Hocus Pocus (1993 Film) - Cast

Cast

The Sanderson Sisters

• Bette Midler as Winifred "Winnie" Sanderson, the leader of the Sanderson sisters and the main antagonist. She is the eldest and is highly sensitive to people calling her ugly and has a very short temper. Generally the most intelligent of the three sisters, however she is prone to being melodramatic. She has the power of electrokinesis.
• Kathy Najimy as Mary Sanderson, the middle witch sister and second of the secondary antagonists. Often complimenting and comforting Winnie, Mary constantly seeks Winnie's approval. She has the ability to sniff out the presence of children and has a tendency to bark in a Curly Howard-like fashion. She is the most observant of the three.
• Sarah Jessica Parker as Sarah Sanderson, the youngest witch sister and one of the secondary antagonists. She uses a siren-like ability to lure children to the Sanderson home. She sings a song called "Come Little Children" to lure the children to the home, to suck their lives to become younger. She is not particularly intelligent and she is often prancing around and goofing off. She is the most beautiful of the three which makes her have the tendency to attract boys and flirt with them.

Main Cast

• Omri Katz as Max Dennison, the main protagonist. A teenager upset at having to move to the small town of Salem from Los Angeles. He is initially cynical towards Halloween, but is persuaded by his sister, Dani, to go out. He has a crush on Allison and strives to impress her. He inadvertently releases the Sanderson sisters from beyond the grave. Although he bickers with Dani, they still clearly love each other, as he willingly drank the potion Winnie planned on feeding her, thereby sacrificing himself for his sister. His character is shamed throughout the movie for being a virgin, which caused the witches to resurrect.
• Thora Birch as Dani Dennison, Max's 8-year old sister. She is around the same age as Emily was, which is the reason why Binx bonds closely with her. She is somewhat volatile, such as screaming when Max refuses to take her trick-or-treating, but she is very brave and is very upset when Binx dies, although cheers up when his ghost comforts her. She argues with Max, but they evidently care about each other.
• Vinessa Shaw as Allison, Max's love interest and native Salem resident. Her family owns pieces of the town's history giving her an in-depth knowledge of the Sanderson Sisters and their past.
• Sean Murray as Thackery Binx (body double in human form) (Jason Marsden as his voice in both human and cat forms) a teenager from 1693 who has a little sister, Emily, whom he follows into the woods and fails to prevent her death at the hands of the Sanderson sisters sucking her life force from her. He is since then cursed as an immortal cat, feeling uncontrollable guilt over her death he guides Max, Dani and Allison in fighting back against the sisters. He is particularly close to Dani, due to her reminding him of Emily, and warns Max, "Take good care of Dani, Max. You'll never know how precious she is until you lose her."
• Doug Jones as Billy Butcherson, once Winifred Sanderson's lover, now a zombie, Billy was caught sporting with Sarah and was punished by Winnie. Having been poisoned, in death Winnie sewed his mouth shut with a dull needle. Upon cutting the stitches he insults Winifred. Saying to Max that he has waited centuries to insult her. He then joins side with the kids to defeat the Sanderson sisters.
• Charles Rocket as Dave Dennison, Max and Dani's father.
• Stephanie Faracy as Jenny Dennison, Max and Dani's mother.

Other Cast

• Jodie Rivera as Emily Binx, Thackery's sister who was lured in by Sarah Sanderson and had her life force sucked out by the sisters while Thackery watched.
• Larry Bagby as Ernie / "Ice", the leader of a group of high school bullies.
• Tobias Jelinek as Jay, another bully, and Ernie's sidekick.
• Rodrigo Castaneda as Elijah, a boy from a farm in 1693.
• Norbert Weisser as Mr. Binx, the father of Emily and Thackery.
• Kathleen Freeman as Miss Olin, Max's and Allison's teacher.
• Jason Marsden as the cat version of Thackery Binx who is the guide of the children.
• Garry Marshall as "The Devil", a man wearing a devil costume who the Sanderson sisters assume to be their "Master" (referring to Satan). Flattered by this, he wholeheartedly welcomes them into his home.
• Penny Marshall (Garry's sister), plays the "Devil's" wife. They assume she's Medusa, because of her curlers, which look like snakes.