Did you know they made a book out of this? And a sequel book, no less! A new story from the world of one of my favourite Halloween movies from my childhood!
This book is told in two parts: The original movie from 1993 and the story of their children bringing the Sanderson sisters back to gain immortality and bring back more witches from the dead in order for them to have a coven that will take over and the kids must find a way to stop them before it’s too late.
The first half is exactly the movie in text form. If you have seen the movie, that’s the first half of the book. It felt off simply because it was in the wrong format, and it made me want to watch the movie.
The second half reads exactly like a 90s movie, but set in modern day. From the structure of the insults to the way everything falls neatly into place and gets resolved at the end, and there’s even a musical number in the middle which was… weird. I did ultimately feel nostalgic reading it, even while the Sanderson sisters were using smart phones to cast spells on the population, and it was surprisingly fun.
While I liked it, though, I would only recommend this if you were a fan of the original. The experience is very similar, if not identical, with a different plot. It’s fun and nostalgic, but it is also cheesy in the same way as the original.