Hocus Pocus: Interviews, Behind the Scenes and Trailers!

[Disney 181]

I wanted to take this opportunity to connect with the fellow fans of Hocus Pocus, since it's that time of year again! I have some clips from an old VHS with a compilation of TV spots, interviews and behind-the-scenes footage that you might find interesting. It's such a shame that Disney has done a poor job with DVD releases of Hocus Pocus... no additional content whatsoever.

Well.. lucky for us there's enough content in this post to supplement that! Despite poor video quality lol.

Does anyone have any further insights regarding the deleted scenes? They're featured prominently in the trailers!

I hope you all enjoy

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[justcuttinhair]

these are fantastic! and like yourself i am a bit upset that Disney dropped the ball with the dvd and blu-ray release of this film. It has developed such a cult following and these supplemental features would be great to have.

[Marce82]

Oh, these are AWESOME!!!
Thanks so much for sharing....
Amazing that Disney didn't put together a comprehensive dvd/blu ray with all this material readily available...

[Flanger-Hanger]

Thank you for posting all these videos! I enjoyed watching all of them.

I had no idea about the "witch" controversy surrounding the film's release.

[Disney Duster]

Oh thanks for posting these! Too bad the makeup and matte paintings videos weren't a lot about Hocus Pocus. It is interesting that real witches were offended by these obviously very different kind of witches. There were real, different kind of witches that worshiped the devil, though. Anyway, it was also interesting to see Robert Stromberg's beginnings before he came to infamously ruin the character of Maleficent!

[lord-of-sith]

I'm dying to see all of the deleted scenes from this movie, it seems like there's SO many!

[blackcauldron85]

2017 Hocus Pocus Merchandise Seems to Have Gone *POOF*
http://www.wdwinfo.com/news-stories/201 ... gone-poof/

[Disney 181]

2017 Hocus Pocus Merchandise Seems to Have Gone *POOF*
http://www.wdwinfo.com/news-stories/201 ... gone-poof/

That's too bad :/ I'm always so surprised that Disney World makes such a big deal about Hocus Pocus and includes it in their stage show (24 years after the film's release) and yet they can't seem to see the fan appeal that might merit a special edition DVD??

"Curses!"

Do you remember the merchandise that was made for the Spook-tacular show in 2015 with prints of the actual costumes? These were really cool!
https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/ ... 1-27-2015/

[D82]

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Hocus Pocus was originally a much darker film — with a completely different name
http://ew.com/movies/2017/10/12/hocus-p ... ck-garris/

The real story of how Leonardo DiCaprio auditioned for Hocus Pocus
http://ew.com/movies/2017/10/19/hocus-p ... -dicaprio/

[Disney Duster]

Cool! Thanks for sharing all that!

[D82]

^ No problem. Disney doesn't make new extras for many of their old films, so it's great when things like this are released.

[bruno_wbt]

Thanks for sharing all that!

I went to the Halloween party in Walt Disney World and there’s a cool Hocus Pocus show which I really enjoyed, but they changed the lyrics in “I Put a Spell on You”: instead of “Hell”, they say “Heck” but they say it with the quotes in the air.

Since English is not my first language I’m not getting that joke, can someone explain it to me, please?


Here’s the video that I recorded:

https://youtu.be/ITmVU8yT7ng

(As you can see, everybody laughs when Winnie says "Heck")

[Disney Duster]

Oh, yeah I'll help you! I'm sure you know that hell in English is the place where people go when they die if they've been sinful and never repented, in the Christian religions. But that word is also used as a "bad word" or a "curse word" to just mean something terrible, or even just as a "curse word" to express anger or to punctuate our sentences to give them some power, such as "what the hell?" or "run like hell!" But because it is considered a "bad word" when used in any way other than actually referring to the Christian place, some parents, who don't want children to say curse words, allow the word "heck" to be said by children and they will use it themselves around children to protect them from saying the "bad word". I hope that helped!

[bruno_wbt]

Thank you so much Disney Duster!!!

Now I finally get it, because I knew what "hell" meant, but I didn't know that it was also considered a bad word.

[Disney Duster]

Sure thing! I'm glad I explained it well enough to help!

[Sotiris]

Articles.

OG Hocus Pocus cast reunites to tell best behind-the-scenes stories, from cannabis to a 'wall of cats'
https://ew.com/movies/hocus-pocus-cast- ... s-stories/

Rosie O'Donnell reveals why she turned down Hocus Pocus role — and doesn't regret it
https://ew.com/movies/rosie-odonnell-tu ... ocus-role/

Hocus Pocus director addresses theory that Allison is a witch, reveals spinoff idea
https://ew.com/movies/hocus-pocus-allis ... addresses/

Hocus Pocus director reveals child-stealing deleted scene in original film we never got to see
https://ew.com/movies/hocus-pocus-delet ... als-child/

Hocus Pocus director reveals what happened during Leonardo DiCaprio's audition to play Max
https://ew.com/movies/hocus-pocus-leona ... ition-max/

Original Hocus Pocus director Kenny Ortega says he wasn't approached to make sequels: 'Disappointing'
https://ew.com/movies/hocus-pocus-direc ... t-sequels/

The iconic Hocus Pocus calming circle scene was actually improvised by Kathy Najimy
https://ew.com/movies/hocus-pocus-calmi ... hy-najimy/

Hocus Pocus stars got stuck in the air during flying scenes: 'It was funny until it hurt'
https://ew.com/movies/hocus-pocus-stars ... ng-scenes/

Disney didn't initially like Bette Midler's campy Hocus Pocus performance: 'I think that scared people'
https://ew.com/movies/disney-didnt-like ... rformance/

Where Hocus Pocus was filmed
https://ew.com/movies/where-hocus-pocus-was-filmed/

Hocus Pocus: Rise of the Sanderson Sisters TV series is fake, but OG director wanted spinoff with witches 'as young girls'
https://ew.com/hocus-pocus-rise-of-sand ... ff-8731938

Omri Katz reveals he was high while shooting Hocus Pocus: 'I was having a good old time'
https://ew.com/movies/omri-katz-high-sh ... cus-pocus/

Hocus Pocus actor reveals costar Omri Katz got him high on set: 'I was a mess'
https://ew.com/hocus-pocus-omri-katz-go ... t-11830377

See Hocus Pocus star's unreleased behind-the-scenes video, photos from set of Disney classic
https://ew.com/hocus-pocus-behind-the-s ... e-11831125

How ‘Hocus Pocus’ Went From Box Office Bomb to Disney’s Halloween Darling
https://www.thewrap.com/hocus-pocus-ora ... fice-bomb/

“Hocus Pocus” Returning to Theaters in Celebration of Its 30th Anniversary
https://www.laughingplace.com/w/news/20 ... niversary/

Event Recap: “Hocus Pocus” 30th Anniversary Fan Event at Disney’s El Capitan Theatre
https://www.laughingplace.com/w/disney- ... n-theatre/


Videos.

Hocus Pocus: As Told By Chibi

[Disney Duster]

Wow, that was a great, fun read! Thank you, Sotiris! I loved hearing all they had to say, and those cannabis parts were absolutely hilarious! I loved the whole thing!