Hocus Pocus (1993 film) the movie, in an attempt to prove there's nothing to the story. Hocus Pocus (1993 film) Hocus Pocus is a 1993 American comedy horror fantasy film directed by Kenny Ortega, starring Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, and Sarah Jessica Parker; written by Neil Cuthbert and Mick Garris, and based on a story by Garris and David Kirschner. It follows a villainous trio of witches, who are inadvertently resurrected by a teenage boy in Salem, Massachusetts. Although it was not a critical or commercial success when it was first released, "Hocus Pocus" has become a cult film, largely from annual airings on
Sarah Jessica Parker made a modest US$39 million in the US, but became a cult film due to strong DVD sales and large television following. In 1993, she also starred as a police diver opposite Bruce Willis in the film "Striking Distance", and in 1994, she appeared opposite Johnny Depp in the critically acclaimed biographical drama "Ed Wood" as the titular character's girlfriend, Dolores Fuller. She headlined the romantic comedy "Miami Rhapsody" (1995), playing woman who has some misgivings about her fiancée and starred in the off-Broadway play "Sylvia", alongside future husband Matthew Broderick. In 1996, she appeared in another Tim Burton-directed movie,