You Can Visit These "Hocus Pocus 2" Filming Locations
Hocus Pocus 2 is officially streaming on Disney+! While the story takes us back to Salem, Massachusetts, the movie was actually filmed at locations across Rhode Island. From a park used to recreate a 1600s version of Salem to the street where the Sanderson Sisters indulge in their first trip to a Walgreens, we’ve laid out every filming location used to bring the long-awaited sequel to life. Start planning your visit to these spots, and consider extending your tour to include the original film’s Massachusetts filming locations, too.
Chase Farm Park
Located in Lincoln, Rhode Island, the sprawling land at Chase Farm Park serves as the location where Disney built a replica of 1600s Salem, Massachusetts, for the film. While the village was taken down, the green space is typically used for summer concerts, sledding, hiking, and other special events.
Washington Square
The extravagant Halloween carnival takes place in Newport's Washington Square. One of the easy buildings to spot in the film is the historic Newport Colony House. The Salem Scare Fest concert stage—where the Sanderson Sisters give a riveting performance of Blondie's 1979 hit "One Way or Another"—was erected in front of this building.
Newman Congregational Church and Cemetery
Naturally, the cemetery across from Newman Avenue in East Providence was used to shoot night scenes set in a cemetery—including ones with Doug Jones reprising his role as Billy Butcherson. The Newman Congregational Church can be seen in the background of these scenes.
Atwells Avenue
This Providence street was transformed into a Salem-inspired Halloween village for the film, and it even includes the Walgreens where the Sanderson Sisters take their first trip down the beauty aisle.
Benefit Street
Tucked into the College Hill neighborhood of Providence, Benefit Street’s collection of colonial homes help bring the town of Salem to life for the film. A stroll down the historic street would surely make for an excellent autumn activity.
La Salle Academy
The private Catholic high school La Salle Academy in Rhode Island’s Providence was used as the high school the teens attend in Hocus Pocus 2. Brown University’s campus was also used to represent the Salem high school, The Providence Journal reports.
Cranston Street Armory
No, the Forbidden Woods scenes weren't actually filmed in the middle of a forest. They were shot on a sound stage in the Cranston Street Armory, according to The Providence Journal.
Touro Street
While the Olde Salem Magic Shoppe, aka the Sanderson Sisters' cottage, was a temporary facade made for the movie, it was built on an empty parking lot at 51 Touro Street in Newport, according to Discover Newport.
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