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Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimi reflect on Hocus Pocus 25 years later

Sisters! Hocus Pocus is celebrating its 25th anniversary and the stars of the beloved Halloween classic gathered to fly once more in Freeform’s Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash, which premiered on Saturday, Oct. 20 on the network. The special, which was partly filmed live earlier this month at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, reunited much of the original cast, including the Sanderson Sisters — Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimi. For Midler, the project was automatic yes — she said in the special, “I read the script of Hocus Pocus and I was very intrigued by it because it was an opportunity to do things that I really loved to do, which is play physical comedy and be more than a little broad.” While Parker noted that she still can’t quite believe how dark the storyline was for a Disney film. “I guess what I remember most is how awful we were as characters,” she said. “I was surprised that the goal was to get a child and basically destroy them, but becau...

Freeform's 31 Nights of Halloween : See the full lineup

Cancel all you plans for the next month —  Freeform’s 31 Nights of Halloween  has officially begun! Expanded from its usual  13 Night of Halloween , the network’s festive October programming is bringing you creepy content from Monday, Oct. 1, through to All Hallows’ Eve itself. There’s something for everyone from frightening family drama like  The Addams Family  and  The Parent Trap  to gruesome, edge-of-your-seat flicks like  Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street  and  Maleficent —  and, of course, Hocus Pocus will air a good few hundred times over the course of the month. If you’re not in the spooky spirit come Oct. 31, it’s certainly not Freeform’s fault; the network’s even created its own  haunted house  that fiendish fans in L.A. can visit. Check out the full schedule before and head  here  for more details. Monday, October 1   5pm  ParaNorman   7:10pm  The...