<P> Hocus Pocus is a 1993 American comedy horror fantasy film directed by Kenny Ortega, starring Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, and Sarah Jessica Parker; written by Neil Cuthbert and Mick Garris, and based on a story by Garris and David Kirschner . It follows the villainous trio of witches, who are inadvertently resurrected by a teenage boy in Salem, Massachusetts . </P> <P> Although it was not a critical or commercial success when it was first released, Hocus Pocus has become a cult film, largely from annual airings on the Disney Channel and Freeform (formerly ABC Family). </P> <P> On October 31, 1693 near Salem, Massachusetts, Thackery Binx sees his little sister, Emily, spirited away to the cottage of three witches . There, the Sanderson sisters, Winifred, Sarah and Mary, cast a spell on Emily to absorb her youth and regain their own, killing her in the process . Thackery confronts the witches who transform him into an immortal black cat to live with his guilt for not saving Emily . The townsfolk, led by Binx's father, capture the witches . But before being hanged, Winifred's spellbook casts a curse that will resurrect the witches during a full moon on All Hallows Eve when any virgin lights the Black Flame Candle . Thackery guards the cottage to ensure no one summons the witches . </P> <P> 300 years later (Halloween 1993), Max Dennison is feeling unsettled from his family's sudden move from Los Angeles to Salem . Max takes his younger sister Dani trick - or - treating, where they run into Max's new crush Allison . Allison mentions that her family owns the Sanderson cottage as a museum . Max, in an effort to impress Allison, invites her to show him the Sanderson house to convince him that the witches were real . </P>

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