Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge (TV 2001)

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.

Director:

Mary Lambert

Writers:

Jon Cooksey, Ali Marie Matheson,

Stars:

Kimberly J. Brown, Judith Hoag, Daniel Kountz

2 nominations.

Cast

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

Storyline

The Cromwell clan live in the real world, except for their grandmother who lives in Halloweentown, a place where monsters go to escape reality. But now the son of the Cromwells' old enemy Kalabar has a plan to use the grandmother's book to turn Halloweentown into a grey dreary version of the real world, while transforming the denizens of the real world into monsters. Only Marnie, a fledgling witch, can thwart the evil scheme.

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Plot Keywords:

grandmother | spell book | single mother | title directed by female | sequel | 

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Taglines:

Your Favorite Witches Are Back!

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Genres:

Adventure | Family | Fantasy

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Certificate:

TV-G

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 October 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

Halloweentown II

Filming Locations:

Fantasy Gardens, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Just Singer Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

81 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Aggie and Marnie are walking when they first get to Halloweentown, the grandma's arm goes from being locked into Marnie's arm to being free, to being locked in with Marnie's arm again.

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Quotes

Gwen Cromwell Piper: [after catching Alex catch a fly with his tongue and eat it] You're... not human!
Alex: Well nobody's perfect.
Gwen Cromwell Piper: You... golem!

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Connections

Follows Halloweentown (1998)

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Soundtracks

"Girlfriend"
Written by Stanley A. Smith & Jilien Smith (as J.A. Manges)
Performed by The Sha-Shees (as The Sha Shees)
Courtesy of Standard Music

User Reviews

Not a bad film, but not great

I've not seen the first film so I can't comment on what other people have said regarding the plot line's similarity to the first.

I found this film interesting though. It's clearly aimed at kids and I think that kids would find it entertaining. I have to admit the plot didn't completely make sense, and there were some parts that just made no sense at all. But I suppose that the target audience probably wouldn't be too worried about the inconsistencies.

The plot centres around the granny witch's spellbook which is stolen and used to place a 'grey spell' on halloweentown, turning the town listless and uninteresting (although I found the 'boring' characters more entertaining than the lively ones, I never thought seeing someone sort socks would amuse me so much). The young witch then has to attempt to regain the book despite not seeming to know her arse from her elbow.

At no point in the film was I bored but I was slightly annoyed by the ending given that it was something she could easily have done at the start of the film.

In total I'd give this film 6/10 allowing for the fact it's not aimed at me, and young kids would probably enjoy it.