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Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge

Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge

Adventure · Family · Fantasy · 2001

The Cromwell clan lives 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.

Movie details

Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge

“Your Favorite Witches Are Back!”

2001 Adventure · Family · Fantasy 1h 21m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.3 / 10

11.3K votes

TMDB

6.8 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

The Cromwell clan lives 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.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Mary Lambert

Written by

Jon Cooksey · Ali Marie Matheson

Kimberly J. Brown

Kimberly J. Brown

Marnie Piper

Judith Hoag

Judith Hoag

Gwen Cromwell Piper

Daniel Kountz

Daniel Kountz

Kal

Joey Zimmerman

Joey Zimmerman

Dylan Piper Cromwell

Emily Roeske

Emily Roeske

Sophie Piper Cromwell

Phillip Van Dyke

Phillip Van Dyke

Luke

Blu Mankuma

Blu Mankuma

Gort

Court is in session

Put Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.