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Hocus Pocus 2 Cast Reveal Easter Eggs
Oh, look. Another glorious Hocus Pocus movie.
That's right, Disney+ released the highly anticipated sequel to the 1993 cult classical Sept. 30, reuniting our favourite witches, played by Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy. And, alternatively of running amok, amok, amok, we combed done each country of Hocus Pocus 2 to find all of the Easter eggs that called backmost to the original.
From hidden costumes to favourite lines, we're blessed to study that Hocus Pocus 2 is chock-full of tributes to the archetypal film. This isn't needfully surprising, arsenic Bette told E! News astatine the Hocus Pocus 2 premiere that the fans are "the crushed this movie got made."
"It is precise sweet," Bette said portion reflecting connected the emotion for the Sanderson Sisters. "Even though they are killers. There is thing astir the enslaved betwixt the sisters."
Kathy expressed a akin sentiment to E! News, arsenic she dubbed the archetypal movie "a brainsick runaway classic."
So, it's harmless to accidental that Hocus Pocus 2 is for the fans.
For each the ways Hocus Pocus 2 called backmost to the archetypal movie, support reading:
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A Calming Circle
In the sequel's opening scene, viewers get an wrong look into the Sanderson Sisters' root story, which includes an attempted arranged marriage, a loyal spider and an flight to the woods. It's successful this wooded country that we spot Mary suggest doing a "calming circle," thing they did arsenic chaos ensued successful the archetypal Hocus Pocus movie.
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"Come Little Children" Anthem
The flashback to the sisters' younker besides reveals the origins of Sarah's "Come Little Children" anthem. Before Sarah utilized the opus to manipulate the children of Salem, Hannah Waddingham's Witch Mother sang it successful the Forbidden Forest.
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Winifred’s Spell Book
When Winifred archetypal gets her iconic spell publication successful the opening of Hocus Pocus 2, she reveals the grimoire has a "cat transformation" incantation. Fans of the archetypal movie volition callback that this spell would aboriginal beryllium utilized connected Thackery Binx to crook him into a achromatic cat.
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The Sanderson Sisters’ House
In present-day Salem, the erstwhile closed down Sanderson Witch Museum has since been transformed into a section magic shop. Though the store has been updated somewhat, the archetypal infrastructure remains—as does the Sanderson Sisters' spell publication and the melted Black Flame Candle.
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Black Flame Candle
A caller Black Flame Candle emerged successful Hocus Pocus 2, allowing Winifred, Sarah and Mary to instrumentality aft their demise successful the archetypal movie. This clip around, the Black Flame Candle was lit by an aspiring witch Becca (Whitney Peak), who uses the candle during a day spell successful the forbidden forest.
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Clothes Callback
In an exclusive interrogation with E! News, Lilia Buckingham, who plays Cassie successful the sequel, revealed that her last costume is simply a callback to Max (Omri Katz) and Allison (Vinessa Shaw)'s looks successful the movie. "Where I'm wearing that cardigan and the tie-dye," she explained. "They're expected to beryllium callbacks to Max and Allison, erstwhile she's wearing that cardigan and he's wearing the necktie dye shirt."
Belissa Escobedo, who plays Izzy, shared that her burgundy cardigan besides paid tribute to Allison's iconic reddish overgarment successful the archetypal film. "Remember, she has that hooded reddish thing," she noted. "That's similar a callback for mine."
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Sanderson Sisters Musical Numbers
Though their philharmonic performances successful the sequel bash not unrecorded up to their epic rendition of "I Put a Spell connected You" successful Hocus Pocus, the caller show-stopping numbers beryllium that the Sanderson Sisters—or truly Bette, Sarah and Kathy—still person it.
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Salt
During their archetypal look disconnected with the Sanderson Sisters, Becca and her champion person Izzy usage brackish to deflect the witches' magic. Allison utilized brackish respective times successful Hocus Pocus arsenic a mode to support herself and her friends from the Winifred, Sarah and Mary.
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New and Improved Brooms
In the archetypal Hocus Pocus film, Winifred, Sarah and Mary are forced to usage a random broom, mop and vacuum, respectively, aft their witches' brooms are stolen by trick-or-treaters. Similarly, successful Hocus Pocus 2, the sisters usage a broom, Swiffer and Roombas erstwhile they find themselves without brooms.
Co-star Doug Jones, who plays Winifred's deceased ex person Billy Butcherson, applauded the sequel's updated broom alternatives for the Sanderson Sisters. "When Kathy Najimy came retired with those Roombas, I was like, 'That is the astir superb gag," helium told E! News. "That became rather a communicative crippled point, too. They helped successful the end."
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Booooook!
Like she did successful 1993's Hocus Pocus, Winifred calls retired for her beloved spell publication by yelling, "Boooook!"
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Fan Favorite Lines
Hocus Pocus 2 has plentifulness of caller things to enjoy, but the movie makes definite to telephone backmost to immoderate of the fans' favourite lines. Specifically, Sarah chants "Amok! Amok! Amok!" portion flying connected a broom. Winifred says, "I haven't mislaid my touch," erstwhile utilizing magic to fastener Becca and Izzy successful a dungeon. Finally, Mary says "Buh-byee" successful the hilarious mode that she does passim the caller film.
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Gilbert’s Origins
Gilbert, played by Sam Richardson, reveals that helium was a trick-or-treater retired connected Halloween nighttime successful 1993. As helium details to the witches, helium became obsessed with the Sanderson Sisters aft seeing them instrumentality flight. He besides mentions that bullies stole his candy earlier successful the evening, apt referring to Hocus Pocus bullies Ice and Jay.
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Billy’s Back
Despite climbing into his sedate astatine the extremity of Hocus Pocus, zombie Billy Butcherson returns for the sequel—but successful the aforesaid level of decomposition. And, as Whitney told E! News, Billy's headstone tin beryllium spotted connected the backmost of the magic shop's trolley.
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Master Devil and Medusa Lady Return—Sort of
Hocus Pocus 2 pays tribute to the precocious Garry Marshall and Penny Marshall's Hocus Pocus cameos by showing a clip of their country connected a Salem homeowner's TV. The movie besides has 2 Salem residents dressed arsenic Master Devil and Medusa Lady for Halloween.
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