History Fridge / HocusPocus

* Max is infamously shamed by pretty much every character who knows he's a virgin but gets the brunt of it from his little sister. Why? Because she's only ever heard that it's something bad, not what it means. It's similar to how some kids will use "gay" as an insult only because their introduction to the word was as an insult, rather than another term for homosexual.
** "Every character"? Do you mean that one random guy who was deliberately trolling him? Dani doesn't shame him for being one; she shames him for lighting the Black Flame Candle.
*** What the other toper probably meant was that [[InnocentlyInsensitive he was shamed by Dani]].

* "I hate it when that happens!" - says Binx after reviving. The logical assumption is that he refers to the painful manner of death under the bus. But it may also be that he's actually talking not about the death, but about the ''resurrection'' - the poor boy's dream is to finally die for good and be reunited with his family...

* At the end, the witches died and Binx moves on to the afterlife with Billy returning to his grave and Book still. The sequel reveals Book was placed under lock and key under the current custodian of the Sanderson sisters' estate, while the spell that reanimated Billy did not end with the witches' death. Besides freaking out the gravedigger who fills back in his resting place, Billy is buried somewhat-alive between the two movies and possibly suffering a curse similar to Binx's or not worse as at least Binx can freely move.

* At the end, the witches, Binx, and Billy get to move on, but the book is still there. If the Book is sentient, it may be suffering a curse similar to Binx's, and that curse has not been broken.

* "I hate it when that happens!" - says Binx after reviving. The logical assumption is that he refers to the painful manner of death under the bus. But it may also be that he's actually talking not about the death, but about the ''resurrection'' - the poor boy's dream is to finally die for good and be reunited with the family...

* "I hate it when that happens!" The logical assumption is that Binx refers to painful manner of death. But it may also be that he's actually talking not about the death, but about the ''resurrection'' - the poor boy's dream is to finally die for good and be reunited with the family...

* Billy going against Winifred may have appeared to be a result of getting fed up with being bossed around by her and enduring painful injuries. However, Billy did cheat on her with her sister Sarah and she retaliated by killing him. What reason did Billy have to be loyal to Winifred after all that?

* During the "I Cast a Spell on You" number, Mary and Sarah are using microphones, but Winifred isn't, which seems like the filmmakers defying how acoustics work because [[RuleOfCool letting Bette Midler dance around and move freely about the stage like she's in a music video just looks cooler]]. However, in a later scene, Sarah's MagicMusic spell attracts children all through the town without any need for amplification, so it's likely the sisters can just make their sung spells carry exactly as far as they need them to. Either Winifred is the only one who doesn't need a microphone to be heard over the band because she's the one who started the spell, or none of them need mics, but Mary and Sarah are just standing behind theirs anyway (maybe because they just somehow figured out that's what backup vocalists are supposed to do).

* One of the odder quirks of the movie is how quickly the witches, and especially Winifred, acclimate to the present day; particular umbrage is taken with Winnie's line "Pull over! Lemme see your driver's license"--when she lived and died centuries before anything like the DMV existed. So how could she possibly know about them? That's when you remember that the first person the Sandersons meet after the main trio is a ''bus driver.'' Presumably, while they rode on the bus, he explained the whole notion of "driving" and "cars," and he figured it was part of their act. We even see Sarah playfully steering; it's easy to imagine that he joked "Do you have your license?" to her, and Sarah asked what he meant, with her sisters listening in.

* While the film ends on a EarnYourHappyEnding-type of note as the bond between Max and Dani is stronger than ever, Allison is now Max's girlfriend, all of Salem's kids have been saved, Thackery finally dies and gets to leave for the afterlife and the Sandersons are gone forever (well, at least until the sequel comes out), [[EsotericHappyEnding what are Max and Dani planning to do when their parents come back home and find part of the third floor blown up]]?

** Max, Dani and Alison also leave the party right before Winifred says "dance until you die", so they were able to resist the magic of her song just long enough to escape before she made it worse.

