Halloweentown is the ULTIMATE Halloween Movie!

[@FilmBrain]

Oh, yes, MERLIN!

[@bunniesandthorns]

My hometown was where the first Halloweentown was filmed (and some scenes of Twilight as well). They have embraced the nostalgia for the film and every year, they hold a Halloweentown celebration, with lighting the giant pumpkin (it was originally the prop from the movie, but it was replaced with a metal one eventually). They invite the actors for meets and greets, and dress up the town a little. Not to the same level as the actual movie, but maybe someday! They also have Benny's cab too. Its really fun to see the love of this movie still thrive so many years later. It was fun when I moved there as a kid and saw all the locations in one of my favorite D-Coms in the flesh. Saw a bunch of movies in that theater too.

[@AllisonPregler]

That’s so cool! Thanks for sharing!

[@christopherwall2121]

Y'know, I bet a darker take on this movie would have implied Kalabar- sorry, Chocolatebar- had something to do with Papa Cromwell's absence. If it actually did, I musta missed it.

[@Account_Not_Applicable]

While I love Halloweentown, I personally find its sequel, Halloweentown 2, to be the best of the series. I feel like that one decided to kick things up, get a little darker and increase the stakes. The production on it looks really good for a TV movie, like the creature costumes are better than the first (then again it doesn't have as many creatures to show off til act 3, so they could afford to give them the time and money to look good and spooky). Plus, it's the movie that introduced Kimberly J. Brown to her future husband, which is a huge plus

[@1Lanavis1]

In retrospect, the mom was kinda toxic with literally trying to erase her children's heritage and steal it from them by holding out until her kids lost their chance at magic/being able to fully embrace their heritage forever

[@MoonShadowWolfe]

That's a sticking point any of the many times that a fictional family with a magic secret hopes it'll skip a generation and hopes the kid will be 'normal'. In a good story, that parent having severe issues with themselves and who they are will be explored. But only kinda bad writing comes to mind at the moment: Teen Wolf, Charmed, Halloweentown, Sabrina, American Dragon Jake Long ... never gets explored as a bad parenting decision to try to force 'normality'.

[@manicpixiefangirl4189]

Considering how bratty Marnie was, I would make sure she didn’t get magic powers either.

[@Cdr2002]

@@MoonShadowWolfea smart writer could also use it as an allegory for cultural assimilation in immigrant families or repression of queer identities

[@gracekim1998]

@@Cdr2002 maybe the first part works better for this given being a witch in the human world would be like a immigrant in a new country😅

[@mastermarkus5307]

Hades IS the name of the god, but eventually his name did become synonymous with the general Greek underworld. Tartarus is actually similar in that way, being the name of a primordial diety AND the deepest abyss where the Olympian gods put their enemies, like most of the Titans, and people who they wanted to severely punish, like Tantalus and Sisyphus.

[@wstine79]

Happy halloween, Allison and Phelous. Thanks for Conjuring up this childhood favorite starring Debbie Reynolds

[@carolineb9767]

The EGO I had as a kid when someone told me I reminded them of Marnie from Halloweentown

[@jamiethebadwitch4003]

Seeing this movie at my grandmother's house only helped to feed my childhood Halloween obsession. I even wrote a story set in Halloweentown when I was 9 for a school writing project!

[@IDontWantThisStupidHandle]

25:35 -- Allison was correct. "Hades" has also been used to refer to his realm (the underworld) on the whole. Tartarus is only one part of it (the worst part, where the most notorious of sinners would go to receive their punishment, and where the Titans were sent after the Titanomachy). Most humans would be sent to the Asphodel Meadows (unless they were heros or said notorious sinners).

[@bconwe6420]

Is Phelan wearing a human Darkwing Duck jacket? Also, glad to see you're both doing more projects together

[@feliitchi]

I loved Halloweentown 1 and 2 as a kid! I'm not really sure why but I remember liking 2 better than 1. I hope you guys do videos on the sequels too

[@daleoliphant7410]

2 is like the edgy teen sequel to the first one, I can see liking it especially as a teen at the time (I mean I did)

[@PeaheadPeaheadInc]

Absolutely they need to look at all the sequels! I like the 2nd one more too 😅

[@owmyboring3408]

My mom and i watch this movie EVERY year for Halloween!! "It was turning us evil, LIKE THE CHARMED ONES!!!" "Grandma who are the charmed ones??" "...." "Grandma?" "....." "..Grandma..?" "...." "G-grandma-" *hag laughter in the distance*

[@dericanight861]

*lights a candle in the pumpkin* For Debbie. 🥀

[@Enshohma]

22:26 - PLEASE, Oh please do an episode based around Scrooged! Beyond that suggestion, thanks for the fun video here and keep up the great work.

