Hocus-pocus definition is - sleight of hand. Sleight of hand; nonsense or sham used especially to cloak deception See the full definition. Hocus-pocussed or hocus-pocused; hocus-pocussing or hocus-pocusing. Definition of hocus-pocus (Entry 2 of 2) transitive verb: to play tricks on.

Cast Of Hocus Pocus 2Three original stars from the first movie are confirmed in the second part as well. Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica, and Kathy Najimy are those three confirmed casts. Furthermore, Doug Jones who played Billy Mucherson might return as well in the second installment of the 1993 movie.Moreover, the rest of the cast is yet to be announced. Fans will have to wait for a while until we see the complete official cast. Expected PlotWe have no clue what the plot of the new movie will be. But we saw in the previous movie that the kids take off with the witches’ spellbook.

Furthermore, the sorceresses have to recite the incantation of immortality or else they will die by morning. Therefore, they must get the book back.In the end, we saw the magic book winking its eye. This proved that the book is still alive and the witches could return. However, we will have to wait to find the rest of the plot of Hocus Pocus 2.

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Running time96 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget$28 millionBox office$39.5 millionHocus Pocus is a 1993 American directed by and written by Neil Cuthbert and, and it is based on a story by Garris. The film stars, and, with, and in supporting roles.

The film follows a villainous yet comedic trio of who are inadvertently resurrected by a teenage boy in, on Halloween night.The film was released in the United States on July 16, 1993,. The film received mixed to negative reviews from film critics at the time of its release. It was not a critical or commercial success upon its release, possibly losing Disney around $16.5 million. However, largely through annual airings on and (formerly ABC Family), Hocus Pocus has been rediscovered by audiences, resulting in a yearly spike in home video sales of the movie every Halloween season that has helped make it a.A sequel is in development as a exclusive film, with a screenplay written by Jen D'Angelo. Contents.Plot On October 31, 1693, near, Thackery Binx sees his little sister, Emily, spirited away to the cottage of three witches. There, the Sanderson sisters, Winifred, Sarah, and Mary, cast a spell on Emily to absorb her youth and regain their own, killing her in the process.

Thackery confronts the witches who transform him into an immortal black cat cursed to live forever with his guilt for not saving Emily. The townsfolk, led by Binx's father, capture the witches. But before being hanged, Winifred's spellbook casts a curse that will resurrect the witches during a full moon on when any virgin lights the Black Flame Candle. Unable to convince his father of his true identity as a cat, Thackery guards the cottage to ensure no one summons the witches.Three hundred years later, on October 31, 1993, on Halloween, Max Dennison is feeling unsettled from his family's sudden move from, to Salem, Massachusetts.

Max takes his younger sister Dani, where they run into Max's new crush Allison. Allison mentions that her family owns the Sanderson cottage as a museum. Max, in an effort to impress Allison, invites her to show him the Sanderson house to convince him that the witches were real.Investigating inside the cottage, Max lights the Black Flame Candle and inadvertently resurrects the witches, who must continue to suck the souls of every child in Salem to continue living, or else they disintegrate. The witches attempt to suck the soul of Dani, but Max comes to her rescue. Escaping, Max steals Winifred's spellbook on advice from Thackery. The witches pursue them to a cemetery, where Winifred raises her unfaithful lover Billy Butcherson as a zombie to chase them on foot. The witches try to to the 20th century, but are horrified when they discover Halloween has become a holiday.

They pursue the children across town using Mary's enhanced sense of smell. Max, Allison, and Dani find their parents at a Halloween party at the town hall, where Winifred enchants the partygoers to dance and sing until they die. At Jacob Bailey High School, the children trap the witches in a to burn them alive. While celebrating, the witches' curse revives them again. Not realizing that the witches haven't truly died, Max and Allison open the spellbook in an effort to reverse the spell on Binx. The open spellbook reveals the location of the group, and the witches track them down and kidnap Dani and Thackery, and get the book back. Sarah then uses her -like singing to mesmerize Salem's children, luring them to the Sandersons' cottage.

