In the spirit of Halloween I have chosen the film Hocus Pocus, which is a film with a three act structure.
The first act begins with introducing the three Sanderson Sisters, in Salem being hung for killing a little girl. Then we move into present day where we are introduced to the characters who live in Salem now. The film has its first plot point when the character Max decides to light the black flame candle that legend says will bring the witches back. The second act has the main obstacle. The sisters have returned and are planning to steal the lives of the children of Salem. The main characters believe they have escaped the witches. Then the second plot point is when two of the main characters decide to open the spellbook of the witches, which is how they are able to find the main characters, steal their book back and continue with their plot of stealing the lives of children. The third act is when the witches try to steal the lives of one of the main characters before the sun comes up and they are dead forever. They manage to get one of the characters to drink the potion, but in the final minutes of the film the sun comes up and the witches are dead forever. This is a very halloweeny three structure film.
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