Hocus Pocus: parents' guide

Witches drain a girl's life until she slumps over dead, three women are hanged (only their dangling feet are seen), a teen is choked and zapped with lightning, and the witches scream inside a burning kiln. A zombie loses his head without injury.

Mild: about a half-dozen uses of 'damn,' several exclamations using God's name, a 'go to hell,' and insults like 'jerk,' 'moron,' 'idiot' and 'wench.'

No nudity, but plenty of innuendo: the plot hinges on a teen being a virgin, one witch flirts with teen boys and sits on a bus driver's lap, the driver makes suggestive remarks, a girl jokes about breasts, and bullies talk about peeping at girls.

Brief: teen bullies ask about 'smokes' and mention hash, a boy doodles a marijuana leaf in class, a woman smokes at home, and parents drink at a Halloween party.

Witches who want to feed on children, a zombie slicing open his stitched lips, a crypt of bones, kids tied up and caged, and a cat run over by a bus. Camp humor softens most of it, but the ending is bittersweet.