloween movies. Perhaps the closest is Ghost Bride – LOL. May have to try this Hocus Pocus…
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it’s a lot of fun, Gina! And there’s a smattering of history, so you’ll feel right at home. LOL Thanks for coming by!
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I’ve never seen a Halloween movie, than again, I don’t watch scary movies. Tweeted and shared.
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Well, you should watch this one, Ella! Not scary at all, just funny and wonderful. 🙂 Thanks for the tweet and share!
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I agree that Hocus Pocus is a fun movie, perfect for the season! I love many of the old scary ones like Poltergeist and the original Friday the 13th. Something about knowing that everyone is killed….
More funny ones are Van Helsing, just for the campy lines given by Dracula and Love at First Bite.
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I’m definitely doing a Sunday post about scary movies later in the month. There are so many great ones! And I do love Love at First Bite as well. Great campy movie. I also remember, though I haven’t seen it in decades, Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein as being just hysterically funny. Thanks for sharing!
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I love Hocus Pocus and Practical Magic…anything with witches during this time of the year is my fav. 🙂 I’ve shared.
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How about The Witches of Eastwick? Another great cast and fun movie! Not Halloween, per se, but witches for sure. And Jack Nicholson is such a little devil. 🙂 Thanks for coming by!
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Awesome post Jenna! I LOVE THAT MOVIE. You have no idea! One of my absolute favorites! I do have to add Sleepy Hollow to my favorite halloween movie list!
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Which Sleepy Hollow, Lauren? The Johnny Depp one? That is pretty cool! And they’re making into a TV series this fall, updated to the present. That ought to be interesting!
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Oh I love this movie.. I could watch it again and again:)
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Me too! It’s such a classic! Thanks for coming by, Loretta!
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Your trailer didn’t make it to your HTML. A goblin probably pushed it out.
I don’t remember this movie at all.
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I think you’re right about the goblin, Liza. It came up correct when I previewed it. But I’ve fixed it now! If you haven’t seen this movie, you really must. I think you’ll love it!
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I love that movie, Jenna…I think one of my favorite Halloween movies is Practical Magic with Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman. I love the aunts, I love the romance part, the sisterly bond…it’s all good.
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Believe it or not, I haven’t seen Practical Magic. I really should, since it sounds awesome! Thanks for coming by, Kristina!
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