It's been 29 years since someone lit the Black Flame Candle and resurrected the 17th-century Sanderson sisters, and they are looking for revenge. Now it is up to three high-school students to stop the ravenous witches from wreaking a new kind of havoc on Salem before dawn on All Hallow's Eve.
Despite poor initial reviews and ticket sales, Disney’s Hocus Pocus went on to fill a cult-ish gap in the market for high-camp comedy in Halloween fancy-dress. While the plot and tone showed all the focus of a lurching, headless zombie, stars Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy embraced the silliness gamely as Salem witches the Sanderson sisters.
Almost 30 years on, the similarly muddled sequel works best when it emphasises the sorceresses’ sister act, emerging as a knowing tribute in sequel disguise, and the film is full of the spectacle of Midler, Parker and Najimy goofing it up like overgrown kids.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Winifred Sanderson | Bette Midler |
| Sarah Sanderson | Sarah Jessica Parker |
| Mary Sanderson | Kathy Najimy |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Anne Fletcher |