[@dancegregorydance6933]

Kalibar’s real form terrified me as a kid

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

Halloweentown was the definition of "Remember when Disney Channel Original Movies weren't mostly dumb musicals?". Sure, it wasn't all sunshine and rainbows back then for DCOMs... but Halloweentown was that one special movie you could put on during Halloween and not cringe through it.

[@AllisonPregler]

Don’t Look Under the Bed and Under Wraps erasure

[@Jiddy12345]

Friend of mine had a scene in this that was cut. She and her son were vampires in a dentist waiting room.

[@AllisonPregler]

RIP vampire waiting room scene

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

15:08 - Y'd think the whole "that's illogical" thing would make you quote Shockwave... I was not aware there was a logic-obsessed pony too?

[@TamB89]

The perfect couple to talk about Halloweentown 🎃 💜

[@caitm4138]

I absolutely loved the Halloween Town movies as a kid! If I saw them on TV around this time of year, I had to drop everything and watch. Oh, and goodness!! Allison, those overalls are SO cute, and they look GREAT on you!

[@AllisonPregler]

Thanks so much!

[@Polycomical]

"Hey Chocolate Bar!" Ooh no coming back from that sick burn.

[@crithon]

not gonna lie, any time I hear Debbie Reynolds voice, I get all teary eyed. It's charlotte's web, and then I cry. And then Paul Lynde.... sniff sniff, good video.

[@robertdochter277]

I like to believe that Halloweentown was where all the monsters went at the end of Nightbreed, when Midean fell. So its family friendly Clive Barker.

[@maleficentdunn5370]

My mom and brother grew up loving these films. I think I saw the 2nd and 3rd ones, but I was more jaded even though Halloween is my favorite holiday. Happy Halloween and Festival of Samhain to you, Phelous, and everyone who reads this (even after the fact).

[@grapeshot]

Halloween my favorite time of the year going out trick-or-treating with my girlfriend and friends dressed as a union civil war soldier.

[@KonElKent]

The Town of St Helens Oregon where they filmed Halloweentown goes all in every October.

[@ianperry2997]

I grew up near where they filmed this. They have a big gathering every year to celebrate the movie. I also grew up with it in general and I do have fond memories of it. Also just fun to know that the filming took place near Oaks park which I also grew up with. Always glad to see you both P.s. Find another reason to work with OSW!!!

[@BlueMaelstrom]

Halloweentown and its sequels were my absolute fave childhood halloween movies, glad to see you and Phelan covering it ^_^

[@BigK13372]

Really like the back to back reviews you guys are putting out on nostalgic horror movies for all ages. Especially this time capsule of old school Disney Channel Original Movies that may or may not have inspired The Owl House.

[@SirWilliamKidney]

I think trying to pass different things off as aurora borealis is going to become my signature move

[@Stephen_Luther]

I like your pumpkin overalls. You always have cool clothes.

[@AllisonPregler]

Thank you!

[@fats3342]

I remember, it’s either this movie or a movie with a similar plot that burned a scene in my mind. At one point a character in the real world (at some kind of amusement park) is shown becoming one with their mask and the movie plays it like the person is suffocating. Terrifying to child me.

[@AllisonPregler]

You might be thinking of the Goosebumps Horrorland or Haunted Mask episodes.

[@LiamDalley-jd1kc]

Firstly Happy Halloween, Secondly I remember watching Halloweentown and it’s sequels when I was kid and thirdly Debbie Reynolds was such a good actress that she didn’t phone it in for a Disney Channel Movie

[@thomaspalazzolo5902]

I recall these movies also asserted that conjoined twins and pirates aren't human.

[@mastermarkus5307]

I like the idea of a cigar-smoking skeleton cabbie. They could have the smoke come out of it's eyes or something.

[@MoonShadowWolfe]

Makes me think of the creepy cab driver from Bill Murray's A Christmas Carol.

[@kingofkeys93]

im so happy you guys talked about this series. it feels like alt universe charmed ones if they where allowed to know about everything and grow up with it.

[@VCMarilyn]

they could only travel between worlds on halloween because the portal would only be open on that day. they opened it forever in the second. they used it to Bring kids form Halloweentown to the mortal world in the third and proved to mortal they are not monsters. then the witch university in the 4th had to open up to other monsters other than witch because so many were leaving to the mortal world. but I guess only witches would go to school before that

[@BrianDavis13]

Happy Halloween to Allison and Phelan! I never saw this one as a kid, but I probably would have enjoyed it quite a bit. It's always cool to see Judith Hoag in something. She's pretty great in most anything I've ever seen her in.

[@garrettcarter5622]

Halloweentown High was the movie that was new when I was watching Disney Channel, so that’s the entry I have the most fondness for.