* At first, Winefred being exposition dump feels like the movie is talking down to the audience. But then, one realizes it's a JustifiedTrope: her sisters are idiots, and they need her to spell it out for them.

** Max, Dani, and Alison also leave the party right before Winifred says "dance until you die", so they were able to resist the magic of her song just long enough to escape before she made it worse.

* During the "I Cast A Spell On You" number, Mary and Sarah are using microphones, but Winifred isn't, which seems like the filmmakers defying how acoustics work because [[RuleOfCool letting Bette Midler dance around and move freely about the stage like she's in a music video just looks cooler]]. However, in a later scene, Sarah's MagicMusic spell attracts children all through the town without any need for amplification, so it's likely the sisters can just make their sung spells carry exactly as far as they need them to. Either Winifred is the only one who doesn't need a microphone to be heard over the band because she's the one who started the spell, or none of them need mics, but Mary and Sarah are just standing behind theirs anyway (maybe because they just somehow figured out that's what backup vocalists are supposed to do).

** Maybe you need magic to be able to make the brooms fly - as the sisters make the mop and vacuum fly with their magic. So maybe the brooms were just ordinary that only flew because of the sisters' magic. We don't see the girls flying off when they take them, they just keep running as normal.

* The actresses' performances [[LaughablyEvil make light of how evil the Sanderson sisters are]]. Then you start to think about what they're trying to do, and that before they were caught, they were presumably doing it for a while. Even Mary and Sarah, who are less outwardly dark than Winnifred, become creepier when you think about it. Sometimes, ''especially'' Mary and Sarah.

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* Near the end of the movie the trio drifts off to sleep thinking that they are victorious and the witches think that all hope is lost because they don't have the book. A lamenting Winifred croons out the window, "Book, would you come home/ or make yourself known?" Cut to the book in Max's room opening its eye, looking towards a sleeping Max and Allison, and then quickly shutting it again when the pair suddenly wake up. The two then decide to open the book which shoots out a beam of light alerting the witches to its location. Winnie unknowingly cast a spell and the book responded!

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** Sarah is arguably the ''scariest'' of the trio. Winnie has all of the brains and more spellcasting ability, true, and Mary has probably devoured dozens (or hundreds) of children, but Sarah? Sarah's basically [[PsychopathicManchild a full-grown woman with an eight-year-old's mind]]. Maybe that's why she has a [[MindControlMusic siren song]] power: she can call children to her because she's so childlike herself. At the same time, she's obsessed with boys (her first words after being rejuvenated? "I am beautiful! BOYS WILL LOVE ME!"), is vaguely aware of her own sexiness (see: her dance moves during "I Put A Spell On You"), and knows how to work it a bit, but for the most part, she has no idea what she's doing, and doesn't care if she does. All she knows is that there are men out there to [[DeadlyEuphemism "play with"]], ''and she wants them.'' Now, imagine if you were a witch with vast magical powers and no impulse control...the results are horrifying.
* Three little girls snatch the witches brooms and fly off with them (the woosh sound in the background). Those three are never seen again. Let's just hope they weren't still flying around when the Sanderson sisters died.
** Maybe you need magic to be able to make the brooms fly - as the sisters make the mop and vacuum fly with their own magic. So maybe the brooms were just ordinary that only flew because of the sisters' magic. We don't actually see the girls flying off when they take them, they just keep running as normal.
** There's a whooshing sound effect once the girls are off screen. It indicates that the brooms do in fact fly for them.

* Max is infamously shamed by pretty much every character who knows he's a virgin, but gets the brunt of it from his little sister. Why? Because she's only ever heard that it's something bad, not what it actually means. It's similar to how some kids will use "gay" as an insult only because their introduction to the word was as an insult, rather than another term for homosexual.
** "Every character"? You mean that one random guy who was deliberately trolling him? Dani doesn't shame him for being one; she shames him for lighting the Black Flame Candle.
* Mr. Binx saw his little girl's dead body in the witches' cottage, and had to bury a withered corpse with white hair and a desiccated face. We don't see this, thanks to OffscreenMomentOfAwesome and GoryDiscretionShot, but he asks the witches where his son is, and not Emily. Small wonder he looks like he's about to burst into angry tears and demands, "Answer me!".

