Trick or tweet? Bette Midler scares up ‘Hocus Pocus’ cult favorite

Bette Midler was in a 1990s cult classic on the Salem witch trials called “Hocus Pocus,” and her fans are glad she didn’t let it die.

Resurrecting her character and costume as Winifred Sanderson, the Divine Miss M has been tweeting her posterior off, and disciples have been sharing. She dressed up at her annual Halloween fund-raiser called Hulaween (with a Hawaiian theme).

Scarymommy.com noted: “Hocus Pocus was hands down the best Halloween movie from our childhood and clearly Bette Midler agrees. She revived Winifred for a New York City Halloween party hosted by the New York Restoration Project, a nonprofit she founded in 1995.”

The film’s fan said fellow stars Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy weren’t there, “so Sarah and Mary weren’t on hand to run amok as well. But all three actresses have said they’d be more than willing to hop on their broomsticks should Disney decide to make a sequel. Perhaps I’m just hopped up on sugar thanks to these peanut butter cups I’ve been stealing from the bowl that’s supposed to be for trick or treaters but maybe, just maybe, Midler’s Halloween outfit is a sign of things to come?”