What Did Critics Think of ‘Hocus Pocus’ When It Was First Released? Read the 1993 Reviews

For many Disney fans, a viewing of 1993’s Hocus Pocus is an annual Halloween tradition. The fantasy comedy film — starring Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy as the villainous Sanderson family of witches — has become a staple of October TV programming. But when it hit theaters in 1993, it fared poorly at the box office and even worse in the court of critical opinion.