Q:Build a movie plot around this: Who had to light the black flame candle for the witches to be resurrected? A virgin.
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Hocus Pocus begins in a small town in 1693, were a teenager named Thackery Binx realises his little sister, Emily, has fled into the woods, under the control of a witch. Thackery urges his friend Elijah to hurry back to the village and alert the elders. He then rushes after Emily, and eventually finds a pilgrim-style mill house where Emily has been captured. Inside the house, three aging evil witches known as the Sanderson sisters-- Winifred, Mary, and Sarah (Midler, Najimy and Parker)-- are brewing a potion in a cauldron. Winifred, the eldest sister, highlights that the potion, when drank by a child, has the ability to rejuvenate them and restore their youth. Before the witches can force the potion into Emily, Thackery stops them and engages in a brawl with Winnie, and is soon stripped of his energy. The sisters then suck the life-force from little Emily and their youth is restored, then cast a spell on helpless Thackery that he take the form of a black cat for eternity. Immediately after, the angry villagers, wielding torches, capture the sisters and prepare to hang the trio from a branch of a tree. Thackery's father demands that Winifred divulge his son's whereabouts, but she refuses to say. Winnie's spellbook reveals a prophecy that on All Hallows Eve, a virgin shall light the black flame candle and resurrect them. The sisters are then hanged and Thackery remains a feline, unable to reassure his parents that he is okay. He rubs against his father's leg, but the father, not recognizing him, pushes him away, thinking a black cat to be a bad omen..300 years later, in Salem, a teacher tutors her class about the Sanderson sisters, since Halloween is approaching. Max Dennison, a new student after arriving from Los Angeles, isn't gullible towards the tale and befriends fellow classmate Alison as the school closes for Halloween break. While cycling home, Max cuts through a cemetery and runs into two rebellious teens named Ice and Jay who tease him, later stealing his trainers. When an irritated Max returns home,...