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    Bette’s Second Act

    Sep 30, 2022 5 minutes
    by H. ALAN SCOTT
    Photograph by
    NINO MUNOZ

    MOVIE STUDIOS DON’T MAKE SEQUELS TO PIC-tures that flop. Which is why Bette Midler thought she’d never return as Winifred Sanderson, the leader of a pack of witches from the 1993 Disney film Hocus Pocus.

    Campy and over-the-top, the family-friendly comedy was tailor made for Bette Midler. The Sanderson sisters (Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy) are awoken from a spell cast in the 17th century and proceed to try to steal the youth of the children of modern-day Salem, Massachusetts. Released in July 1993, though, was steamrolled by that summer’s blockbusters, among them the first , Tom Cruise in and Harrison Ford in. While some devoted Midler fans bought tickets—including this writer—the movie stiffed on its opening weekend

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