<P> Back at the cemetery, Max runs into Billy, who cuts open his stitched up mouth and insults Winifred, joining Max to protect Dani . The witches attack and Winifred attempts to suck out the soul from Dani with the single vial of potion she retrieved from her cauldron . Thackery leaps on Winifred and knocks the potion out of her hand into Max's, but is then thrown to the ground and mortally wounded . Rather than smashing the vial, Max drinks it and apparently makes himself a sacrifice . As the sun rises, Winifred is unable to drain Max's life force from him after falling into the hallowed ground, and soon turns to stone and is disintegrated to dust along with her sisters . </P> <P> As the satisfied Billy returns to his grave, Thackery dies, freeing his soul . He thanks Max, Dani and Allison for their help, and bids farewell to them, before he and Emily walk into the afterlife . As the end credits begin, the exhausted partygoers are freed from the spell and return home . Meanwhile, at the Sandersons' cottage, Jay and Ernie, two male bullies who earlier tormented Max and Dani, remain imprisoned in their cages while passing the time singing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat". The film ends with Winnie's spellbook opening its eye, implying that Winnie's last words re-activated the resurrection spell . </P> <Ul> <Li> Bette Midler as Winifred "Winnie" Sanderson, the buck - toothed oldest Sanderson sister and leader of the trio . </Li> <Li> Kathy Najimy as Mary Sanderson, the middle sister, often complimenting and comforting her domineering older sister, Winnie . She can smell children and hunts them down . </Li> <Li> Sarah Jessica Parker as Sarah Sanderson, the youngest and most beautiful sister . She has the ability to entrance children with her siren - like singing . </Li> <Li> Omri Katz as Maximilian "Max" Dennison, a teenager originally from Los Angeles, California who moves to Salem, Massachusetts with his family . Max is angry at his parents for making them move to Salem . He is responsible for bringing back the Sanderson sisters 300 years later on Halloween night . </Li> <Li> Thora Birch as Danielle "Dani" Dennison, Max's spoiled 8 - year - old sister and an enthusiastic trick - or - treater . Dani is addicted to candy and looks up to Max . </Li> <Li> Vinessa Shaw as Allison, Max's love interest and a wealthy native Salem resident . Allison forms a close bond with Dani . </Li> <Li> Sean Murray as Thackery Binx; originally a teenager from 1693, he follows Emily into the woods, where he fails to prevent her death at the hands of the Sanderson sisters . The witches transform him into an immortal cat, voiced by Jason Marsden . </Li> <Li> Doug Jones as Billy Butcherson, Winifred's lover and a zombie . He died on May 1, 1693 after Winifred found him sporting with her sister Sarah, poisoned him and sewed his mouth shut with a dull needle, so he couldn't tell her secrets, even in death . </Li> <Li> Charles Rocket as David "Dave" Dennison, Max and Dani's father . </Li> <Li> Stephanie Faracy as Jennifer "Jenny" Dennison, Max and Dani's mother . </Li> <Li> Amanda Shepherd as Emily Binx, Thackery's younger sister . She's about Dani's age . She died on October 31, 1693 after the witches drain her life force from her . </Li> <Li> Larry Bagby as Ernie "Ice", the leader of a group of high school delinquents and Jay's best friend . </Li> <Li> Tobias Jelinek as Jay, another delinquent and Ernie's best friend . </Li> <Li> Steve Voboril as Elijah, a boy from a farm in 1693 . </Li> <Li> Norbert Weisser as Mr. Binx, Emily and Thackery's father . </Li> <Li> Kathleen Freeman as Miss Olin, Max's and Allison's teacher at Jacob Bailey High School . </Li> <Li> Garry Marshall (uncredited) as "The Devil", a man wearing a devil costume whom the Sanderson sisters assume to be their "Master". </Li> <Li> Penny Marshall (uncredited) as the "Devil's" wife, who the sisters assume is Medusa due to her curlers, which resemble snakes . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Bette Midler as Winifred "Winnie" Sanderson, the buck - toothed oldest Sanderson sister and leader of the trio . </Li>

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