Product Details

• Actors: Kimberly J. Brown, Judith Hoag, Daniel Kountz, Joey Zimmerman, Emily Roeske
• Directors: Duwayne Dunham, Mary Lambert
• Writers: Ali Marie Matheson, Jon Cooksey, Paul Bernbaum
• Producers: Brian Pogue, Georgene Smith, Peter Lhotka
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Buena Vista Home Vid
• VHS Release Date: September 13, 2005
• Run Time: 85 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (78 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00080ZGEC
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #337,677 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Halloweentown is the Greatest, September 13, 2005

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T. McGuire (Lafayette, IN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Halloweentown/ Halloweentown II - Kalabar's Revenge (DVD)

My daughters and I just love the Halloween season and there's no better movie to watch than this one. We can watch it over and over and never get tired of it. We always say we'd love to live in Halloweentown year round.(Too bad it's not a real town...or is it?) We're so glad it finally came out on DVD so now we can watch it whenever we want and don't have to wait until the one time of year for The Disney Channel to show it. I can't say enough about this movie. If you love Halloween I know you will love this movie too. :)

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars GREAT HALLOWEEN MOVIES FOR THE FAMILY, September 15, 2005

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Tim Janson (Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Halloweentown/ Halloweentown II - Kalabar's Revenge (DVD)

I love a good family Halloween movie. Something that's not too scary for little ones, but still something absorbing enough for adults. There are actually three of these movies now as the third, "Halloweentown High" came out in 2004 and it's too bad that Disney didn't release all three together.

The basic premise is that there is an alternate world from our own where it is always Halloween called, of course, Halloweentown. Aggie Cromwell (the radiant Debbie Reynolds) is a powerful witch as is her daughter Gwen (Judith Hoag). Aggie wants to train Gwen's daughter Marnie (Kimberly Brown) to use her powers before she loses them when she turns 13. This results in a big argument between Aggy and Gwen. Aggy returns to Halloweentown but Marnie and her two siblings Dylan and Sophie secretly follow her. Once there they learn about a dark force threatening Halloween town and only the combined power of all the Cromwell women, including Mom Gwen can stop it.

In the sequel, virtually the entire Main cast returns as Marnie has now become more proficient with her powers and as we learned at the end of the first film it turns out that the younger siblings also have developing powers of their own. This time their old foe Kalabar is back to wreak havoc and try to turn the people of our normal world into monsters.

The special effects and makeup in these films are above average, especially for made-for-tv films. All of the denizens of Halloween town are monsters of some sort and could be a tad scary for little ones but probably not too much. Kimberly Brown really develops as an actress and holds her own with the veteran Debbie Reynolds. Judith Hoag gets to do a bit more in this sequel as well.

All in all these are pretty good films, good family fun.

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LOVE THESE MOVIES!!!, September 12, 2005

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W. Blanken (Arlington, Washington United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Halloweentown/ Halloweentown II - Kalabar's Revenge (DVD)

I am sooo happy that these movies have finally been released on DVD! I have to admit, I love watching these with the kids! I love the costumes, backgrounds, music and really good child actors. The stories are great too! So much fun on a cool fall night! Buy this DVD, pop some corn and enjoy!
By the way, if your worried that they might be too scary, don't. My son watched these at 5 and was not afraid at all. There are villians, but they are done in a fun way.