* At the end, the witches, Binx, and Billy get to move on, but the Book is still there. If the Book is sentient, it may be suffering a curse similar to Binx's, and that curse has not been broken.
* Despite the Sanderson sisters being real witches, the Salem Witch Trials must have still happened. In this history, the Sanderson sisters caused it to happen. Which means that not only had they tormented and lured children to their deaths, they may also have caused the villagers to turn against each other and execute innocent people before they were discovered to be the culprits.
* There is a 20 year age difference between the actresses playing Winnie and Sarah, yet it's implied they all had the same mother. If their mother was 20 when Winnie was born, that'd mean she was 40 when Sarah was born. It's highly likely that, because of her mother's age when she was born, Sarah could have been born with a mental deficit, explaining her childlike and/or spacey behavior.
* Binx the cat,when making cat sounds,seems to only make the sound when cats are in distress. Each time, Binx is in distress: tryin to get his father to notice him in his new form, or, at the end, when he finally dies for real.

* Near the end of the movie the trio drift off to sleep thinking that they are victorious and the witches think that all hope is lost because they don't have the book. A lamenting Winifred croons out the window, "Book, would you come home/ or make yourself known?" Cut to the book in Max's room opening its eye, looking towards a sleeping Max and Allison and then quickly shutting it again when the pair suddenly wake up. The two then decide to open the book which shoots out a beam of light alerting the witches to its location. Winnie unknowingly cast a spell and the book responded!

* During the "I Cast A Spell On You" number, Mary and Sarah are using microphones, but Winifred isn't, which seems like the filmmakers defying how acoustics work because [[RuleOfCool letting Bette Midler dance around and move freely about the stage like she's in a music video just looks cooler]]. However, in a later scene, Sarah's MagicMusic spell attracts children all through the town without any need for amplification, so it's likely the sisters can just make their sung spells carry exactly as far as they need them to. Either Winifred is the only one who doesn't need a microphone to be heard over the band because she's the one who started the spell, or none of them actually need mics, but Mary and Sarah are just standing behind theirs anyway (maybe because they just somehow figured out that's what backup vocalists are supposed to do).

* Sarah's singing doesn't affect the main teens, or Thackery and Elijah. By colonial standards they'd already be adults. That's why Thackery was left to watch over Emily in the ColdOpen.
** Then why was Mary able to sniff out Thackery and why did the sisters go after Max's bullies? Even if they were basically adults, Mary's sniff still considered them children,but they weren't "little children", as indicated by the song.

** Max, Dani and Alison also leave the party right before Winifred says "dance until you die", so they were able to resist the magic of her song just long enough to escape before she made it worse.

* The curse being designed so that it would take a virgin lighting the Black Flame Candle to bring the sisters back - a virgin is likely to be young, meaning Winifred intended for a child to be the most likely one to bring them back. And therefore provide someone to drain right away to ensure they'd be back permanently.

** Mary is portrayed as the resident BigEater of the trio and is always eager to eat children. It gives us the stomach-churning implication that she's the fattest member of the trio specifically ''because'' she's eaten so many children!
*** Explains how they got rid of the bodies of the children they killed.

* Billy going against Winifred may have appeared to be a result of being bossed around by her and enduring painful injuries for most of the movie. However, Billy did cheat on her with her sister Sarah and she retaliated by killing him. What reason did Billy have to be loyal to Winifred after all that?

* At first, Winefred being exposition dump feels like the movie is talking down to the audience. But then, one realizes it's a JustifiedTrope: her sisters are idiots, and they need her to spell it out for them.