[@Mike0908]

i always wondered if nightmare before christmas and Halloween town were in the same world. the part where jack skellington and the others are it's always night but the part where Aggie Cromwell and the others live it's always day. otherwise disney is just lazy in renaming a monster themed town twice xD

[@jshird]

Omg the HALLOWEENTOWN and Charmed edit 😂😂

[@matildastar2656]

I was and still am a HUGE FAN of Halloweentown. I had great memories of watching it every Halloween growing up and now it's a Traditional movie every year for The Spooky Season. Happy Halloween, Allison and Phelous thanks for the great review🎃🎃

[@cameronstone4495]

I remember when I was a kid I had seen The Nightmare Before Christmas and then watched this and was really confused about why Jack Skellington wasn't in this. From my perspective the production values really took a step down between the two.

[@jbwarner8626]

This movie is basically The Nightmare Before Christmas if it was directed by a soccer mom.

[@crimsondynamo615]

Me too. I was so upset back then Jack not being there. Mom tried telling me the cab driver was him, but I knew for a fact it wasn’t.

[@andrewollmann304]

I love this movie. The second one is pretty good, too. Plus, the actress who played Gwen was also in the original TMNT movies as April O’Neil.

[@Wyrd__One]

To this day, I curse Disney for not giving a “Halloweentown” versus “Hocus Pocus” crossover. Some of us wanted to see Grandma Aggie and Winifred fight for Halloweentown supremacy 🙄 I wish they’d reboot it animation-style so they could show way more Halloweentown and magical effects

[@christopherwall2121]

I know, right? Those chibi shorts they did a couple years back were adorable, give us more, Disney

[@nawf4372]

Allison. Allison! I have a suggestion for next year! You and Phelous should watch "When Good Ghouls go Bad." It's about a town that doesn't celebrate Halloween because of a curse cast by a Tim Burton kid who burned to death, but more importantly it's got Christopher Lloyd as a zombie.

[@AllisonPregler]

I love When Good Ghouls Go Bad

[@nawf4372]

@@AllisonPregler It needs more exposure. It's not streaming anywhere and DVDs of it are $60 used on Amazon.

[@wonderfuljoey23]

I think the skeleton originally had a cigarette and they cut it out of the reruns and possibly the version on Disney+ too, I heard something like that.

[@Mike0908]

the separate worlds is explored better in the second film. they barely mention it in the first film. but the portal is only open on halloween. they usually take the bus through but witches can just summon a door portal themselves. eventually the door portals can be summoned anytime which is monsters and witches are going to high school in the third one i think. been awhlie since i've seen the last 2 films.

[@gracestarkes2644]

I’m so happy you gave this a positive review. Yeah, I mean, sure, some of the costumes and set designs might not be high quality, but it's a Disney Channel movie from the 2000s. It's not gonna have the same production values as say, The Last of Us. I'm really glad you kept that perspective, unlike some other reviewers. Even Phelan, who doesn't see it through the same rose-tinted glasses, admits to enjoying it for what it is. This is why you guys are my favorite reviewers.

[@cryptozoolibrarian]

Whoa! Not some SG1 references all of a sudden! I think I was at an age when this came out I would've thought watching any Disney Channel movie was too weenie. Shame. I probably would've loved it and have found nostalgia for it now like you.

[@HalfTimeLazer]

Loved this as a kid

[@danielgehring7437]

Tartarus is the term for the whole of the underworld/afterlife in Greek myth, Hades is the part of Tartarus where bad people go.

[@gracekim1998]

Thank you ❤

[@PeaheadPeaheadInc]

This is so good. My late daughter and i would watch this and hocus pocus. Everyone loves on hocus pocus but this film is even better for campy fun times imo 😂. Love this. However yes they explained the bus a lot more in the sequels. I love the things you brought up that i didnt even know having watched this probably 10+ times. 😅

[@MamaMOB]

As I'm sure many people have already corrected... Hades is both the person and the place.

[@jonothanthrace1530]

7:43 I thought that was Robert Picardo for a second; sadly, it is not. On the other hand, Mark Mothersbaugh did the music!

[@butterf1ytsunami]

Girl I absolutely LOVE your content and am always so happy to see a new video!!! Yay!

[@gracekim1998]

I have only just picked up on the fact that the mother is 90’s April😮

[@gracekim1998]

Also I appreciate that reference 😊kinda wish they did more with the world and give the deceased dad a name 🤷‍♀️

[@DigiRangerScott]

I think the cliche Chosen One plot hurt Return to Halloweentown as a movie as much as the Marnie recast hurt it emotionally

[@cecelia996]

Halloween Town 3 is probably my fav out of them, my blind spot is 2 as it just wasn't on as much as 1 or Halloween High

[@fritzy8318]

This movie was a huge part of my childhood. Also I’ll never forget that someone supposedly named their cat after the sequels title. Like the cat was literally named Halloween Town Two Kalabars Revenge.

