‘Hocus Pocus’ Easter Eggs You Might Have Missed within the Sequel

The Sanderson sisters journey once more! Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy reprise their roles as Winnie, Sarah and Mary in Hocus Pocus 2 — and the brand new film is filled with references to the unique.

Rumors a couple of sequel to the 1993 cult basic swirled for years earlier than Disney confirmed in Might 2021 that the trio of actresses would return for a brand new movie. “I didn’t push for it,” Parker informed Leisure Weekly of the sequel in September 2022. “There have been moments the place it got here up and I used to be requested about it, or one thing occurred on social media that I’d reply to. I’d all the time say, ‘Yeah, certain,’ however I can’t confess to being concerned in placing it collectively. The minute I heard it was actual, I mentioned sure immediately.”

Although Hocus Pocus 2 consists of flashbacks to the Sanderson sisters’ youth, the majority of the film takes place within the current day. Two teenagers named Becca (Whitney Peak) and Izzy (Belissa Escobedo) determine to go to a magic store — which occurs to be within the Sandersons’ outdated home — as a substitute of attending a Halloween social gathering hosted by their former pal Cassie (Lilia Buckingham).

The store proprietor, Gilbert (Sam Richardson), provides the ladies a candle, however it’s no abnormal object: it’s the Black Flame Candle that resurrected the Sanderson trio within the authentic movie. The BFFs by chance resurrect the witch sisters throughout a ritual, and naturally, all hell breaks unfastened.

“Our new protagonists are answerable for getting the witches contained earlier than the solar rises,” director Anne Fletcher defined to EW, noting that the Sandersons are accepted “lore” within the movie’s model of Salem. “We’ve got [Salem residents] dressing as them, T-shirts of the Sanderson sisters, we predict it’s all cheeky and enjoyable, however — lo and behold — our women discover out they’re actual, and it’s a shock.”

Whereas Hocus Pocus 2 tells its personal story, there are nonetheless loads of Easter eggs for superfans of the unique. The Sanderson sisters carry out a musical quantity, in fact, and salt stays a strong weapon in opposition to the witches’ powers. Parker, Midler and Najimy are additionally joined by OG solid member Doug Jones, who reprises his function as Billy Butcherson.

“The wig I wore was really the identical wig from the primary film,” the Pan’s Labyrinth actor informed Looper in September 2022. “It had been sitting on a model of me in producer David Kirschner‘s workplace all these years. They principally have been in a position to take that off him and put it again on me, and it didn’t even want teasing. It was able to go.”

Hocus Pocus 2 is now streaming on Disney+.

Maintain scrolling for a have a look at all of the Easter eggs in Hocus Pocus 2.