100+ Best Hocus Pocus Quotes for Your Halloween Captions That Will Leave You Spellbound

Winifred, Sarah, and Mary Sanderson — the bewitching trio known as the Sanderson Sisters in Hocus Pocus — are some of the most iconic, live-action Disney characters of all time. Their eccentric, larger-than-life personalities command the screen and make the 1993 fantasy-comedy film one of the absolute best Halloween movies ever. The phrases and declarations they deliver throughout the film are so memorable that we’re still repeating the best Hocus Pocus quotes nearly 30 years after its debut.

Starring Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy, Hocus Pocus chronicles the accidental awakening of the Sanderson Sisters, three centuries after they were executed. High schooler Max Dennison, on a not-so-subtle quest to impress his crush, lights the Black Flame Candle, prompting the rousing of the witches, who immediately set forth to wreak havoc in modern-day Salem, Massachusetts. And of course, we can't forget about Hocus Pocus 2, which premiered in September 2022. The sequel introduces a new trio of Salem teens — Becca, Izzy, and Cassie — who light the Black Flame Candle on All Hallow’s Eve and, once again, resurrect the Sanderson Sisters.

Oh, and ICYMI, Hocus Pocus 3 is already in the works, but unfortunately, the release date for the film hasn't been released just yet (😢).

Before we know it, Halloween will be here and we’ll all be settling in to watch Hocus Pocus and Hocus Pocus 2 for the umpteenth time, brewing plans for our perfect costumes, and conjuring up our best Halloween captions for Instagram. Whether you’re rocking an easy, DIY costume, best friend costume, or even a look from the iconic film itself, might we suggest one of the many oh-so-spine-chilling, and hilarious, quotes from Hocus Pocus to accompany your post? Behold, a comprehensive, terrifically terrifying list of the best Hocus Pocus quotes for you to choose from. Now, “come, we fly!”

🕯 Original Hocus Pocus (1993) Quotes

• "Let's see, amnesia, bunions, chilblains, cholera. Tsk, tsk. We can do better than that, I think." – Winifred Sanderson

• "Must been an imp." – Winifred Sanderson

• "Haaag?! Sistahs, did you hear what he called you?" – Winifred Sanderson

• "Take my hands and we will share her." –Winifred Sanderson / "Oh Winnie, how generous of thee!" – Mary Sanderson

• "Fools! All of you! My ungodly book speaks to you. On All Hallows' Eve when the moon is round, a virgin will summon us from under the ground. We shall be back! And the lives of all the children shall be mine!" – Winifred Sanderson

• "Twist the bones and bend the back. Itch-it-a-cop-it-a, mel-a-ka-mys-ti-ca. Trim him of his baby fat. Itch-it-a-cop-it-a, mel-a-ka-mys-ti-ca. Give him fur black as black. Just...like...this!" – The Sanderson Sisters

• "Let's breeeew another batch!" – Winifred Sanderson

• "Cat's got my tongue!" – Winifred Sanderson

• "Sistahhhhs!"– Winifred Sanderson

• "I smell a child." – Mary Sanderson – Winifred Sanderson

• "Don't get your knickers in a twist! We are just three kindly old spinster ladies." – Winifred Sanderson / "Spending a quiet evening at home." – Mary Sanderson / "Sucking the lives out of little children!" – Sarah Sanderson

• "Winifred, thou are a sprig of a little girl." – Mary Sanderson / "Liar! But I shall be a sprig forever once I suck the life out of all the children in Salem!" – Winifred Sanderson

• “Oh, look. Another glorious morning. Makes me sick!” –Winifred Sanderson

• “You know, I've always wanted a child. And now I think I'll have one on toast!” –Winifred Sanderson

• “Unfaithful lover long since dead. Deep asleep in thy wormy bed. Wiggle thy toes, open thine eyes, twist thy fingers toward the sky. Life is sweet, be not shy. On thy feet. So sayeth I!” –Winifred Sanderson

• “Sisters, All Hallow's Eve has become a night of frolic, where children wear costumes and run amok!” –Winifred Sanderson

• “Amok! Amok, amok, amok, amok, amok.” –Sarah Sanderson

• “It’s a full moon tonight. That’s why all the weirdos are out.” –Dani

• “Damn, damn, damn, double damn!” –Winifred Sanderson

• “Therefore, it stands to reason, does it not, sisters dear? That we must find the book, brew the potion, and suck the lives out of the children of Salem before sunrise. Otherwise, it's curtains. We evaporate! We cease to exist! Dost thou comprehend?” –Winifred Sanderson

