Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge

Plot synopsis:
15-year-old Marnie (Kimberly J. Brown) has just spent 2 years with her grandmother Aggie (Debbie Reynolds). While hosting a mortal neighborhood Halloween party at their house, Marnie tries to impress a cute new boy, Kal (Daniel Kountz), by showing him Aggie's magically-hidden room. Unbeknownst to Marnie, Kal is actually the son of Kalabar and takes the opportunity to steal Aggie's spell book. Soon Aggie notices unwelcome magical symptoms. She and Marnie travel to Halloweentown to investigate and to fix the problem before the portal between Halloweentown and the mortal world, open only on Halloween, closes at midnight.
They discover that the whole town has been turned into a made-to-match black-and-white world, and that the inhabitants have been turned into dreary, discolored, monotonous humans. The victims include Marnie's goblin friend Luke (Phillip Van Dyke). Aggie diagnoses this as the "Grey Spell." Aggie contacts her grandson Dylan (Joey Zimmerman) back home for a spell from her spell book. Dylan and Sophie (Emily Roeske) discover the book is missing. Marnie and Aggie learn that Kal is actually a warlock and the son of their enemy Kalabar (from the previous film). They learn that Kal stole Aggie's spell book to limit her ability to hinder his attempt to complete his father's revenge on both Halloweentown and the mortal world. Aggie searches for a spare copy of her spell book at her house in Halloweentown, but it is missing and she despairs. During a conversation with Aggie, Marnie inadvertently reverts Luke back to his goblin form. Unable to explain the spell's reversal, the group soon believes that it is temporary.
The trio travel to the lair of the well-known junk magnet of the universe, Gort (Blu Mankuma), who acquires lost items from both realms. He had been discolored by the Grey Spell and sold most of his junk. The group is trapped in Gort's house. Aggie loses her color as well and sorts through socks with Gort. Marnie uses time travel to go back to Gort's house before the Grey Spell happened. When Marnie and Luke arrive, they learn that Gort had sold the spare spell book to Kalabar about 50 years prior. By remembering what things Marnie had been hastefully saying back when Luke returned to his normal goblin form, they realize that the Grey Spell can be reverted by saying "Trapa", which is "Apart" spelled backwards.
Kal, having enspelled Halloweentown into a monochrome caricature of the mortal world, is now at work enspelling the mortal world into a monster movie caricature of Halloweentown. Sophie and Dylan realize that Alex (Peter Wingfield), believed to be Kal's father, is actually a golem intended to distract their mother Gwen (Judith Hoag) at a high school Halloween party. Kal puts his spell into effect, turning the party guests into the monsters they are dressed as, resulting in chaos. Dylan and Sophie hide from the monster humans including their mother.
Marnie frees Aggie, but they are too late as the portal to the mortal world closes, trapping them in Halloweentown. Marnie refuses to accept they are locked in. She contacts her siblings and they create a new spell that forces the portal between Halloweentown and the mortal world to reopen permanently. Kal angrily confronts Marnie, who mocks him and demands the spell book. Kal produces vines and uses them to take both spell books in an attempt to prove his own superiority, which fails when Marnie takes them from him. Kal is sent away by the vines and the family breaks his spells in the mortal world and in Halloweentown.

Tags: horror

Review:
I really enjoy all three Halloweentown movies though the only thing missing from Halloween High was Marnie's friend Luke.
Maybe he's too old to be in High School anymore but that doesn't mean he couldn't have come over to give some moral support.
;-) These movies maybe intended for kids but I really enjoyed them!
When the first two came to TV, I taped them and had a neighbour copy them onto a few more VCR tapes for other kids I knew.
A Halloween movie that's not at all scary is something I enjoy.
I can't wait to buy all three movies on DVD!
:o)I am having someone I know who lives in the U.S. pick up a copy of each movie for me and mail it to me.
Though I'm the only with a VCR copy of Halloween High and one day hope to pass the third installment onto all of my neighbourhood kids since I know they enjoyed both Halloweentown one and two..
