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Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge

2001 · 81 min

A whimsical, fast-paced Halloween adventure with mild spooky tension and earnest family charm.

Tagline
Your Favorite Witches Are Back!
Overview
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.
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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
  • betrayal
  • redemption
Places
  • small town
  • fantasy world
  • suburbs
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour6
Realism2
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
family, fantasy, comedy, tv movie
Directed by
Mary Lambert
Written by
Ali Marie Matheson, Jon Cooksey
Starring
Kimberly J. Brown, Judith Hoag, Daniel Kountz, Joey Zimmerman, Emily Roeske, Phillip Van Dyke, Blu Mankuma, Peter Wingfield
Music
Mark Mothersbaugh, Bruce Young Berman
Cinematography
Tony Westman
Runtime
81 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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