Back at the cemetery, Billy catches up to the children and cuts open his stitched mouth with Max's knife, and joins the children against the witches after revealing his hatred of Winifred. True fact: This film takes place in Salem, Massachusetts, and there is nothing more beautiful than a dewy fall morning in New England. Midler, who plays the central antagonist of the film (originally written for Cloris Leachman), [11] is quoted as saying that Hocus Pocus "was the most fun I'd had in my career up to that point". The one-hour broadcast was virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the proceeds will go to the New York Restoration Project. If you’ve ever turned on a TV around Halloween time, I’m sure you’ve seen the best witch movie of all time — Hocus Pocus.

But before they are hanged in the town square, Winifred casts a curse that will resurrect the sisters during a full moon on All Hallows' Eve if a virgin lights the Black Flame Candle in their cottage. Having been alerted by Binx's friend Elijah, the townsfolk arrest the witches for Emily's murder and sentence them to death. Doug Jones as William "Billy" Butcherson, Winifred's love interest who was poisoned by her in 1693 and resurrected as a zombie 300 years later. To make her teeth, use a white cream makeup and a fine paint brush to paint on the teeth and set with a translucent powder. However, largely through many annual airings on Disney Channel and Freeform (formerly ABC Family, Fox Family and The Family Channel) all throughout the month of October, Hocus Pocus has been rediscovered by audiences, resulting in a yearly spike in home media sales of the film every Halloween season.Not realizing that the witches have survived, Max and Allison open the spellbook, hoping to reverse the spell on Binx. These quirky witches were brought back on earth for one night and spent the rest of the movie trying to win back their lives in the mortal world. In its 25th anniversary year in 2018, the first week of Hocus Pocus viewings on Freeform averaged 8. Though Dani is not as popular as the Sanderson sisters, she’s a fun one to dress up as for Halloween.

During an interview leading up to the release of Hocus Pocus 2 in September 2022, he stated that "I just want to pinch myself, and I’m just afraid that I’m going to be nine years old and on a Little League field again.

Hocus Pocus," "Nightmare Before Christmas" 25th Anniversary Blu-rays announced by Disney for September". Celebrate the season of the Salem witches (and the release of Hocus Pocus 2 on September 30th) by planning a group costume with your two besties and dress up as the three Sanderson sisters. The three visit the former Sanderson cottage, now an abandoned museum, where Max inadvertently resurrects the witches by lighting the Black Flame Candle. Hocus Pocus started life as a script by Mick Garris, that was bought by Walt Disney Pictures in 1984. Other locations included Old Burial Hill in Marblehead, where Max is accosted by Ice and Jay, the Old Town Hall in Salem, where the town Halloween party takes place, and Phillips Elementary School, where the witches are trapped in a kiln.