Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge (2001) (TV)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Mary Lambert

Writers:

Paul Bernbaum (characters)
Jon Cooksey (written by) ...

Release Date:

12 October 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

Your Favorite Witches Are Back!

Plot:

The Cromwell clan split their time between the real world and "Halloweentown", but the son of an old rival threatens to make the latter "real" and the real world a place of monsters.

Plot Keywords:

Grandmother | Spell Book | Horror For Kids | Sequel | Frog

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Kimberly J. Brown	...	Marnie Piper
Judith Hoag	...	Gwen Cromwell Piper
Daniel Kountz	...	Kal
Joey Zimmerman	...	Dylan Piper Cromwell (as Joseph Zimmerman)
Emily Roeske	...	Sophie Piper Cromwell
Phillip Van Dyke	...	Luke
Blu Mankuma	...	Gort
Peter Wingfield	...	Alex
Debbie Reynolds	...	Aggie Cromwell
Richard Side	...	Benny
Robin Thomas	...	Kalabar
Xantha Radley	...	Astris
Jessica Lucas	...	Vampire Girl
Casey Dubois	...	Little Boy
Scott Owen	...	Announcer

Also Known As:

Halloweentown II (USA) (short title)
Return to Halloweentown (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

81 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Canada:G | USA:TV-G (old rating) | USA:TV-PG (DVD rating) | Australia:G

Filming Locations:

Fantasy Gardens, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Just Singer Entertainment

Goofs:

Continuity: The title of the movie spells Kalabar with a "K", but the ending credits spells it with a "C".

Quotes:

Luke: Gort, I'm a goblin. Theoretically, I can't fly.

Movie Connections:

Followed by Return to Halloweentown (2006) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Girlfriend

Meh...

I usually like weird, kind of dark movies but this one was just... cheesy. The acting was pretty bad, even for amateurs. The script was all too obvious, the plot had potential but bad costuming and set design ruined it all. Many of the ideas seemed stolen (i.e. doesn't Halloweentown sound at all familiar, hmmm? Or the idea of wizard school?) Overall it was a pretty boring movie. Many lines were meant to be funny but just...weren't. It wasn't even bad in a good, funny way, just bad in a torturous fakey, boring way. Overall I would not suggest this movie unless you want your IQ to be lowered. But it might be o.k. for really little kids who just want a fun movie.