Customer Ratings & Reviews

Halloweentown is your classic Disney movie. Captivating and refreshing. Halloweentown 2 is a great sequel. It was able to hold my attention, and dare I say, was even better than the first. Definitely a must have for the Halloween season or at any family movie night.

I admit that it was eerily fascinating to me when I unintentionally saw on the website her campus an article titled that’s so throwback Disney stars then and now by alex amato on January 1, 2015 at 12;30 pm. The story had a link that showed halloweentown being screened on the Disney channel on January 2, 2015. Mind you, I stumbled across this Disney affiliated article sometime around late night January 1/early of January 2, 2015 after I previously ordered this halloweentown/Halloween II dvd from amazon on Thursday December 18, 2014. Currently this dvd set sells for twelve dollars and 96 centsf but I am lucky to purchase a great copy of halloweentown/halloweentown II at just eight dollars and 93 cents. Halloweentown is a movie that deals with the plot of gwen (Judith hoag) doing her best as a single mother to her children marnie Cromwell (kimberley j. brown), Dylan (joey zimmerman), however she is also shielding her children from their magical heritages. Gwen Cromwell’s mother Aggie Cromwell (Debbie Reynolds) wants to train her grandchildren in the magickal arts and take them to halloweentown. Gwen tries in vain to stop marnie from following Aggie, but marnie successfully finds a way especially after hearing and being intrigued by halloweentown. The second movie Halloween town; kalabar’s revenge was completely different from the plot of the first halloweentown movie but deals with a family member who was related to the villain from the first halloweentown. The halloweentown and the halloweentown 2 dvd set comes with these bonus features; trailer promotionals for the greatest game ever played, shaggy dog, that’s so raven disguise the limit, phil of the future gadgets and gizmos, kronks new groove, the magic of the halloweentown movies, twitches, and backstage disney. Both Halloweentown and halloweentown 2 are good for those who like family friendly fantasy films.

This is a great set! You get 2 movies on 1 disc! The extras include a brief “behind the scenes” program and a commercial for the movie “Twitches.” That commercial is actually pretty lame. It’s just Tia & Tamara explaining the movie. There’s no preview or anything! What a waste! Halloweentown The first Halloweentown is a good movie for children. If an adult is a Halloween enthusiast, they might enjoy this film. But an adult watching this just because will not like it at all! The special effects are really bad! And I don’t understand why. Mr. Boogedy was a Disney movie made in 1980’s and it was fantastic! Halloweentown had people walking around in latex masks! It looked stupid. What I liked about the film was that the main character, Marnie, is a little heavy. I think that’s important to show in a children’s movie. Debbie Reynolds is terrific as the grandmother! I was actually surprised to see Joey Zimmerman (Ulysses from Earth 2) in here. He was outstanding as a reluctant warlock! The mother comes across as too mean. Why must they always portray the mom as a bully in kids’ movies? The plot: Marnie is a 13 year old girl who finds out that she comes from a long line of witches when her grandmother visits her on Halloween. Eager to begin her training, Marnie follows her grandmother to Halloweentown, where witches, goblins, and ghouls are the only occupants. Of course, Halloweentown is then threatened by the evil Kalabar and it is up to Marnie to save the town. It’s cheap. But kids will love to watch it on Halloween. One thing that sticks out is that they randomly use the word “Wiccan.” It’s not followed by accusations or false stereotypes like “human sacrifices” or “devils.” Most movies don’t say Wiccan like it’s an everyday word. They have to make a big deal out of it. Although it is a bit offensive that there is a Wiccan Halloween costume. I mean – would someone dress up as a Christian for Halloween? And the Wiccan costume kind of looked like a princess costume. Okay – this is an itty bitty part in the movie. You may not even notice it. I just think it’s progressive for a Disney movie in the 1990’s to be so accepting. I mean, Drag Me to Heck is from 2009 and it has an offensive image of a gypsy woman. But to clarify, the Cromwell witches are actual witches. Not Wiccans. Halloweentown 2: Kalabar’s Revenge The sequel is way better then the original! Even an adult can enjoy this film! The actors are now older, so I guess the writers decided that they need to adapt the script as such. Marnie has a crush on Kal, who turns out to be Kalabar’s son. Kal has a plot to turn the inhabitants of Halloweentown into humans, while turning the mortals on Earth into evil creatures. The plot and special effects are better in this movie. There’s continuity problems, but it’s okay. A kid could overlook it. And it also stars Peter Wingfield (Methos from Highlander). He was so great in here! If you’re a fan, you’ll love him in here. But he always gives a great performance anyways! I think this DVD is worth it for the two movies. You have to watch the first Halloweentown anyways to understand the sequel. However, a better witch/Halloween movie would be Hocus Pocus. But if you have kids, or are a Halloween lover, then you won’t be disappointed with this DVD.

I love these movies you get two for a great price i would buy it again for sure.

Great movies for kids and/or adults who do not like scary Halloween movies!

we watch this every year. fun for the whole family

THIS DOUBLE FEATURE JUST PROVES THAT #2 IS JUST AS GOOD AS #1! BOTH A DELIGHT THAT THE WHOLE FAMILY CAN ENJOY...DEBBIE REYNOLDS GIVES A STELLAR PERFORMANCE.

These are fun movies and very good for kids. Good Halloween movies.