Sam Richardson ( Werewolves Within) will also star. The cast includes Whitney Peak (“Gossip Girl,” “Molly’s Game”) as Becca, Lilia Buckingham (“Dirt,” “Crown Lake”) as Cassie, and Belissa Escobedo (“American Horror Stories,” “The Baker and the Beauty”) as Izzy, three young women in present-day Salem who incite the wrath of the three witches.
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Now it is up to three high-school students to figure out how to stop the ravenous witches from wreaking a new kind of havoc on Salem before midnight on All Hallow’s Eve.”Īnne Fletcher ( The Guilt Trip) directed Hocus Pocus 2 for Disney+. “It’s been 29 years since someone lit the Black Flame Candle and resurrected the 17th-century sisters who were executed for practicing witchcraft, and they are looking for revenge. The new film is being billed as “the spooky sequel to the 1993 Halloween classic,” with Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy all back as the Sanderson Sisters.ĭoug Jones is also back as Billy Butcherson, seen in the latest trailer. “This sequel is as sweet and decadent as a gourmet caramel apple at a Halloween festival.” They bring with them a feel-good message and enough Halloween treats to bewitch a younger generation. The Sanderson sisters’ return feels like a warm hug among old friends. Meagan Navarro wrote in her review for Bloody Disgusting, “ Hocus Pocus 2 captures the memories of the original yet doesn’t retread the exact same ground.
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For years those who never found much to love about the original movie have been wondering how big the fanbase really is, and it would seem we now a definitive answer to that question.
This statistic is based on “hours watched domestically in the first 3 days,” Disney+ notes.Ĭlearly, audiences across the United States were hungry to see the return of the Sanderson Sisters, with Hocus Pocus 2 making for one of this Halloween season’s first big events.
Hocus Pocus 2, which premiered ONLY on Disney+ this past Friday, has become the #1 film premiere on Disney+ to date, the streaming equivalent to topping the box office charts. Just about 30 years after the release of Hocus Pocus, the beloved Halloween classic has finally spawned a sequel with Hocus Pocus 2, and it looks to be a huge success for Disney+.
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