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Hocus Pocus and the All-New Sequel

The book Hocus Pocus and the All-New Sequel by A. W. Jantha was released in 2018, on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the 1993 film, Hocus Pocus. The first part is based on the screenplay of the original movie by Mick Garris, Neil Cuthbert and story by David Kirschner and again, Mick Garris. The second half is the sequel that takes place twenty-five years after the original.

I’m only going to be focusing on the first half of the story to see what’s different in the novelization and the original film and what new information was added to it or if there was any other changes.

Why was Emily Binx picked out of all the other Salem kids?

In the film we only know that Emily was lured away by Sarah’s singing. But in the novel it was revealed that she and the other children in Salem were getting dreams for months, tempting them to go into the forest to find the Sanderson sisters’ cottage.

It wasn’t until the next day, in the early morning of October 31 of 1693, that Emily was lured away by the song. But before that it seems that Sanderson sister’s had specifically targeted Emily. She wasn’t afraid of them because whenever she ran into them in town and they were always nice to her and constantly complimenting her.

It’s not show in the film, but in the novel Emily was reading a book the day before she was lured away...

The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan, which is a Puritan story in the form of an allegory about the struggles of a pilgrim trying to stay true to his beliefs, avoid temptations, and remain on the narrow path to heaven.

How old was Emily when she died?

She was eight years old.

Where did the Sanderson sisters get the dead man’s toe for the potion?

When Thackery was watching them to find the right time to rescue his sister, he realized that the big toes came from...

George Flamsteed, the kind old fisherman whose boat had capsized in late September. He’d washed ashore untouched—except that he’d been missing both his big toes.

How old was Thackery Binx when he was turned into a immortal black cat?

He was 13 years old.

What happened to the spell book when the Sanderson sisters were hanged?

It was dropped to the ground by a frighten boy named Elijah Morris, who was the judge’s apprentice and Thackery’s best friend. While everyone was distracted and began to shuffle off, the spell book was closed and lifted.

“As the book rose, the eyelid on its cover blinked open and the watery green iris searched out its rescuer. Through a film of cataracts and rain, the spell book’s eye saw thick dark curls obscuring a face, and then it was tucked beneath an arm and secreted away.”

Before being hanged what did Winifred noticed?

There was someone in the back of the crowd. Winifred looked amused to see them and later on it was revealed by Allison that...

“According to town records, this went missing after the Sanderson sisters were hanged. They found it in another woman’s house just a few days later. I guess she wanted to try it out for herself.”

What new sneakers did Max get and why did he get them?

They’re black Nikes which he got from his parents as a pity gift for the abrupt move to Massachusetts. But in the film the sneakers were specifically Nike Air Trainer Platinum.

Why did Max’s family move to Salem and when?

Max’s dad accepted the transfer to a new management position in Salem. It happened in October, only two weeks from Halloween.

How old is Dani?

She’s eight years old.

What’s the name of the high school that Max and Alison go to?

Jacob Bailey High School

When Dani embarrassed Max in front of Alison about how, “Max likes your yabos,” Dani said. “In fact, he loves them.” We also learned that they have a aunt in Seattle.

“Max, meanwhile, wondered how he could possibly redeem himself, or at least explain himself. He also wondered whether his parents would mind if Dani mysteriously went missing and ended up living with their aunt in Seattle.”

Dani didn’t want to go the the Sanderson’s house with Max and Alison, but he promised to do anything she wanted if she did this for him.

Dani patted his shoulder to quiet him. “Okay. Next year we go trick-or-treating as Wendy and Peter Pan”—she leaned in close, her nose almost touching his—“with tights, or it’s no deal.”

We learned that Max went to a baseball camp.

Dani sighed and looked at Allison. “Max failed out of baseball camp,” she said, sounding resigned.

Max tricked the Sanderson sisters with the sprinklers, but before they left...

“Winifred rescued the Black Flame Candle and stuck it in a tall kitchen cupboard, safely away from the strange metal clouds in the ceiling that spilled rain all over her mother’s furniture and carpet.”

In Winifred’s memory it is revealed that there’s a fourth Sanderson sister...

“She’d stood there and clutched the gate and watched a graveyard wedding take place more than three hundred years before—had watched another Sanderson say her vows in the only place where Winifred and her sisters didn’t dare intervene.”

Why did they want more children souls?

Because, you great buffoon,” Winifred said, wondering why the Devil had cursed her mother with so many senseless offspring, we want to live forever, not just until tomorrow. The more children we snatch, the longer we live.”

Why did Winifred go after Dani when Sarah’s song had lured plenty of other children to the house?

