After Dark - Starlight Cinema: Hocus Pocus
After Dark - Starlight Cinema: Hocus Pocus
**This event is now sold out. Check our What's on page for more evening events. Perhaps you'd enjoy a similar event called 'Science Explained: Spells and Potions'**
Are you ready for a completely unique cinema experience? Grab a seat, sit back and relax as one of Hollywood's biggest Halloween blockbusters, Hocus Pocus, plays out under the stars of the Planetarium.
When the Science Centre doors close, the cinema screen will be rolling! Why not spend the day exploring the science exhibits and live shows before grabbing some popcorn and reliving some of the best movies from the past. Treat the kids to some movie history and relive your childhood memories. What are you waiting for?
Starlight Cinema is part of our After Dark evening events.
Your Starlight Cinema ticket includes:
- A showing of Hocus Pocus under the stars of the Planetarium.
- Opportunity to purchase popcorn, bar snacks and drinks.
*Please note that the Science Centre will reopen for this evening event at 5:15pm. The movie will start at 5:45pm. Hocus Pocus runs for 1 hour and 36 minutes. The film is shown in The Planetarium on a curved screen therefore some seats may have obscured viewing angles. All children attending must be accompanied by an adult.
Entrance to the Science Centre during the day is not included with your ticket. If you would like to visit during the day as well, please book general admission alongside your event ticket.*
Accessibility information for Starlight Cinema
The Planetarium is accessible so everyone can have a special experience here. It's not super dark and you can move around, go out and come back in if you like. If you have a wheelchair, we have spaces for you to sit with seats for your family and friends. The stairs have lights to make them easy to see.
About the movie (rating PG)
After moving to Salem, Massachusetts, teenager Max Dennison (Omri Katz) explores an abandoned house with his sister Dani (Thora Birch) and their new friend, Allison (Vinessa Shaw). After dismissing a story Allison tells as superstitious, Max accidentally frees a coven of evil witches (Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy) who used to live in the house. Now, with the help of a magical cat, the kids must steal the witches' book of spells to stop them from becoming immortal.
This event is a fundraising event for Wonderseekers, the charity that runs Winchester Science Centre.