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(1993)

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Certification

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MPAA Rated PG for some scary sequences, and for language
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • Several uses of "virgin".
  • Max and Allison are about to kiss, but the ruckus upstairs stops them.
  • A woman wears a very pointy bra for a Halloween costume. Can be seen a few times throughout the movie.
  • The several use of the word 'virgin' (repeated unnecessarily during the movie) in the way it said, can have a child wonder and question the meaning.

Violence & Gore

  • When the witches capture Dani and Binx they use a spell to escape from Max's house and the spell is so powerful that it sends Allison backwards and destroys almost his entire bedroom.
  • In one scene where the Witches try to force Dani to drink the potion she resists by biting Mary's fingers and kicking Sarah in the legs. Sarah then grabs and holds her head while trying to force her to open her mouth.
  • The main antagonist Winifred uses electrokenisis which she shoots green electric beams from her fingertips, she first uses her powers to stun Thackery in the beginning in the movie and later uses them to attack Max.

Profanity

  • As mentioned there is 6 uses of damn 3 of them are used after Winnifred summons Billy from the dead. Winnifred exclaims "Damn, damn, double damn!"

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Satan's wife is shown smoking a cigarette as the Sanderson sisters go into the house and then into the living room.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A jump scare as a witch shouts "trick-or-treat" as she springs up out of a bed surprising and alarming the main protagonist.

Spoilers

The Parents Guide items below may give away important plot points.

Sex & Nudity

  • A character states "I don't have any [...] yabos" and "Max likes your yabos" as a colloquialism for breasts.
  • When Sarah sings her come little children song cleavage can be seen.

Violence & Gore

  • One act of violence involves the witches pushed into a pottery kiln, locked in, and presumably burned to death. (You see the flames consuming them, but it is not very graphic.) Three kids are seen celebrating this in the next scene. The witches ultimately escape. They kick the door down and emerge from the room, coughing and gasping for breath. There is smoke all around them, but they are not physically hurt.
  • A witch grabs a little girl and tries to kill her with a life-force draining potion, she is seen trying to resist but the witch viciously pries her hand off her mouth.
  • After Max decides to save Dani via sacrifice, he is swept off the ground by Winifred. He is seen trying to fight her off and he almost falls to his death.
  • A teenage boy punches a witch in the face and they both fall down to the ground, they are both unharmed.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The character Billy Butcherson, a zombie with his mouth stitched shut, can be frightening to younger viewers. At one point he is headless and replaces his head. Later on he forces his mouth open, ripping his stitches and a live mouse th flies out which can be unsettling, however it is not too graphic and is for comedy value and despite his being brought back from the dead to chase Dani, Max and Allison it is revealed he is actually a good character who is against the witches.
  • The character Dani lets out a rather intense scream when she is swept off the ground by Winifred, the film's main antagonist.

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