“Twist the Bones…” Witch Spell Tattoo by Bethany Whitehead

You may remember the quote from the 1993 live-action Disney film ‘Hocus Pocus’. The great Bette Midler, as one of the Sanderson sisters, and avid witches, use the spell on a young boy. Do you remember what the spell does if you complete it?

Twist the bones and bend the back.
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Trim him of his baby fat.
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Give him fur black as black, just…
Like…
This!

Hocus Pocus (1993)

That’s right, it turns someone in to a cat! Did it work?