Winifred attempts to use the last vial of potion to suck the soul of Dani, but Binx knocks the potion out of her hand which Max catches and promptly drinks, forcing the witches to take him instead of Dani. The witches attack from the air and snatch Dani. Thinking that they are done for, the witches panic and pass out, allowing Max, Dani, Allison, and Binx to escape.īack at the cemetery, Billy catches up to the children, takes Max's knife, cuts his stitched mouth open, and insults Winifred before joining the children against the witches. Max and Allison free Dani and Binx by tricking the witches into believing that sunrise was an hour early. Sarah uses her singing to lure Salem's children to the Sanderson cottage. The open spell book reveals the location of the group, and the witches track them down, kidnap Dani and Binx, and recover the spellbook. Not realizing the witches have survived, Max and Allison open the spellbook, hoping to reverse the spell on Binx. However, whilst the children are celebrating, the witches' curse revives them again. After luring them to the high school, the children trap the witches in a pottery kiln and burn them alive. Winifred reveals that the spell that brought them back only works on Halloween and unless they can suck the life out of at least one child, they will turn to dust when the sun rises. The witches pursue the children across town using Mary's enhanced sense of smell. The witches eventually catch up to them at the cemetery where Winifred raises her former love interest Billy Butcherson from the grave and sends him after the children. He takes the group to an old cemetery where they are protected from the witches since it is hallowed ground. The witches attempt to suck the soul of Dani, but Max comes to her rescue.Įscaping, Max steals Winifred's spellbook on advice from the immortal cat Binx. The three visit the former Sanderson cottage, now an abandoned museum, where Max inadvertently resurrects the witches. Three centuries later, on October 31, 1993, Max Dennison reluctantly takes his younger sister Dani out trick-or-treating where they meet Max's new classmate Allison Watts whom he is attracted to. Binx decides to guard the cottage so no one can bring the witches back to life. Before the Sanderson sisters are hanged in the town square while they are denying any knowledge of what happened to Thackery, 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 sisters for the murder of Emily. After that, Binx is transformed into a black cat by the witches, cursed to live forever with his guilt for not saving Emily. Binx confronts the witches, but he fails to save Emily and her life force is drained, making the witches young again. On October 31, 1693, in Salem, Massachusetts, Thackery Binx witnesses his little sister Emily being whisked away to the woods by the Sanderson sisters, three witches who are named Winifred, Sarah, and Mary. A sequel, Hocus Pocus 2, written by Jen D'Angelo and directed by Anne Fletcher, was released on September 30, 2022, on Disney+, and a follow up to the sequel was announced on June 4. The film spawned a franchise, consisting of a sequel novelization, a theme park attraction, a TV special, a short film and even a Lego set. The annual celebration of Halloween has helped make the film a cult classic. 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. Upon its release, it received mixed reviews from film critics and was not a box office success, possibly losing Disney around $16.5 million during its theatrical run. The film was released in North America on July 16, 1993, by Walt Disney Pictures. The film is directed by Kenny Ortega from a screenplay by Mick Garris and Neil Cuthbert, and a story by David Kirschner and Garris. Hocus Pocus is a 1993 American fantasy comedy film that follows a villainous comedic trio of witches ( Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy) who are inadvertently resurrected by a teenage boy ( Omri Katz) in Salem, Massachusetts, on Halloween night.
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