Not as good as "Halloweentown" but still AWESOME.
It was funny, mysterious, cool, and interesting, it wasn't as good as number 1, but it was still great!
Disney should keep it going with good movies like these.
I liked all of them(except number 4) because of the originality they put into the characters and the plots.
The acting was excellent and the character Sophie was still as cute as can be!
Dylan grew, certainly grew.
He grew all ugly looking and what not.
The writing was excellent and it still had all the excitement from the original film.
You will enjoy Kimberly J.
Brown's performance because she is a great actress and very pretty.
Enjoy all of these movies, i suggest buying them ALL!!
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..
One of those rare TV movies with a plot.
The thing that distinguishes Halloween II from other TV movies is the fact that it has an actual plot.
Most of the TV movies I've seen have the plot of a fourth-grade picture book.This film's storyline actually works for the most part.
The only flaw is the time travelling.
If they could travel through time, why not stop Kalabar before all of this every happened?I thought Kimberly J.
Brown's performance was brilliant.
She has the charm and the ability to be the next major child actress.
All she needs to do is to put a bit more emotion to her acting.Also, the special effects were impressive for a TV movie.
It's hard to find TV movies with special effects comparable to a full-length film.
The special effects here surpasses many theatrical productions.Obviously, this is not an Oscar-worthy film, but it's very impressive for a small-budget film.Final rating: 3 out of 4..
Symbolic to "Return to Oz" movie.
I've seen the first movie and this one.
They are both enlightening and entertaining.
The actors portrayed a great job with their character roles.As soon as I saw when Marnie and her grandmother travelled back to Halloweentown and found it all gray, boring and in ruins, it really reminded me of another movie sequel I've seen somewhere else.
It really had a symbolic meaning to "The Wizard of Oz's" 1985 sequel, "The Return to Oz", where pretty much the same thing happens.
The heroine returns and finds her "hometown" and must fight the evil lead character to bring it back to normality and give it its zest of life.
It was was symbolic and interesting.
If you haven't seen "Return to Oz" (a Disney movie that's labeled as being 'dark'), I would recommend you watch it and lightly compare it with "Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge."  I liked that!Great job, Disney!.
Now, I've seen some pretty bad sequels in my day, but this one was just plain terrible!!!!!
The acting was worse, the story was lame, and Kimberly J.
Brown really grates my cheese.
She can't act!!!!!!
I hated this one, the first one may not have been Oscar material, but it was a hell of a lot better.
Did anyone else realize that they had a completely different looking Halloweentown?
That was a pretty dumb mistake.
I guess the thing that really got me too was that the ending was almost the same as the first, Marnie stands up to the big bad using her own will power...
This movie gets a 1/10.
I usually like weird, kind of dark movies but this one was just...
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..
For me it was okay.
While everyone recognizes the "High School Musical" Disney Channel original movies, that actually wasn't the most prolific Disney Channel original movie series.
It's actually this lesser known one called "Halloweentown".
The title is quite misleading as Kalabar doesn't even appear in this.
He died in the last one and actually stayed dead.
This movie instead tells the story of his son trying to get revenge by turning the inhabitants of the monster world into humans and vice versa.
The monochrome effects are done quite well.The downside is that we don't get to see many of the monsters and they usually just stay in the same location.
I haven't seen the first film in ages, but I at least remember that it was more creative with more variety.
These movies are by no means great, but I'd still choose them over the "High School Musical" films.
Okay, that's not much of a compliment but at least they made more of them.
The grandmother Aggie is probably the most likeable character.
The Best!.
This is not a "bad movie" at all.
I never watched the movies at all until like a week ago and i thought the movie was VERY good!!!
It was one of the best movies I've seen.
I thought it was also a very good plot.
Marnie Cromwell had to save her family before it was too late and she did.
It's not a remake it's a sequel.