Max and Allison rescue Dani and Thackery by tricking the witches into believing sunrise came an.Back at the cemetery, Max runs into Billy, who cuts open his stitched up mouth and insults Winifred, joining Max to protect Dani. The witches attack and Winifred attempts to suck out the soul from Dani with the single vial of potion she retrieved from her cauldron. Thackery leaps on Winifred and knocks the potion out of her hand into Max's, but is then thrown to the ground and injured at the spot where his sister Emily's grave is. Rather than smashing the vial, Max drinks it in order to force the witches to take him instead of Dani.

The sun rises just as Winifred is about to finish draining Max's life force, and due to standing on hallowed ground in the cemetery, she turns into a stone statue, before she is disintegrated into dust along with her sisters.With the witches gone, Max, Dani, and Allison say goodbye to Billy Butcherson as he returns the grave and gets to sleep. Thackery Binx finally dies, freeing his soul. Appearing as a spectral, Thackery Binx thanks Max, Dani and Allison for their help, and bids farewell to them before reuniting with the spirit of his little sister Emily. A gate door opens and Thackery and Emily walk through it out to heaven, fading away as the gate door closes and Max, Dani, and Allison happily watch them depart. As the end credits begin, the exhausted partygoers, including Max and Dani's parents, Dave and Jenny, are freed from the now-broken spell and return home, oblivious to their enchantment. Meanwhile, at the Sandersons' cottage, Jay and Ice, two bullies who earlier tormented Max and Dani and were captured by the witches after inadvertently insulting them, remain imprisoned in their cages and sing 'Row, Row, Row Your Boat' to pass the time. The film ends with Winnie's spellbook opening its eye, revealing it is still alive and the witches could possibly return again.Cast.

as Winifred 'Winnie' Sanderson - The oldest of her sisters. as Sarah Sanderson - The youngest sister of Winifred and Mary. as Mary Sanderson - The middle sister of Winifred and Sarah. as Max Dennison - A teenager who moved from to. He's also a virgin who brought the Sanderson sisters back to life by lighting the Black Flame Candle on after 300 years. as Dani Dennison - Max's 8-year-old sister who loves Halloween, in which he doesn't after he moved to Salem. She's about the same age as Emily Binx.

as Allison - Max's crush and Dani's friend. as Dave Dennison - Max and Dani's father who's dressed as Count Dracula. as Jenny Dennison - Max and Dani's mother who's dressed as Madonna. as Thackery Binx - A teenage boy from 1693 who failed to save his sister Emily and spent 300 years as an immortal black cat. He's allies with Max, Dani, and Allison.

He's finally reunited with his little sister after the witches are destroyed once and for all. as Voice of Thackery Binx. as Miss Olin - Max's new teacher at Jacob Bailey High School. as William 'Billy' Butcherson - Winifred's former lover who died on May 1, 1693 when Winifred killed him by poisoning him for sporting with her sister Sarah and sewed his mouth shut with a dull needle, so he couldn't tell her secrets, even in death. And 300 years later, Winifred brought him back to life as a zombie. He later help Max, Allison, Dani, and Binx defeat the witches.

Amanda Shepherd as Emily Binx - Thackery's younger sister who died on October 31, 1693 when the Sanderson sisters drained her life force, making them young and beautiful, and preserving their immortality. She's about the same age as Dani.

And after 300 years, she finally reunited with her big brother after the witches are destroyed once and for all. as Ernie/Ice - One of the bullies who took Max's shoes. He's also Jay's friend. Until he got imprisoned by the Sanderson sisters along with Jay for calling them 'chicks', Max got his shoes back after he rescue Dani and Binx. Tobias Jelinek as Jay - One of the bullies who bullied Max and Dani.

He's also Ice's friend. Steve Voboril as Elijah - Thackery's friend from 1693 who witnessed the conjures of the Sanderson sisters. as Mr.

