Hocus Pocus Tour: Salem's Movie Magic

Discover Hocus Pocus filming secrets, exclusive sequel insights, and Salem’s Hollywood history on this 30th-anniversary tour. Unveil the magic behind the scenes.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Salem Historical Tours & Haunted Footsteps Ghost Tour - Arrive at the Salem Historical Tours office, situated at 8 Central Street, 15-20 minutes before the 1pm departure. Feel free to check in earlier that day to collect your tickets. Meet your engaging and knowledgeable guide, who will lead you through Salem to explore the captivating sites…
What's Included
  • Local, Professional and Certified Guide
  • Visit locations where several movies were shot like Hubie Halloween, Joy & American Hustle
  • See the sites where Hocus Pocus was filmed
  • See where TV Shows like Defending Jacob and a PBS Documentary were shot
  • A guide who was in Hocus Pocus 2 that can provide exclusive information
  • View screenshots of movies and TV shows filmed in Salem that are too far to walk
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • No food and drink offered for free, but they can be purchased on site.
  • No hotel pick up
  • We do not enter Ropes Mansion or Witch House. Guests can enter some locations on their own.
Additional Information

Explore the iconic filming locations of the beloved Halloween movie, Hocus Pocus. Experience the excitement as Allison, Max, Dani, and Binx strive to protect the town from the wicked Sanderson sisters. Our tour will take you to the actual sites where the movie was filmed, and we’ll share exclusive behind-the-scenes stories. We are the only tour company…

Location
8 Central St
Central Street
We are part of the pedestrian walkway downtown at the corner of Essex and Central Streets. We are next to Emporium 32 and across from the New England Dog Biscuit Company. Look for our purple sign.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Zerber2025
Nov 23, 2025
Hocus Pocus tour - Had a great time, tour guide very knowledgeable about movie and also about Salem. Would definitely take the tour if you are a Hocus Pocus fan.
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Delia_b
Nov 1, 2025
Booook - Bob rocked this tour! He gave us movie trivia and made our time together memorable and fun! From Hocus Pocus to Houdini to Hawthorne he provided fascinating tidbits of movie history.
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Jose_p
Oct 26, 2025
It's a real story. - A unique experience, if you like history and mystery this tour is for you. The very friendly guide with a lot of knowledge about Salem the hidden. Excellent experience.
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Emsmith76
Oct 19, 2025
Hocus Pocus - Wonderful tour with so many amazing spots and great facts and stories of movies filmed in the area! Both my kids enjoyed it and helped us see areas in the town we didn’t know of
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C5284durobinw
Oct 18, 2025
Great tour lots of movie facts. - Bob was so fun & knowledgeable! We loved all of his jokes, and how described all of things on how the movies came to be. Great tour! Would definitely recommend it.
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Tommyc353
Oct 28, 2025
Just OK - Took us to all the relevant locations, but the information wasn’t that interesting. I was hoping for a bit of Salem history mixed into the movie tour. Maybe I had the wrong expectation.
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Kristi_l
Oct 21, 2025
False advertising - The description is false. It was hardly even about hocus pocus, only a couple spots were about it. It also said hear from a guide who was in hocus pocus 2, which was false. Our guide was not in the movie and we were really looking forward to that. It was okay, I would not call it a hocus pocus walking tour. I would say a movie/TV show tour and false advertising.
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Lisa_h
Oct 25, 2025
We bailed out after about... - We bailed out after about an hour. Good information when we could hear the guide but not a very engaging guide. Didn’t love the story by pictures. Would have been better without his book…
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Kim_k
Nov 8, 2025
Not really Hocus pocus tour - A lot of movie info that was not relevant to hocus pocus. Too long in the spots we did stay to hear. We left after 1/2 hour without much of the itinerary followed by the guide.
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Josh_m
Oct 19, 2025
Hocus pocus - The guide wasn't entertaining Enough Wasn't keeping the crowd occupied. And wanted to talk about everything besides the hocus pocus tour I don't recommend it we left 20 mins in
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From $30
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).