It was a very good continuation of what I can understand, even though I've never seen the first one and this was my first time watching the second one.
i thought it was weird how when marnie met Luke and didn't know he was really evil so he stole aggie's spell book and used it against them.
So the movie was excellent and i would recommend it to anyone and everyone!.
Better than the original.
I thought this movie was really good.
especially during this time of the year, it's waay better than the original.
finally there's more magic using, and the effects seemed to have gotten better this year.
judging from the ending of this film, their might and i'm hoping there will be a 3 installment.
if you're from Canada, you'll wanna see it on the Family Channel, cause they don't show it on any other major stations..
Every bit as bad as the first one!.
Stupid, complicated, and utterly ridiculous script...The characters were bland and dull!
Debbie Reynolds seemed to have not spirit during the film...She looked bored!
The concept of Kalabar having a son, and him being a warlock was just duh!
And the time travel thing!!?!?!?!
Too sensational, even for Disney and Children of any age.
Too talkie...not enough action, but where there were effects, they were very juvenile, and looked bad.
Nothing great to say about this one...nor the first..both were perfect examples of bad Diseny movies.
No creativity or imagination was put into this film.
Don't Watch It....
Oh Lord, I've watched so many bad movies...but I'll tell you...this one SUCKS!
No one except the little girl...(marnies sister) can even remotely act.
The town was difrent, do people really not notice this stuff?!?!
The worst thing I thing has to be how Marnie "saves the day".
The same as the last time.
This movie has really bad actors, lame music, and a horrible concept!
'Little girls can do big things if they try..Work together!'  Oh Lord...I will NEVER let my little cousins watch it.
I don't believe in polluting the minds of little ones.
Bottom line : THIS MOVIE SUCKS!
Okay, look.
I like Halloween movies, but it's just...this movie was trash.
The script was annoying and boring, the characters have NO personality whatsoever (besides Dylan's cliche nerd personality), and...ugh, this made me want to die.
There are too many things wrong with this movie to care enough about to count, so I'll just leave it there..
Best Halloweentown Movie Yet. This movie is the one of my favorite movies ever!!!!!!
Kimberly J.
Brown is really good at it.
And Daniel Kountz was really good 2.
This movie is also funny and a lot more action than the first one.
The one thing that I did not like about this movie is the Halloweentown.
That gray spell is dumb.
Sophie was also a good actor too.
What was cool is how Mrs. Cromwell turned into that green goblin by Kalabar's Spell.
But The First Halloweentown movie is a little better.
One funny thing about this film is when that girl became Dracula and said "I'm also really thirsty".
That was really funny.
Halloweentown II Kalabar's Revenge is awesome!!.
Even though there are a few stupid parts, overall I really like this movie.
To me, they dumbed-up Debbie Renyolds, and I think Kimberly J.
Brown has really improved since the first one.
In the first one she seemed very one dimensional and didn't show a lot of emotion, in the second and third she has more character and showed better emotion.
The acting is better from everyone and better lines.
It doesn't feel like they're just reading off of a script but are putting themselves into it.
The magic and the spells are more advanced as Marnie is growing up, and the wardrobe is better suited for all of the characters.
I personally like it, I'm actually watching it now and would recommend it to others..
I loved it.
I am hoping that they make a third movie.
I loved how they incorporated the son, Dylan this time.
It is a really good family oriented movie.
I will be watching it every Halloween from now on!.
The Best Movie Ever.
I think this is the best movie ever cause when i first saw halloweentown i totally loved it and then when i saw halloweentown 2:Kalabar's Revenge i totally loved it too.
and if you haven't seen the first halloweentown then you probably won't understand halloweentown 2:Kalabar's Revenge.*MARNIE CROMWELL*.
I just saw this film and really enjoyed it, I am now going to try to find the first one from somewhere.
I recommend this film to anyone of all ages and whatever religion.
I really enjoyed all the characters and thought that Dylan was funny and Sophie and even better character..
I'm really not sure how I wound up watching this one; After all, I despised the first movie.
But somehow I always wind up watching the Disney Channel.
