20 Small Details You Missed In Hocus Pocus

Margot Nolan
Dec 30, 2021
Dec 30, 2021

During the month of October, we have been viewing many Halloween-themed films. One of the best is "Hocus Pocus"- a Halloween classic that families have loved for the 2 decades. Disney's celebrated the 25th anniversary of this film in 2018.
“Hocus Pocus” tells the story of a malevolent comedy trio of witches including leader Winifred, goofy Sarah, and high-strung Mary. Three hundred years ago, 3 witches were executed. But on Halloween night in Salem, Massachusetts, they are mistakenly revived by Max Dennison. From then, it is a confrontation between the witches vs Max and his friends. Because the witches have to steal the lives of children before daybreak or the witches would vanish forever. Now Max, his girlfriend Allison, and his younger sister Dani have an important task. They must protect all the children in Salem from the witch sisters.
Fans of Hocus Pocus are more intrigued than ever by the sequel in the works. Disney+ revealed additional details for the highly anticipated sequel, which is now in development in Rhode Island. Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy will reprise their roles from the 1993 picture.
However, before "Hocus Pocus 2" is released, let's take a look at the hidden details in "Hocus Pocus 1993" that the most eagle-eyed viewers might not have noticed.

20 Small Details You Missed In Hocus Pocus

#1 The Sanderson sisters were apparently servants of Satan.

#2 The witches call Dani as “little trollymog.” (an English dialect word that most likely refers to a "dirty woman.")

#3 Most of the rooms in Max’s house are filled with fish-themed decorations.

#4 The cemetery where Billy resurrects is "Old Burial Hill," which is a real cemetery in Marblehead, Massachusetts.

#5 The sign outside the Sanderson Witch Museum provides information about the house itself and the legend of witchcraft.

#6 The children in the town are evidently pretty independent.

#7 The lollipop Allison gave Dani is decorated to look like Winifred Sanderson, whom the kids face off against later in the film.

#8 The Salem city bus has the slogan “Serving the witch city” written on the side of it.

#9 The book Hocus Pocus has a section of punishments in alphabetical order.

#10 The Sanderson sisters' spellbook called "Manual of Witchcraft and Alchemy,"

#11 The witches' book is full of spells and potion formulas.

#12 Smoke from the book is purplish-pink at the beginning of the film, but later on, the smoke is orange.

#13 Thackery Binx is played by two actors: Sean Murray portrayed the human version and Jason Marsden voiced the cat form.

#14 To make Thackery Binx’s animal form more lifelike, there was a combination of several real cats, and this is why his face doesn't always look the same.

#15 While speaking over the school’s announcement system, Max introduces himself as Boris Karloff Jr. Boris Karloff - a famous horror actor during the early- to mid-1900s

#16 After Max takes his hat off at Allison’s house, the hat is then seen hanging out of this pocket throughout the rest of the movie.

#17 At the beginning of the movie, there are various words related to Halloween and fear written on the chalkboard, such as “ghost,” “witch,” “monster,” and “scare”

#18 A girl dressed up as Mrs. Potts from "Beauty and the Beast." walks up to the house behind the Sanderson sisters

#19 The “cop’s” badge has a picture of a witch on a broomstick.

#20 When the zombie ends up breaking the stitches on his lips, realistic-looking moths fly out of his mouth