Binx - Thackery and Emily's father from 1693 who hanged the Sanderson sisters for their crimes on October 31. (uncredited) as Master Devil - A man dressed as the devil who showed the Sanderson sisters his house and wife.

He also has a puppy named Ralph who his wife told to chase the witches out of his house. The witches called him 'master'. (uncredited) as Petunia Lady - The man's wife who doesn't like the Sanderson sisters and kicked them out for having too much fun at her house. She also has a puppy named Ralph who she told to chase the witches out of her house.Production Development In the 1994 TV documentary Hocus Pocus: Begin the Magic, and on the film's release, producer said he came up with the idea for the film one night. He and his young daughter were sitting outside and his neighbor's black cat strayed. Kirschner invented a tale of how the cat was once a boy who was changed into a feline three hundred years ago by three witches.Hocus Pocus started life as a script by, that was bought by in 1984.

The film's working title was Disney's Halloween House, it was much darker and scarier, and its protagonists were all 12-year-olds. Garris and Kirschner pitched it to 's; Spielberg saw Disney as a competitor to Amblin in the family film market at the time and refused to co-produce a film with his 'rival.' Writing Various rewrites were made to the script to make the film more comedic and made two of its young protagonists into teenagers; however, production was stalled several times until 1992, when Bette Midler expressed interest in the script and the project immediately went forward. Midler, who plays the central antagonist of the film (originally written for ), is quoted as saying that Hocus Pocus 'was the most fun I'd had in my career up to that point'. Casting was originally offered the lead role of Max, but declined it in order to pursue. Filming Principal photography began on October 12, 1992. The film is set in, but most of it was shot on sound stages in.

However, its daytime scenes were filmed in Salem and during two weeks of filming with principal cast. Production was completed on February 10, 1993., a recreation of early-colonial Salem, was used for the opening scenes set in 1693. Other locations included in Marblehead, where Max is accosted by Ice and Jay, the Old Town Hall in Salem, where the town Halloween party takes place, and Phipps Elementary School, where the witches are trapped in a kiln. The exterior for Max and Dani's house is a private residence on Ocean Avenue in Salem. Release The film was released to VHS in North America on September 9, 1994 and later to DVD on June 4, 2002. Following the film's release on the latter format, it has continued to show strong annual sales, raking in more than $1 million in DVD sales each October.

In the mid-to-late 1990s, the film was rebroadcast annually on and before switching over to 's lineup in the early 2000s. The film has continuously brought record viewing numbers to the lineup, including a 2009 broadcast watched by 2.5 million viewers.

In 2011, an October 29 airing became the lineup's most watched program, with 2.8 million viewers. On September 4, 2012, the film was released on Blu-ray. Disney re-released the film on Blu-ray and Digital HD on September 2, 2018, as part of the film's 25th anniversary. The new release contains special features, including deleted scenes and a behind-the-scenes retrospective. Main article:The for Hocus Pocus was composed and conducted.

Was originally slated to score the film, but became unavailable at the last minute, so Debney had to score the entire film in two weeks. Even though he didn't score the film, Horner came back to write the theme for Sarah (sung by Sarah Jessica Parker, more commonly known as 'Come Little Children') which is featured in Intrada's Complete Edition of the score.Debney released a promotional score through the internet containing 19 tracks from the film.

Midler dressed as Winifred Sanderson during her in 2015.Over the years, through various outlets such as strong DVD sales and annual record-breaking showings on 's, the film has achieved. Various media outlets such as and have reiterated such claims. In its 25th anniversary year in 2018, the first week of Hocus Pocus viewings on Freeform averaged 8.2 million viewers.