• “Come, we fly!” –Winifred Sanderson

• “Bubble, bubble! I 'm in trouble!” –Bus Driver

• “It's the chocolate-covered finger of a man named Clark!” –Mary Sanderson

• “I put a spell on you and now you’re mine.” –Winifred Sanderson

• “Dead man’s toe, dead man’s toe! Dead, dead, dead!” –Sarah Sanderson

• “Thackery Binx, thou mangy feline. Still alive?” –Winifred Sanderson

• “It’s all just a bunch of hocus pocus.” –Max

• “I had to wait 300 years for a virgin to light a candle.” –Thackery Binx

• "I'll have your guts for garters, girl!"— Winifred Sanderson

• “It reeks of children.” –Mary Sanderson

• “It is a prison for children.” –Winifred Sanderson

• “You've messed with the great and powerful Max! Now you must suffer the consequences! I 'm going to summon the burning rain of death!” –Max

• “It's the burning rain of death! Come, you fools!” –Winifred Sanderson

• “I love you, jerkface.” –Dani

• "Welcome to High School Hell." —Max
  

• “Oh, cheese and crust! He's lost his head! Damn that Thackery Binx!” –Winifred Sanderson

• “Well, I don't know. Cat's got my tongue.” –Winifred Sanderson

• “Why was I cursed with such idiot sisters?” –Winifred Sanderson

• “I killed you once, I shall kill you again, you maggoty malfeasance! Hang on to your heads!” –Winifred Sanderson

• "Wench! Trollop! You bucktoothed, mop-riding firefly from hell!" — Billy Butcherson
  

• “He’s a good zombie.” –Max

• “Mmm, mmm, mmm! I need one of those instant ice packs. You girls are giving me a fever!” — Bus Driver

• “Drop dead, moron.” — Dani
  

• “My lucky rat tail!” –Sarah Sanderson

• "Goodbye, cruel world." — Winifred Sanderson

• “Fine, but everyone here knows that Halloween was invented by the candy companies. It's a conspiracy.” –Max

• “Don’t get your knickers in a twist! We’re just three kindly old spinster ladies.” –Winifred Sanderson

• “Stuff it, zit face.” — Dani

• "Let’s light this sucker and meet the old broads." — Max

• “Sisters, we’ve been gone 300 years.” –Winifred Sanderson

• "Well, it says to form a circle of salt to protect from zombies, witches, and old boyfriends." — Allison

• “‘Tis firm! ‘Tis firm as stone!” –Sarah Sanderson

• “Go to hell!” –Billy Butcherson / “Oh! I've been there, thank you. I found it quite lovely.” –Winifred Sanderson

• “I shall always be with you.” –Thackery Binx

• “Farewell, mortal bus boy!” –Sarah Sanderson

• “Maybe you could learn to breathe through your nose.” –Max

• “Couldn’t you forget about being a cool teenager for just one night?” –Dani

• “Say what you want! Just don’t breathe on me.” –Max

• “They’re very health-conscious in Los Angeles.” –Ice

• “Dance, dance until you die!” –Winifred Sanderson
  

• “It’s my curse, that and you two! Get off me you thundering oafs!” –Winifred Sanderson

• “I am beautiful! Boys will love me!” –Sarah Sanderson

• “You want to smash some pumpkins?” –Jay

• “You hags! There are not enough children in the world to make thee young and beautiful!” — Thackery Binx

• “We’re young!” –Mary Sanderson / “Well, younger. But it’s a start!” –Winifred Sanderson

• “I suggest we form a calming circle.” —Mary Sanderson

• “Aren’t you broads a little bit old to be trick or treating?” –Master’s wife
  

• “You’re going to turn me into one of those fat, useless, contented house cats.” – Thackery Binx
  

🕯 Hocus Pocus 2 (2022) Quotes

• "Lock up your children. Yes, Salem, we’re back!" –Winifred Sanderson

• "This is the worst day of my life." – Young Winifred Sanderson / "But Winnie, look at what we have made. I discovered if thou doth grind pig's hooves and mix it with water, it creates mysterious goo. Then Mary had the wonderful idea to mix a drop of goat's blood. And look. It jiggleth." – Young Sarah Sanderson

• "And if you should want to try your hand at resurrecting the Sanderson Sisters, Black Flame candles are half off for Halloween." – Gilbert

