Part two of exploring the original Hocus Pocus script is here and once again it's bursting with all kinds of alternate and deleted scenes, different lines and more!
Part 1 ended right when the kids were about to enter the Sanderson Sisters house and so let's pick up right where we left off and see what changes occur next...
The first change from the script to screen is that in the script, the house sits atop a hill which the kids all climb up to. In the film it appears the house is actually deep in the woods.
They reach the Sanderson House where the old sign sits outside, it's all overgrown and peeling. The sign reads:
Part 1 ended right when the kids were about to enter the Sanderson Sisters house and so let's pick up right where we left off and see what changes occur next...
The first change from the script to screen is that in the script, the house sits atop a hill which the kids all climb up to. In the film it appears the house is actually deep in the woods.
They reach the Sanderson House where the old sign sits outside, it's all overgrown and peeling. The sign reads:
"Sanderson House, circa 1660, Home of Winifred, Mary and Sarah Sanderson. Noon 'til 5:00 p.m. Mon-Sat. Donation 50 cents:
Allison:
"My mom used to run this place, but tourists kept having heart attacks and accidents so they closed it down"
As they approach the house, Binx makes his appearance before they enter.
Max: "It's just a cat"
Allison:
"It's THE cat--the one that warns you!"
The cat begins yowling at them. Max throws a stone at it. There is a yowl of pain, and the cat disappears in the shadows.
Allison:
"My mom used to run this place, but tourists kept having heart attacks and accidents so they closed it down"
As they approach the house, Binx makes his appearance before they enter.
Max: "It's just a cat"
Allison:
"It's THE cat--the one that warns you!"
The cat begins yowling at them. Max throws a stone at it. There is a yowl of pain, and the cat disappears in the shadows.
They enter the house using an old key that still sits above the door. When they find the lights inside the witch house, there are three mannequins of the witches huddled around a cauldron. This scares Dani which results in Allison telling Dani "They're just dummies" and Max calling her a dummy.
As they begin to explore the house, Dani stares at the mannequin of Winifred.
Allison:
"That's Winifred. She was the eldest. Her farther was a warlock. This is Mary, the middle sister. Her father was a bloodhound and she could follow the scent of a child for miles. Sarah, the youngest, was strange. She would lure children -- usually young boys --into the woods to play and they'd never be seen again."
As they begin to explore the house, Dani stares at the mannequin of Winifred.
Allison:
"That's Winifred. She was the eldest. Her farther was a warlock. This is Mary, the middle sister. Her father was a bloodhound and she could follow the scent of a child for miles. Sarah, the youngest, was strange. She would lure children -- usually young boys --into the woods to play and they'd never be seen again."
Cut to the return of the witches. in the film Sarah pulls her Lucky Rat Tail from one of the beams above her, in the script she pulls it out from under one of the floorboards. Mary begins to examine the mannequins around the cauldron and calls them clever, which results in Winifred stating they look nothing like her.
Mary: "Well, of course not, sister. They have totally missed that special glow of they skin and the way --"
Winifred hits Mary on the back of the head.
Mary: "I see thy point, sister"
Winifred then smashes the glass cabinet that houses the book with her hands and takes it.
Mary: "Well, of course not, sister. They have totally missed that special glow of they skin and the way --"
Winifred hits Mary on the back of the head.
Mary: "I see thy point, sister"
Winifred then smashes the glass cabinet that houses the book with her hands and takes it.
Another jump to the witches leaving the house after discovering the "burning rain of death" is just water. They're afraid to cross the river (road).
Mary: "What is that?"
Winifred: "'Tis a Ford... Obviously a vessel for fording this river.
Mary: "Winnie's so clever"
They push Sarah into the road who screams "I cannot swim! I cannot swim!"
In the graveyard as Binx is about to tell them the story of Billy Butcherson he asks them all to sit, Max doesn't sit and instead stays standing. Binx: "You too, verge".
We return to the Sanderson Sisters house where they're hiding outside as the firemen leave the building. In the film Sarah pulls a spider from the bush and in the script this spiders fate is a little more descriptive.
'Sarah is blithely plucking the legs out of the spider.'
Sarah: "One little leggy... Two little leggies..."
Mary then snatches the spider from Sarah's hand and swallows it.
Mary: "What is that?"
Winifred: "'Tis a Ford... Obviously a vessel for fording this river.
Mary: "Winnie's so clever"
They push Sarah into the road who screams "I cannot swim! I cannot swim!"
In the graveyard as Binx is about to tell them the story of Billy Butcherson he asks them all to sit, Max doesn't sit and instead stays standing. Binx: "You too, verge".
We return to the Sanderson Sisters house where they're hiding outside as the firemen leave the building. In the film Sarah pulls a spider from the bush and in the script this spiders fate is a little more descriptive.
'Sarah is blithely plucking the legs out of the spider.'
Sarah: "One little leggy... Two little leggies..."
Mary then snatches the spider from Sarah's hand and swallows it.
Sarah: "Mary ate my spider!"
Mary: "What spider?"
Winifred then hooks both of their nostrils and brings them closer before explaining what the black flame candle being lit once again means.
