19 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About "Hocus Pocus" That Made Me Say, "Damn, I Never Knew That" - BuzzFeed

He told his daughter that the cat was once a boy who was changed into a feline as punishment for angering a witch.

Although we now think of Hocus Pocus as a Halloween classic, it was released in July '93, possibly to avoid competition with Disney's upcoming release of The Nightmare Before Christmas.

At a 20th anniversary screening panel, Kathy told fans that she believes in white witches and "spiritually forward" witches or woman who heal.

Therefore, she was happy that the movie made the witches "human-ish" and "funny" and included good witches like Allison, as opposed to being purely negative.

In fact, the producers of Hocus Pocus thought he looked too realistic in the end, and requested his teeth be smaller and less pointed so that Binx looked friendlier.

"Sarah played the little beauty queen... That’s what I was going with – more like a witch princess.

Her outfit was meant to look like a witch baker.".

Mary knew Bette was going to have red hair, so she decided green and purple complimented that choice.

"They thought it would be more realistic, since the witches come from [a different] time period, that Binx should also have an affected accent.".

I was today years old when I found out that the fountain from Hocus Pocus is the same as the one shown in Friends

studio lot in Burbank, California where both Hocus Pocus and Friends were filmed