You can also take a look at our guide to the best witch movies for more like this. Hocus Pocus 2 is a sequel to 1993's Hocus Pocus, a Halloween comedy in which three 17th-century witches (the ...

Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy returned for the new sequel, 29 years after the original Hocus Pocus Benjamin VanHoose is a Staff Editor on the Movies team at PEOPLE.

The Sanderson Sisters are 17th century witches who were conjured up by unsuspecting pranksters in present-day Salem, in the movie, "Hocus Pocus." It's been 29 years since someone lit the Black ...

identified himself as a “Hocus Pocus” fan and said that he understands the fanbase’s enthusiasm for the new film. “This movie is so important to people,” Richardson told Variety.