Hocus Pocus
“It's just a bunch of Hocus Pocus.”
Director
Kenny Ortega
Screenplay
Mick Garris, Neil Cuthbert
Kenny Ortega's Halloween cult classic resurrects three 17th-century Salem witches, played with unhinged comic relish by Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy, after a virgin unknowingly lights a candle that breaks their 300-year imprisonment. A trio of kids and a magically resurrected black cat scramble to stop the sisters from achieving immortality before sunrise by draining the life from Salem's children. A box-office disappointment on release, its campy musical numbers and genuine gothic imagination turned it into an annual October tradition for a generation raised on VHS.
Release
Jul 16, 1993
Budget
$28M
Country
United States of America
Revenue
$52M
Cast
Omri Katz
Max Dennison
Thora Birch
Dani Dennison
Vinessa Shaw
Allison
Bette Midler
Winifred Sanderson
Sarah Jessica Parker
Sarah Sanderson
Kathy Najimy
Mary Sanderson
Tobias Jelinek
Jay
Larry Bagby
Ernie / 'Ice'
Doug Jones
Billy Butcherson
Amanda Shepherd
Emily
Stephanie Faracy
Jenny Dennison
Charles Rocket
Dave Dennison
Sean Murray
Thackery
Norbert Weisser
Thackery's Father
Kathleen Freeman
Miss Olin
Don Yesso
Bus Driver
Michael McGrady
Cop
Leigh Hamilton
Cop's Girlfriend
Joseph Malone
Singer
Teda Bracci
Calamity Jane
Peggy Holmes
Dancer
Jason Marsden
Thackery Binx (voice)
Garry Marshall
Devil (Husband) (uncredited)
Penny Marshall
The Master's Wife (uncredited)
Reviews
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