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Hocus Pocus

It's just a bunch of Hocus Pocus.

7.0(3,453)19931h 36m27

After 300 years of slumber, three sister witches are accidentally resurrected in Salem on Halloween night, and it is up to three kids and their newfound feline friend to put an end to the witches' reign of terror once and for all.

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Status
Released
Budget
$28M
Box office
$51.7M
Language
English
Part of Hocus Pocus Collection · 3 films
  • witch
  • virgin
  • sibling relationship
  • magic
  • halloween
  • undead
  • resurrection
  • potion
  • salem, massachusetts
  • trick or treating
  • spellcasting
  • talking cat

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Kenny Ortega

Produced in

United States of America

Where to watch

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalPG16 Jul 1993
    • Theatrical (limited)PG30th Anniversary Re-release6 Oct 2023
    • Theatrical (limited)Re-release18 Oct 2024
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalPG29 Oct 1993
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalPG31 Mar 1994
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical13 Jan 1994
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical115 Nov 1993
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalU26 Jan 1994
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical125 Jan 1994
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical12A29 Oct 1993
  • JapanJP

    • TheatricalG8 Oct 1994
  • MexicoMX

    • Theatrical26 Nov 1993
  • NetherlandsNL

    • TV6Net 515 Mar 2002
    • Physical6DVD1 Jun 2003
  • PolandPL

    • Digital / OTT125 Jan 2001

Frequently asked questions

Hocus Pocus was released on 16 July 1993.

Audience reviews

7
  • B

    BadChristian

    11/1/2018

    4/10

    I imagine most of the love for Hocus Pocus comes from people who re-watch it with nostalgia goggles. Even as a child of the 90's I had never seen Hocus Pocus and knew little of it, so I had no prior attachments to this film. If you have seen any of the Disney Channels terrible made for TV movies, Hocus Pocus is like a particularly bad one with some questionable language and sexual innuendo. The acting is really bad f…

  • R

    r96sk

    9/27/2020

    7/10

    Good. <em>'Hocus Pocus'</em> is a fairly amusing film about witches from the Salem trials era, not that it hasn't any real connection to those events. It's very much a fun fantasy film, which looks pretty neat by the way. Bette Midler (Winifred), Kathy Najimy (Mary) and Sarah Jessica Parker (Sarah) play three witch sisters. They are main reason why the film is as enjoyable as it is, all are entertaining but Mid…

  • K

    Kamurai

    10/18/2020

    4/10

    Bad watch, probably won't watch again, and can't recommend. Sometimes it is fun to get in the way back machine to visit "classic" movies, but they don't always hold up. And in some cases, like this, it is a wonder they EVER worked at all. Especially that it is a 1993 Disney movie and focuses on sex, plus a lot of witch lore being based on women being sexual in a time where it was so inappropriate they would be b…

  • P

    Peter McGinn

    10/7/2022

    5/10

    This is an odd family movie, as I saw it called. There seemed to be a few incidents around death that might be to mature for younger kids, but a lot of the story and action seemed too simplistic for older kids. There is a lot of shrieking in lieu of acting, no real character development, and how many times to we need to hear the same lines and actions from the three witches? We decided to watch this as a previe…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    11/4/2022

    7/10

    What ever happened to Omri Katz? Here he is the young "Max" who moves with his sister "Dani" (Thora Birch) to the small, history-laden, town of Salem where he soon gets the hots for "Allison" (Vinessa Shaw). Out on a Halloween trick 'r treat session with his sister, they arrive at the her rather posh home where they discuss the famous "Sanderson" witches who were famously hanged there three hundred years earlier. It …

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