The 1993 Hocus Pocus movie is basically what happens when three chaotic witches get resurrected after a 300-year nap and immediately decide to ruin Halloween for everyone, all while being outsmarted by a talking cat and a bunch of teenagers. It’s campy, weirdly sexy for a kids’ film, and features Bette Midler giving the most dramatic performance ever delivered in a film that involves a zombie and a vacuum cleaner.

When I saw that Evoplay had released its Hocus Pocus Sorcery slot, my mind immediately went to the 1993 film that I was probably far too young to watch when I did. While the slot does feature a stupidly cute cat that could be based on the one from the movie, that’s pretty much where the connection ends, apart from the spooky tone, of course.

Don’t pet the black cat!

Betting on the Hocus Pocus Sorcery slot starts from just $0.20. If you’re betting at the $30 maximum, you have a chance to win up to $298,320 thanks to the 9,944x max multiplier. The slot features high volatility and offers an RTP of 95.84%.

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The slot’s base game is pretty straightforward. There are five reels and 25 paylines. There are no cascading reels, respins, or multiplier symbols. The only elements of note in the base game are the scatter symbol, which will unlock free spins, and the wild symbol, which will do what wild symbols do.

Three Hocus Pocus scatter symbols will unlock eight free spins, four will unlock ten free spins, and twelve will unlock twelve free spins. During a round of free spins, the wild symbols become a lot more interesting. Any wild that appears will become sticky, remaining on the reels for the remainder of your round.

The wilds also start with a 2x multiplier, which will be applied to any winning symbol they’re involved in. The multiplier value will also increase by one every time a scatter symbol appears on the reels.

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The slot features a Bonus Chance toggle that, once activated, will double your chances of unlocking a round of free spins at a cost of 1.8x your bet amount. The slot also gives you the opportunity to purchase outright eight, ten, or twelve sets of free spins.

Does the Hocus Pocus Sorcery slot live up to its namesake?

In years gone by, I might have given the Hocus Pocus Sorcery slot a pass and rated it purely on the cuteness of its cat. However, we’ve had an early Halloween period stuffed with all manner of spooky and horror-themed slots. And judging Hocus Pocus Sorcery in that environment, it’s not easy to ignore that it’s a little dull. The bonus features are few and far between, and generic at best, and while the cat is cute, the rest of the slot is a little plain. I give the Hocus Pocus Sorcery slot a six out of ten, with the slot’s impressive max multiplier giving it an extra little boost.

If you’re looking for a few horror-themed slots from this month that I would recommend, try out the The Grim Reaper and Clucking Hell.