Hocus Pocus (1993 film)
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| Directed by | Kenny Ortega |
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| Music by | John Debney |
| Cinematography | Hiro Narita |
| Edited by | Peter E. Berger |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures |
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96 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $28 million |
| Box office | $39.5 million |
Hocus Pocus is a 1993 American Halloween fantasy-comedy horror film directed by Kenny Ortega, starring Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy and Sarah Jessica Parker; written by Neil Cuthbert and Mick Garris, and based on a story by Garris and David Kirschner. It follows the villainous trio of witches, who are inadvertently resurrected by a male teenager as a virgin in Salem, Massachusetts.
The film became a cult film, largely from annual airings on Disney Channel and Freeform (formerly ABC Family).
In 1693 on October 31st, during the Salem witch trials, Thackery Binx sees his little sister, Emily Binx, 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. Binx confronts the witches who transform him into an immortal black cat to live with his guilt at not saving Emily. The townsfolk, led by Binx's father, capture and hang the witches, but Winifred's spellbook casts a curse that will resurrect the witches during a full moon on All Hallows Eve when any virgin lights the Black Flame Candle. Binx guards the cottage to ensure no one summons the witches.
300 years later on October 31st, 1993, Max Dennison moves from Los Angeles to Salem with his family, including his sister Dani. While exploring the town, he and Dani meet Allison, whose family owns the Sanderson cottage as a museum. Max suggests that they go there and impress Allison, but promised Dani to go trick-or-treating.
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