{"id":12036,"date":"2026-10-30T04:03:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T03:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brokenmount.com\/bm\/2026\/10\/30\/film-quote-of-the-day-bette-midlers-hocus-pocus-line-that-became-a-halloween-classic\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T04:03:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T03:03:43","slug":"film-quote-of-the-day-bette-midlers-hocus-pocus-line-that-became-a-halloween-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brokenmount.com\/bm\/2026\/10\/30\/film-quote-of-the-day-bette-midlers-hocus-pocus-line-that-became-a-halloween-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Film Quote of the Day: Bette Midler\u2019s \u2018Hocus Pocus\u2019 Line That Became a Halloween Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My wife is not a horror girlie. She is firmly the romantic comedy persona of the household, and I think that’s what makes us work. But when Halloween rolls around, she lets me watch one movie full of witches and virgin sacrifices with her.<\/p>\n

No, it’s not Ken Russell’s The Devils<\/em>. <\/a><\/p>\n

It’s Disney\u2019s 1993 cult classic Hocus Pocus<\/em>.<\/p>\n

It’s a movie she loves revisiting again and again, and I have to admit, I have a lot of fun watching it with her, too. I especially love Bette Midler\u2019s larger-than-life performance as Winifred Sanderson, the resurrected Sanderson sisters’ lead witch who bosses the other two around and seems the most menacing.<\/p>\n

Noe, I have been a Bette fan since Beaches<\/em>, but that’s a different article.<\/p>\n

Today, I want to talk about one particular line delivered right at the start of the sisters’ resurrection that is the center of memes, laughs, and, I think, the movie’s soul.<\/p>\n

Let’s dive in.<\/p>\n