 When ITV showed the film at Easter 2001, the following scenes were cut out:  the witches hanging, Max swinging a brach at Billy Butcherson and the  subsequent loss of his head, the shot of Binx the cat flat after hes run  over by the cat, Billy cutting open his mouth after he snatches the knife off  Max, and Billy losing his head for a second time. The ending was also  altered, cutting straight to the books eyes opening, missing out the parents  leaving the party, and Ernie and Jay still stranded in the witches house.