Mom trolled for views on kids’ Halloween movie she says will ‘unleash Hell’ on people’s homes
PARENTS can and should have a say over what their kids watch, but some think a Texas mom has gone too far in her campaign against Disney’s Hocus Pocus 2.
The Halloween film is intended as a family flick, but the woman said it could “expose children to darkness.”
Reporters at KWTX spoke to the local Troy, Texas mom, Jamie Gooch, after her Facebook post about the Disney film Hocus Pocus 2 went viral.
Hocus Pocus 2 is a sequel to the 1993 film. The reboot sees three high schoolers battling a trio of witches before their magic can run amok on Halloween night.
“As mothers and wives WE are the gatekeepers of our homes,” began the post, which has been set private or deleted from Gooch’s Facebook.
She wrote that she felt compelled to “sound the alarm and warn you to protect your children.”
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“After all the whole movie is based on harvesting the purity of children’s souls so that witches may live on,” she continued.
Gooch warned that the Satanic church is full of witches and warlocks who “abuse and sacrifice children in their ‘spiritual rituals’ to gain more power in the underworld.”
The Disney film, she warned, served as indoctrination toward the dark side.
“Ask yourself if not only your mind but your children’s minds are strong enough to ward off the hypnotization and bewitching trance that will be coming through the screen,” she wrote.
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Speaking to KWTX, Gooch doubled down on her warning. “A worst-case scenario is you unleash hell on your kids and in your home,” she said.
“Everybody thinks it’s fake and innocent, but they could be casting any type of spell that they want to,” she continued. “Anything could be coming through that TV screen into your home.”
The fearful missive went viral on social media, with people on Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit making fun of Gooch’s “hysteria.”
“Satanic Panic wasn’t a good look back then, and it isn’t a good look now, Karen,” wrote one Reddit user.
“I can guarantee you that a lot of people believe this type of s**t wholeheartedly,” said another.
“They are raised to be terrified of anything remotely occult related,” they continued, “and taught that if they question this fear, that they are going to go to hell.”
For the most part, though, other parents rolled their eyes at the warning, and asked Gooch to live and let live.
“Nobody cares what Jamie Gooch has to say or how she wants to raise her kids,” said an exasperated dad on Twitter. “Do your thing and don’t worry about how we do our thing!”