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Billy Butcherson

Background information

Designer

Tony Gardner

Portrayed by

Doug Jones
Karyn Malchus (headless)
Austin J. Ryan (young)

Character information

Full name

William Butcherson

Other names

Billy the Butcher

Likes

Insulting Winifred, helping Binx and the children, sleeping in his grave

Dislikes

Taking Winifred's orders, his lips being sewn shut, losing his body parts (especially his head)

Status

Deceased

Family information

Partner(s)

Winifred Sanderson † (obsessor)
Sarah Sanderson † (ex-lover)

Wench! Trollop! You buck-toothed, mop-riding, firefly from hell! I've waited centuries to say that.
―Billy insults Winifred

William "Billy" Butcherson is a supporting character inDisney's1993 filmHocus Pocus and its2022sequel, portrayed by actorDoug Jones. He was the obsession ofWinifred Sanderson, whom she poisoned after she believed he cheated on her with her youngest sister,Sarah. In 1993, Butcherson was brought back to life as a zombie by Winifred as an act to retrieve her spell book.

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The character Billy Butcherson in Disney's Hocus Pocus and its sequel, Hocus Pocus 2, was played by actor Doug Jones.
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Billy Butcherson, the zombie character in Hocus Pocus, was originally the lover of witch Winifred Sanderson. After being caught in an affair with her sister Sarah in 1693, Winifred killed him and sewed his mouth shut to keep her secrets. He was resurrected in 1993 by Winifred to recover her spell book.
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In the 1993 film Hocus Pocus, Billy Butcherson, the zombie character, was resurrected by Winifred Sanderson to retrieve her spell book. Billy, previously Winifred's lover, was poisoned by her for being unfaithful with her sister, Sarah. His mouth was stitched closed post-mortem to keep Winifred's secrets.
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Billy Butcherson, the zombie from Hocus Pocus, was poisoned by Winifred Sanderson due to his infidelity. Billy cheated on Winifred, who was obsessively in love with him, with her sister Sarah. In retaliation, Winifred poisoned him. Years later, in 1993, she resurrected him as a zombie for her own purposes.
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Billy Butcherson, portrayed by Doug Jones, is a key character in Disney's Hocus Pocus and its sequel. Once the lover of witch Winifred Sanderson, he was poisoned by her for his infidelity with her sister Sarah. Winifred also sewed his mouth shut, preventing him from spilling her secrets.
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Background[]

When he was first alive, Billy shared a single kiss with a young girl namedWinifred Sanderson in a graveyard as children. She fell in love with him and thought more of their relationship than it was, resulted in her obsession with him. He loved her sisterSarah Sanderson instead and Winifred felt betrayed when she learned of the scandal. She declared it cheating, flew into a jealous rage and poisoned him, sewing his mouth shut with a dull needle, so he couldn't reveal her secrets, even in death. He died on May 1, 1693.

Personality[]

Despite the children's initial impression of him, he is shown to be a fairly kind zombie, as he had only been trying helping Binx and the children rather than serve Winifred. He also doesn't seem to care that he is dead and much prefers to be laid to rest.

Billy greatly despises Winifred, but he did have a relationship with her when he was alive because they shared one kiss. He put up with it until he is fed up with her obsession and fell in love with her youngest sister Sarah. Since being murdered and later resurrected by Winnifred, he enjoys hurling insults at her, which much to her chagrin.

Physical appearance[]

After his resurrection, Billy had wrinkled skin, and his mouth was kept shut by twine. He has black hair that sticks up, and is tied in a long ponytail from the behind his head. He wears ragged brownish and black clothes, while overall appearing dirty, for he had been dead for centuries.

Appearances[]

Hocus Pocus[]

Three hundred years later on Halloween, Winifred resurrected him and instructed him to get herspellbook back fromMax Dennison, his sisterDani, his crushAllison, andThackery Binx. They escaped through the sewers and Max knocked Billy's head off. As the witches take the stage at Max's parents' party and hold the entire room quite literally spellbound with their singing, Max and the others run from Billy, eventually managing to escape.

Max, Dani, and his friends head straight to the hallowed ground of the graveyard, where Billy is waiting for them. Winifred, floating outside the gates, impatiently orders Billy to kill Max and be done with it, but he merely grabs Max's pocket knife and slices open the stitches that have bound his mouth for so long. His first words in three centuries are insults hurled at Winifred, who shrieked in rage and threatened that she'll kill him again. Thoroughly sick of his ex-girlfriend, he teams up with the kids.

