Watch Full Movie Hocus Pocus 2 Afdah Info. The idea for the script for the original Hocus Pocus movie was born by producer David Kirshner, when he once, watching a neighbor's black cat, decided to come up with a fairy tale for his daughter - about three witches who turned a boy into a cat. The script, co-written with Mick Garris, was bought by Walt Disney Pictures back in 1984, but eight years passed before Bette Midler, a clowness with two Oscar nominations, became interested in the project. The film was shot in Salem, where at the end of the 17th century 14 "witches" were hanged on charges of witchcraft, and in California, the atmosphere on the set was truly enchanting. For those who still have not watched the first part or forgot it, we will remind you. Salem, Massachusetts, October 31, 1993. According to local legend, if a virgin or virgin on Halloween night lights a candle in the house-museum of the Sanderson witch sisters, they will rise from their graves, eat all ...