Winifred: "The ingredients for that potion are in my spell book, and the little brats have stolen it. So here's the rub. We must get my book back, brew the goo, and steal the lives of chil-dren before sunrise -- or we shall evaporate and never exist again. Hast thou grasped the urgency of our plight?"
Mary: "What spider?"
Winifred then hooks both of their nostrils and brings them closer before explaining what the black flame candle being lit once again means.
Winifred: "The ingredients for that potion are in my spell book, and the little brats have stolen it. So here's the rub. We must get my book back, brew the goo, and steal the lives of chil-dren before sunrise -- or we shall evaporate and never exist again. Hast thou grasped the urgency of our plight?"
We return to the cemetery where Max is about to try and burn the book. In the film a wind blows out the lighters flame, however in the script, the flame actually turns into a ball and explodes, nearly burning Max's hand off.
Max to Binx: "Why didn't you warn me?"
Binx: "Why did you throw a rock at me?"
The witches appear and above.
Sarah & Mary: "Why didn't you warn me! Why didn't you warn me!"
Winifred: "It's all just a bunch of Hocus Pocus"
Max: "Yo, hags! Get lost!"
Winifred: "Ah, the brave little virgin who lit the candle. (stares into his soul) He misses his friend. He wants to go home"
Mary & Sarah (pretending to cry): "Boo hoo hoo hoo hoo!"
Sarah: "I'll be thy friend"
Allison: "Take a hike!"
Winifred (hates her): "Ah, she's jealous. And isn't she pretty. Almost as pretty as her ancestor, little Elizabeth Podbury, a good witch"
Mary: "Good to the last bite!".
Max to Binx: "Why didn't you warn me?"
Binx: "Why did you throw a rock at me?"
The witches appear and above.
Sarah & Mary: "Why didn't you warn me! Why didn't you warn me!"
Winifred: "It's all just a bunch of Hocus Pocus"
Max: "Yo, hags! Get lost!"
Winifred: "Ah, the brave little virgin who lit the candle. (stares into his soul) He misses his friend. He wants to go home"
Mary & Sarah (pretending to cry): "Boo hoo hoo hoo hoo!"
Sarah: "I'll be thy friend"
Allison: "Take a hike!"
Winifred (hates her): "Ah, she's jealous. And isn't she pretty. Almost as pretty as her ancestor, little Elizabeth Podbury, a good witch"
Mary: "Good to the last bite!".
When the kids are underground in the graveyard. Allison refers to the following Billy as "Mildew Man". Cut to the witches landing outside the graveyard gates.
Winifred: "They must come out somewhere and when they do, we will get the book and skin them all alive!"
Mary: "A brilliant plan. I wish I thought of it myself"
Winifred: "But first, we must find the other children of Salem"
Sarah: "Why?"
Winifred: "BECAUSE, for the third and final time, my dim witted sibling, when we find the book, we can use the potion to steal ALL THEIR LIVES!"
Sarah: "Oh. Right."
Winifred: "They must come out somewhere and when they do, we will get the book and skin them all alive!"
Mary: "A brilliant plan. I wish I thought of it myself"
Winifred: "But first, we must find the other children of Salem"
Sarah: "Why?"
Winifred: "BECAUSE, for the third and final time, my dim witted sibling, when we find the book, we can use the potion to steal ALL THEIR LIVES!"
Sarah: "Oh. Right."
The bus pulls up beside them and the doors open. When Winifred tells the driver they desire children his response in the script is: "I'd hurry up if I were you. Your biological clock's about to run you down, baby."
He's about to close the door when Sarah steps forward.
Sarah: "Hey, handsome. They're with me"
The witches climb aboard the bus, which is empty.
Bus Driver: "Which witch is which? Excuse me, ladies, this is a magic bus, but I do need a token or its financial equivalent"
He's about to close the door when Sarah steps forward.
Sarah: "Hey, handsome. They're with me"
The witches climb aboard the bus, which is empty.
Bus Driver: "Which witch is which? Excuse me, ladies, this is a magic bus, but I do need a token or its financial equivalent"
The witches, now off the bus are standing outside as children in costume run up and down the street. Mary thinks she's lost her powers as she can smell children but cannot see them.
Winifred: "What do we desire?"
Mary & Sarah: "Children!"
Winifred: "When do we want them?"
Mary & Sarah: "Now!"
They share a team snarl.
Winifred: "Snake formation" They lean their brooms against the fence and then Winifred begins to mutter a childhood chant, to give them courage.
Winifred: "Satan Loves us, this we know. Because our mother told us so. And when in trouble, be smart, ladies, do not waste time, go straight to hades."
Winifred: "What do we desire?"
Mary & Sarah: "Children!"
Winifred: "When do we want them?"
Mary & Sarah: "Now!"
They share a team snarl.
Winifred: "Snake formation" They lean their brooms against the fence and then Winifred begins to mutter a childhood chant, to give them courage.
Winifred: "Satan Loves us, this we know. Because our mother told us so. And when in trouble, be smart, ladies, do not waste time, go straight to hades."
The Devil then appears on his doorstep howling into the night and the witches all turn and scream "MASTER!" .
Check back next week for part 3!
Check back next week for part 3!
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