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I came late to the party on “Hocus Pocos”. Watched it for the first time in 2019. I don’t always want to jump on the bandwagon for a movie simply because everyone else is. So, I resisted for years and could not understand the fever for the Sanderson Sisters. Once I watched it, I was hooked for life. I think we’ve seen it 3 times and will again before Halloween this year. I ran across this today online and thought it would be fun to post for future trivia nights. I fact checked the above and discovered that Garry Marshall who played the Devil was not one of the film’s directors. The movie came out in July to take advantage of kids being out of school. Everything else checked out. One of our favorite scenes – Amok! https://youtu.be/9qwEipKrV-0 Happy Hauntings and enjoy the spooky season!

Knives Out opened on Thanksgiving and I could not wait. I love mysteries in books and film and the trailer looked so good especially with its cast. Daniel Craig, Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni Collette, Christopher Plummer and more. Written and directed by Rian Johnson, of Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) fame and another worthwhile mystery – Brick (2005), the story is obviously styled after Agatha Christie. Rian Johnson has referenced her in interviews. Nothing more thrilling in a mystery setting than a large, stately manor with scores of rooms crammed with objets d’art, stuffed animals, books, fireplaces, and bickering relatives. Photo Credit: Lionsgate Knives Out is about the death of Harlan Thrombey an internationally famous mystery writer who’s written hundreds of novels translated in multiple languages. He’s the patriarch of a family who’s gathered for his 85th birthday at his manor. The morning after the party Harlan is discovered…

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