Billy offers to let Dani stay inside his open grave where she will be safe, but just in case, Allison sprinkles salt all around it — a substance that witches can't directly touch. When the witches arrive and begin to attack, Winifred manages to knock Billy's head off. Unable to bear the sight of Billy blindly stumbling around looking for his head, Dani dashes out of the protected grave and gives it back to him. Unfortunately, Winifred takes advantage of this opportunity and snatches Dani into the air where she attempts to force the girl to drink what remains of the potion. Binx leaps onto the broom from a tree and scratches at Winifred, managing to make her drop the potion before he is flung to the rocky ground. Max catches the potion and threatens to smash it if Winifred doesn't let Dani go, but the witch promises that she'll kill her if he harms her potion. Taking the third option, Max drinks it himself, forcing Winifred to release Dani and take him instead.

Calling him a fool for sacrificing himself for his sister, she drags him high into the air and attempts to inhale his life force despite his wild struggles. Dani, Allison, and Billy manage to hold backMary and Sarah by yanking the cord of the vacuum cleaner Mary is using as a broomstick in order to prevent her from helping Winifred steal Max's life-force, releasing it once enough momentum has built up to slingshot the two sisters into the sky. After Winifred and her sisters were turned to dust, Billy returned to his grave. Dani wished him a nice sleep, Max thanked him for his help, and, with a big yawn, he flopped back into the ditch.

Hocus Pocus 2[]

Billy returns inHocus Pocus 2. After the Sanderson Sisters return,Gilbert is cursed with the task to collect the ingredients needed for a spell known as "Magicae Maxima", with one of them being the head of a lover. Gilbert, with his knowledge of the sisters, tries digging up Billy's grave in order to obtain said head. As Gilbert does so, Billy bursts from his tomb, revealing that he had been awake ever since 1993. Billy confronts Gilbert about digging up his grave, causing Gilbert to lie about his intentions and state that he's working on a spell to defeat the witches. Billy, falling for this lie, agrees to help gather the rest of the ingredients for the spell.

As the story continues, the two gather most of the ingredients needed, the only one missing being the said head. Billy catches Gilbert taking a glance at the spellbook, and calls Gilbert out on this. Gilbert, still needing the head of a lover, decapitates Billy once again and takes off, with Billy's body unsuccessfully trying to follow.

At the forbidden woods ofSalem, Gilbert sets up the ingredients needed for "Magicae Maxima". Gilbert realizes that he can kill the witches to break the spell, but Billy advises against this. The witches arrive at the forest, flinging Gilbert away and sewing Billy's mouth shut once more. Billy's head can be seen throughout the remainder of the scene.

After the spell is completed, and the sisters are gone for good, Gilbert and Billy's body arrive on scene. Billy, now that the Sanderson Sisters are truly dead and their spells are now undone, has started to fade away. Billy accepts his death with peace, finally able to attain his eternal rest.

Trivia[]

  • During production, Billy Butcherson's actor, Doug Jones, took about 2 and a half hours for him to put on the zombie costume while preparing for the film. Additionally, after filming, Jones had to sit for 45 minutes to remove the zombie costume after finishing the scenes.
    • Additionally in an early version ofHocus Pocus during the Halloween party scene, Billy became a nice zombie while enjoying his moment at the Halloween party where he makes friends and joins a conga line.[1]
  • Billy, alongside the Sanderson Sisters, appeared in a specialHocus Pocus reunion on October 30th, 2020 titledIn Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover. In this special, he tells the story of his relationship with Winifred, and how he cheated on her with her sister Sarah.
    • However, in the sequel, Billy reveals that he and Winifred were not true lovers because they only shared one kiss.

Gallery[]

The caption engraved on Billy's tombstone.
The caption engraved on Billy's tombstone.
Coming out of the sewer
Coming out of the sewer
Billy uses Max's knife to cut open his mouth.
Billy uses Max's knife to cut open his mouth.
William yawning
William yawning
Behind the scenes
Behind the scenes
Billy’s emoji in Disney Emoji Blitz.
Billy’s emoji inDisney Emoji Blitz.

References[]

  1. Hocus Pocus Trivia and Treats Edition (Anniversary Edition; Blu-ray / Digital formats, 2018).
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