And I have to say that I was really impressed by this one!
I thought the characters were more developed, and they weren't acting like idiots.
wow, this one actually had a plot..
Decent Sequel....
This was a nice sequel to Halloweentown.
The plot was engaging.
The acting was just as good as the first one.
The character development from the first one to the sequel was VERY well done.
No being a big fan of TV movie sequels I was pleasantly surprised.Bottom line...
if you liked Halloweentown...
you like Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge..
great follow-up.
great movie.
great movie.
great movie.
I recently saw harry potter, and I think this movie was better than that.
the special effects are superb!
Just the level of scariness to keep the kids on the edge of their seat.
Thanks, disney!
you have once again made a great movie for kids and adults alike..
Good Movie!.
Good Movie!.
Good Movie!.
Good Movie!.
I really liked the movie.
The only thing I didn't like was the actual town, Halloweentown, because it was smaller.
That was really boring and not as special as the first one.
That could have been better.I didn't like that at all.
It should have been like the 1st one a big town and with more depth that really sucked.
But other than that I really liked the acting and the script.
I really love the costumes and the cool special effects.
They might not be as good as some other movies but is really interesting and fun.
Kids will love this movie.
Especially kids that were born in October or even November.
The whole series is great and fun for the whole family..
Just like the first, this little movie is still just as cute, and remains as a great piece of entertainment for children, even if it is straight-to-TV material.
From the acting to the story, all is adequate for the kind of end result those behind the scenes were imagining.There's a lot less "scary images" than the first, and a lot more mystery to intrigue your 11-year-old child.
From the slapstick to the one-liners, the comedy will work nicely as well.All in all, I highly recommend a family to watch this in October.
It's completely harmless and innocent, and its targeted audience is sure to find entertainment in it..
OK movie.
***SPOILERS***   ***SPOILERS*** I ran into this movie while waiting to go do something else.
After about an hour I got caught up in this silly movie and had to see it through.
I can get caught up in a made-for-TV movie for some reason and actually enjoy it but hate a full-blown big name movie with a better plot, I guess it's the lack of an expectation or something.
The effects were good, pretty much close to what you'd see in a TV drama with lots of effects.
Some of the strange looking people of Halloweentown have makeup good enough to appear in a modern scifi show while others look like they're wearing a cheap big rubber mask.
All-in-all, the effects are definately good enough for kids.
The plot?
The plot?
OK, not spectacular but alright for a child's movie but the cast really carries this movie, you actually LIKE the characters.
SPOILER ALERT: Defeating the villian involves time travel, a plot device which is just asking for plot holes.
The main purpose of the movie is to defeat the villian by midnight otherwise the Piper family can't get back home...but if you can travel in time the time constrant is meaningless!
If you can travel back in time why bother beating the villian after they've done their evil deed?
Why not just go back in time and stop them from doing what they did?
I guess I'm thinking to hard over this kiddie movie but it's OK..
Better than the first.
Better than the first.
Better than the first.
possible spoiler - don't read if you don't want to know.
The talented Kimberly J.
Brown reprises her role from the first Halloweentown, with Debbie Reynolds playing her grandmother.
I find it impressive that Kimberly can interact effectively with a star of that magnitude, it says a lot for her professionalism at 16 years old.
While the plot of both movies is pure fantasy, the second movie adds more characters to the mythology of Halloweentown, and builds on the foundation of the first movie by reviving the villain in a new guise, and shows both the naive nature of the teenage Marnie - and of her vulnerable mother.
Watch out teen actresses - a 10 year old is nipping on your heels!
Sophie has a much greater role in this movie than the first, and is a real charmer.
Give her three years or less, and we may see that young actress in a title role in Disney movie!
The younger brother has also grown quite a bit, and has a greater role in this movie.
The only negative is some occultism, which is troubling - particularly the very real occult practice of reading spells backwards.
Treat as fantasy only, and make sure you or your kids are not interested in trying out the magical techniques presented.