“Besides, I want to get that little rat-faced kid that called me—”

“Oh,” Mary said, rushing over, “don’t say it.”

“Ugly?” asked Sarah.

Winifred and Mary both cringed.

“She really hurt my feelings,” whimpered Winifred. “She doesn’t even know me.”

What were those two big cages previously used for?

“Once there, she summoned two of her favorite cages from the closet. They’d once housed Winifred’s prized phoenix twins—the ones Mary set free out of pity at the age of twelve.”

When Alison suggested to use the spell book to find a way to helped Binx, she discovered that Winifred wasn’t the last one to use it. It was someone named...

Elizabeth Sanderson

The film ends with the exhausted parents leaving the Town Hall after being freed from the curse. Then it switches to Jay and Ernie still dangling in their cages, singing ‘Row, Row, Row, Your Boat’, then the camera pans over to the spell book as the eye opens once more. However, in the novel...

Meanwhile, on its podium Winifred’s spell book slowly opened its eye and looked around, feeling the loss of its master. But then it rose into the air. Jay and Ernie screamed and shook the bars of their cages at the strange sight. The book soared out of the window and into the early morning light. It floated above the cemetery and through the town square, passing the crowd of adults who filed, stumbling, out of Town Hall after a night of endless dancing.

It continued flying, higher and higher, seeking its master...

It wouldn’t stop until it found her.

From that we learned that Elizabeth Sanderson, the fourth Sanderson sister is hinted to be still alive. Because who else would the spell book be referring to when it knows Winifred is back in Hell? All it has to do is just wait for her there where she can easily find it.

Even though I focused on the first half of the book, there’s a few things from the the All-New Sequel that I wanted to make a note of on here. Such as...

To prevent another virgin from lighting the remaining stub of the Black Flame Candle...

[Max] Dad bought a safe to lock up the stub of the Black Flame Candle.

...is locked in a safe in our attic. My mom checks on it twice a year, just to make sure no one has gotten their hands on it.

To convince Dani to visit the Sanderson sisters’ cottage, Max made a deal with her that for next Halloween he’ll wear the Peter Pan costume, with the tights while she goes as Wendy. Max kept his promised because...

When Poppy was looking for the key to the Sanderson sisters’ house, she saw a framed photo of her dad and aunt Dani when they were younger, dressed as Peter Pan and Wendy.

We discover that it wasn’t just a random woman that spotted Emily being lured away by the song from her window.

It was actually Elizabeth Sanderson who tried to stop her, but when she looked away to answer her husband Emily had left.

The reason Elizabeth took the spell book was because...

Once my sisters were hanged, I took up the book to try to bring Emily back from the grave, but it only led a hateful mob right to my doorstep.

At the very end it’s revealed that William "Billy" Butcherson has a brother who might be a witch too, and had his eye taken to be used in the creation of the spell book.

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vorpalfae · 9 months

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Hocus Pocus [1993] 🔮⋆˖⁺‧₊☽

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nightmarebeforeautumn · 11 months

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i’m starting to awaken…..

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minimalistsource · 2 years

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HOCUS POCUS (1993) Dir: Kenny Ortega

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buckysbarnes · 8 months

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HOCUS POCUS (1993) dir. Kenny Ortega

“My ungodly book speaks to you. On All Hallow's Eve, when the moon is round, a virgin will summon us from under the ground. Oh oh! We shall be back, and the lives of all the children of Salem will be mine! “

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carm3n-carm3n · 1 year

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filmtribv · 2 years

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Tis’ firm! Tis firm as stone!

#hocus pocus #hocuspocusedit #halloweenedit #halloween #90sedit #cinemaedit #filmedit #fyeahmovies #userlenny #sarah jessica parker #bette midler #kathy najimy #sanderson sisters #userstream #moviegifs #filmgifs #ours.#film.

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velveys · 6 months

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Sarah Jessica Parker in Hocus Pocus (1993)

#sarah jessica parker #sarah sanderson #hocus pocus #film #1993 #1990s

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loveandlessons · 2 years

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fall needs to hurry up. i’m ready to wear cute, autumn toned, layered outfits but i can’t do that in 80 degree weather.

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macabraa77 · 8 months

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31 days of Halloween movies 🎃🕷️🐈‍⬛👻

October 7th, Hocus pocus 🔮🧹🕯️🍂

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mydarlingclementiine · 7 months

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witches in film 🔮

it’s the season of the witch! 🧿🐈‍⬛✨

who is your favourite fictional witch? ⛤

films in order: practical magic, the love witch, the witches of eastwick, hocus pocus, the witch, the craft, i married a witch, elvira: mistresses of the dark, halloweentown