• "Can you feel it? It's all around us. It's evil. It's evil!" – Reverend Traske

• "Thou art lucky to have each other. A witch is nothing without her coven." – The Witch Mother / "Where is thy coven?" – Young Winifred Sanderson / "Long gone, I 'm afraid. The world is not too fond of witches. Can't imagine why." – The Witch Mother / "Perhaps because thou eateth the children?" – Young Mary Sanderson / "How else does one stay young and ridiculously beautiful?" – The Witch Mother

• "Not to freak out, but the idea of a vengeful maniac obsessed with getting revenge on Salem, becoming an invincible, all-powerful, vengeful maniac obsessed with getting revenge on Salem sounds very bad for Salem." – Izzy

• "It did sound like you said Satan." – Cassie; "I said 'seitan.' I was literally listing vegan food." – Becca; "See. She admits it." – Mike

• "A rotten apple quickly infects its neighbor. And we want no more like thee. I banish thee from Salem! Forever." – Reverend Traske

• “Perhaps we should form a calming circle. Think soothing thoughts.” –Mary Sanderson

• “I banish thee from Salem! Forever.” –Reverend Traske

• “Thou art... different than the other children I have eaten.” –The Witch Mother

• “I do not have a temper.” –Winifred Sanderson

• “This is a very sacred space for witches. We come here to charge our magic. To make us stronger. more powerful.” –The Witch Mother

• “Magic has a way of uniting things that ought to be together.” –The Witch Mother

• “I’m a witch. I know things.” –The Witch Mother

• “A witch is nothing without her coven.” –The Witch Mother

• “The world is not too fond of witches. Can’t imagine why.” –The Witch Mother

• “People of Salem, gather round. I am Gilbert the Great, here to terrify and amaze you with the most bone-chilling legend of All Hallow’s Eve. That of the Sanderson Sisters.” –Gilbert

• “The Sanderson Sisters were the most powerful coven that ever lived, thanks to Winifred’s book of spells.” –Gilbert

• “Legend has it, it’s on the sixteenth birthday that witch gets her powers.” –Gilbert

• “Another year begins anew. Maiden, Mother, and Crone too. We call on thee with one request, help our intentions manifest.” –Becca and Izzy

• “Yeah the spell is gonna hit ya because the witches are back!” –Winifred Sanderson, performing “The Witches Are Back”

• “Booooooooook!” –Winifred Sanderson

• “Idols?! My favorite word. Thou dost worship us?” –Winifred Sanderson

• “Lotions... oh, lotions! Like potions.” –Mary Sanderson

• “Sisters, let us confabulate.” –Winifred Sanderson

• “Lead us to thine apothecary.” –Winifred Sanderson

• “Oh, retinol. What a charming name for a child.” –Sarah Sanderson

• “How many children’s souls are in those potions?” –Winifred Sanderson

• “Bats and beetles. Find something, anything. We must fly!” –Winifred Sanderson

• “Then we run amok in Salem!” –Winifred Sanderson

• “Oh, amok, amok, amok, amok!” –Sarah Sanderson
  

• “Where are all the cobwebs, and my rat tails?” –Sarah Sanderson

• “None shall see or hear thee shout. Heed my words, there’s no way out.” –Winifred Sanderson

• “That’s a big ole yikes.” –Izzy

• “It’s time to conjure together once more.” –Winifred Sanderson

• “The Binx boy, he lives?!” –Sarah Sanderson

• “Oh, she has sullied my name for eternity.” –Billy Butcherson

• “Clear the altar, all of you! Clear my stage.” –Winifred Sanderson

• “Wretched villagers. Useless, even when bewitched!” –Winifred Sanderson

• “I give up, I’m tired, Winnie. I need, like, a snack and a stool.” –Mary Sanderson

• “Why art thou such a pest?” –Winifred Sanderson

• “Tis ’unattractive to hold a grudge.” –Winifred Sanderson / “You’ve literally held a grudge for centuries.” –Becca

• Let us bewitch them with song, and we will lure them into setting us free.” –Sarah Sanderson

• “Oh, not my sisters. My beloved, infuriating sisters? Why, they were my kin. Of course, I was the pretty one. But they were my passionate partners in unholy mischief. Oh, what fun we had.” –Winifred Sanderson

• “Only a witch and her coven can manifest what is written.” –Winifred Sanderson

• “My powers are nothing without my sisters.” –Winifred Sanderson

• “Ichita copita melaka mystica.” –Becca, Izzy, and Cassie, reciting the spell

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