A special called the 'Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash' was filmed at the and features interviews with members of the cast, including Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy, as well as a costume contest hosted. It aired on Freeform October 20, 2018.In October 2011, the celebrated various horror and Halloween classics, including Hocus Pocus, with 'The Hocus Pocus Pops.' On October 19, 2013, held a special screening of Hocus Pocus at the in, to honor the 20th anniversary of the film. Nine of the cast and crew gathered for the screening, and hundreds of D23 members attended. Returning members included Kathy Najimy, David Kirschner, Thora Birch, Doug Jones, Vinessa Shaw, and Omri Katz.During her in 2015, Bette Midler appeared on stage dressed as Winifred Sanderson. Her appeared with her dressed as Mary and Sarah, and the three of them performed the film's version of 'I Put a Spell on You'.On September 15, 2015, the Hocus Pocus Villain Spelltacular was introduced at the as a part of. The show introduces new actresses as the Sanderson Sisters, who try to make a villain party and summon or attract various Disney villains in the process.

In September 2016, entertainment critic Aaron Wallace published Hocus Pocus in Focus: The Thinking Fan's Guide to Disney's Halloween Classic, the first full-length book written about the movie. The book includes a foreword by and afterword. Billed as a 'lighthearted but scholarly look at the film,' the book analyzes the movie's major themes, which it identifies as festivity, nostalgia, home, horror, virginity, feminism, Broadway-style musical moments, sibling rivalry, 'Spielbergian' filmmaking style, Disney villain traditions, and more. Wallace also analyzes 's Hocus Pocus Villain Spelltacular as part of the movie's legacy and includes 'the largest collection of Hocus Pocus fun facts and trivia ever assembled,' complete with extensive endnote citations.The City of Salem has celebrated its connection to Hocus Pocus, while local filming sites have become an attraction for fans as the movie's legacy has grown over the years. In 2018, the Haunted Happenings Grand Parade, an annual Salem festival held every October, was Hocus-Pocus themed in honor of the movie's 25th anniversary. A representative for Destination Salem also reported a huge uptick in tourism for the 25th anniversary year, stating: 'There’s always been a ‘Hocus Pocus’ component to the visitors to Salem, especially in October.

But it's like the film's following grows every year.” Sequel In July 2014, it was announced that Disney was developing a supernatural-themed film about witches, and that was on board as a producer and star. However, Deadline debunked rumors that the film was a sequel to Hocus Pocus. In November 2014, Bette Midler said in an interview that she was ready and willing to return for a sequel. She also said her co-stars Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy were interested in reprising the roles of the Sanderson sisters as well, but stressed that Disney had yet to greenlight any sequel. In November 2015, Midler stated in a Facebook Q&A that 'after all these years and all the fan demand, I do believe I can stand and firmly say an unequivocal no' in response to a question about a sequel.In June 2016, actor mentioned that Disney had been considering a sequel, and behind the scenes discussions were in place to possibly continue the series.

In October 2016, Sarah Jessica Parker was asked by about a sequel. Her response was, 'I would love that. I think we've been very vocal that we're very keen.' In Hocus Pocus in Focus: The Thinking Fan's Guide to Disney's Halloween Classic, author Aaron Wallace identifies several potential approaches for a sequel, but notes that the project's biggest challenge is the Walt Disney Studios' interest in tentpole projects that promise very high box office returns.In September 2017, screenwriter Mick Garris admitted that he was working on a script for Hocus Pocus 2 and that it would potentially be developed as a television film for,. It was later confirmed that it will instead be a remake to air on Freeform, with writer Scarlett Lacey attached to write, and the original film producer executive producing. The following month, Midler said she was not fond of the idea of a remake and she would not be taking part in it.In July 2018, a book titled Hocus Pocus and the All-New Sequel was released, containing a novelization of the film and a sequel story.

The sequel focuses on Max and Allison's daughter, Poppy, who grew up hearing the family story of the first film and parents who avoid Halloween as much as possible. Poppy is skeptical of the tale and ends up in the Sanderson house on Halloween, twenty-five years to the day after the movie, in an attempt to prove there's nothing to the story.In October 2019, a sequel was announced to be in development as a exclusive film, with a screenplay written by Jen D'Angelo. Shortly after the report, Midler, Parker, and Najimy all confirmed their interest in reprising their roles. In March 2020, signed on to direct. See also.References. July 30, 1993.

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