On Halloween, Walt Disney Studios released a 30-second Hocus Pocus 2 teaser trailer, which features the re-lighting the Black Candle Flame (so keep your kids locked inside tonight, unless you want to risk them being eaten by the Sanderson Sisters), along with an announcement of both new and returning cast members, including Ted Lasso’s Hannah Waddingham and the original Sanderson Sisters, portrayed by Bette Midler (The First Wives Club), Sarah Jessica Parker (Sex in the City), and Kathy Najimy (Sister Act).
Hocus Pocus was released in 1993 and starred Midler, Parker, and Najimy as the Sanderson Sisters.
The original film begins in 1963 in Salem, Massachusetts, with the three witches imprisoning a child and taking her life-force.
While the three children are visiting the Sanderson Sisters’ cottage, Max finds the Black Flame Candle and lights it, causing the magical cottage to suddenly come to life.