All the OG ‘Hocus Pocus’ Easter Eggs You May Have Missed in ‘Hocus Pocus 2’

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The Sanderson sisters ride again! Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy reprise their roles as Winnie, Sarah and Mary in Hocus Pocus 2 — and the new movie is packed with references to the original.Rumors about a sequel to the 1993 cult classic swirled for years before Disney confirmed in May 2021 that the trio of actresses would return for a new film. “I didn’t push for it,” Parker told Entertainment Weekly of the sequel in September 2022. “There were moments where it came up and I was asked about it, or something happened on social media that I’d respond to.

I’d always say, ‘Yeah, sure,’ but I can’t confess to being involved in putting it together. The minute I heard it was real, I said yes right away.”Though Hocus Pocus 2 includes flashbacks to the Sanderson sisters’ youth, the bulk of the movie takes place in the present day.

Two teens named Becca (Whitney Peak) and Izzy (Belissa Escobedo) decide to visit a magic shop — which happens to be in the Sandersons’ old house — instead of attending a Halloween party hosted by their former friend Cassie (Lilia Buckingham).The shop proprietor, Gilbert (Sam Richardson), gives the girls a candle, but it’s no ordinary object: it’s the Black Flame Candle that resurrected the Sanderson trio in the original film.

The BFFs accidentally resurrect the witch sisters during a ritual, and naturally, all hell breaks loose.“Our new protagonists are in charge of getting the witches contained before the sun rises,” director Anne Fletcher explained to EW, noting that the Sandersons are accepted “lore” in the film’s version of Salem. “We have [Salem residents] dressing as them, T-shirts of the Sanderson sisters, we think it’s all cheeky and fun, but — lo and behold — our girls find