As Halloween approaches, a set of famous witch sisters have been brought back to life. Hocus Pocus 2, a sequel to a popular comedy film from 1993, is now streaming on Disney+.
In the original Hocus Pocus, 17th-century witches Winifred, Mary, and Sarah Sanderson are conjured up in modern-day Salem, Massachusetts, and have to be stopped by local kids. Over the past 29 years, the film has become a holiday classic. Kathy Najimy, who plays Mary, compared it to The Wizard of Oz because it’s something today’s parents watched as kids and have introduced to their own children. “It becomes this part of the fabric of the history of the family,” she said.
In the sequel, which reveals how the sisters became witches, the trio return to modern-day Salem. They…
