A week ago they made the stellar post "Is Alien really that good and why?" over in /r/movies and posting articles such as "Yikes. 29 Years Later, 'Hocus Pocus' Has Really Not Aged Well" so I'm pretty sure you're spot on.

Edit: Oh jesus christ, "Halloween/Halloween 2/H20 will always be the true Halloween trilogy" el oh el maybe not a teen, but possible brain injury victim.