Alright, there are still some facts we don't know about Hocus Pocus. For example, it wasn't supposed to be called Hocus Pocus. Its original title is Disney's Haunted House, this is according to Mick Garris, the film's writer and co-executive producers, during his talk with Mashable. It was supposed to be a series at the Disney Channel Original Movie, however, it had a bigger future said the famous director.

However, when October comes in, fans and moviegoers will remember Garris for his witchy, kitchy world of the Sanderson sisters. Eight before the film released, the script was already done and Garris pitched it to Steven Spielberg first. At the time, he was in a project with the Oscar-winning director on Amazing Stories TV series. Although, it was not produced by Spielberg, the movie made it to Disney. When asked how did Garris got involved with co-writing and co-executive producing the film for Hocus Pocus, he explained,

"I was writing Amazing Stories for Steven Spielberg when the producer, David Kirshner, came to me with his idea. David is a wonderful, creative producer, and a really wonderful man. We hit it off very well right from the beginning. We first pitched it to Spielberg (David had created An American Tail for Steven), but the logistics didn't work out at the time. Disney was quite eager for it, and that's where we ended up. Where we belonged, by the way!" He also added, "I think Halloween is a magic time, and it's about young people deep into their Halloween experience. It's a time when they're changing, and to have literal magic embracing them at the same time is special to maintaining the feeling of that kind of youth. And it helps that it's funny and has some creepy stuff that isn't too creepy."

The Hollywood multi-hypehnate and horror kingpin has got a handful of things right now. He's also creating three new TV series and writing two new books, recently, co-executive producing a film directed by Angelina Jolie, entitled Unbroken.