[@1Lanavis1]

Hades is also the name of the Greek underworld. Tartarus is basically the hell section of Hades.

[@rainboweinstein]

The best part of the Chocolate Bar burn is that "candy bar" is so much closer to his actual name

[@Librariansaysook]

For a certain segment of millennials, Kimberly J Brown was a formative part of our late childhood/early adolescence

[@cartoonkelly7924]

The original Halloweentown is classic and camp in the best way.

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

The mom is so quick to immediately vanquish people... that's like going for your gun if you are a cop. Maybe she was a Charmed One in a previous life?

[@Gerilyn2003]

You'd think Halloweentown would be perpetually clouded over for the poor little vampire kids.

[@brendakrieger7000]

Happy Halloween 2023🎃🐈‍⬛🦇👻🪦

[@gatecrrasher]

To correct Phelan, Hades also refers to the domain he rules, which is the underworld. Tartarus is an extension of that, and it originally was only meant to imprison the titans. Allison wins!

[@kenives6548]

There are fall leaves on the ground but the leaves in the trees are green

[@brianlewolfhunt]

Allison, I love the earrings. Phelan, I love the suit.

[@KaiatoMoon]

Wooo! Loved these movies as a kid. Looking forward to watching this review with dinner! ❤

[@evangray2594]

In the sequel wasn't it his son? So they did just straight up murder Kalabar, right?

[@sludgesurfer4693]

I live 5 minutes from where they filmed all the downtown scenes - they decorate it like they did in the movie in October.

[@AllisonPregler]

That’s dope

[@jakubmakalowski6428]

Allison’s sepia tone look is on point.

[@graverobbingcleric2745]

First The Addams Family and now Halloweentown? Y'all are spoiling us today!

[@scofisticated]

Happy Halloween! I only just so remember this movie. I may not have seen too much of it.

[@Lilcutiepie95]

Love your channel! This movie was my childhood! It wasn’t really Halloween season until you watched this on Disney :) This was one of my favs, I remember my fam all sitting down to this, and the second one was still a fave, I loved Kalabar haha but marnie was who I always played pretend as lol

[@neogotham2k39]

Halloweentown is a good movie and Happy Halloween Allison!

[@jacobdrolet4262]

Amazing video and I love the Halloween town movies.

[@bensneb360]

The perfect kids Halloween movie

[@lemuntpicard7482]

A "Phallison" double feature on Halloween Friday! Oh boy, what a threat!

[@tytippy2]

My dreams have come true!!!! My favorite content creators talking about yet another pillar of my childhood!?!?! Thank you!!

[@ProBreakers]

I was too old (early 20s) for this movie when it came out and so don’t have the childhood nostalgia attached to it. I can certainly see how, had I been younger at the time, feeling that way about it though.

[@Stequal2]

I laughed so hard at this one. I'm trying to do work and just a giggle as my boss looks at me.

[@mynamejeff785]

Yes, finally

[@crazyjedi5994]

25:30 The word Hades is also sometimes used in Christianity as a synonym for hell. So maybe that’s what that guy meant? Edit: I was slightly off, in Christianity it refers to an ‘intermediate state’ after death.

[@Amitlu]

I definitely heard Hades a lot in the Dragonball GT dub.

[@sablecyan2517]

They call him Chocolate Bar when Mallomar is clearly the more hurtful choice

[@DalekTheSupreme]

Great video! I remember really loving Halloweentown and Halloweentown II as a kid, probably because it was always playing on the Disney channel in October and the grandma in the movie reminded me of my Grammy.

[@kontonowari4459]

I loved this review, as well as Halloween 1 &2. Have to wonder who would win Charmed Ones vs. Cromwells (Assuming Piper can't explode them right off the bat.)

[@PlaystationNinja-nj8is]

This has Judith Hoag April from the 1990 Ninja Turtles movie. This has to be good 😊

[@gracekim1998]

OH that’s the mother! 😮

[@RedSpade37]

Holy smokes, how did I never notice? I love both movies!

[@BigDumbMovie]

I'm so here for this

[@entertainmentpowerfuchs5744]

Nightmare before Christmas is a much better Disney Halloween Movie.

[@MinmoKitty]

I never watched Halloweentown because I was trying to be a cool Goth at the time but this video was great!

[@171QA]

I put this movie on the same level as the Power Rangers. Cheesy but has a certain charm. Also Debbie Reynolds stole every scene she was in.

[@amberwingtundrawing776]

For some reason, Halloweentown High and Halloweentown 4 have huge lore dumps in them? Like they revealed the grandma was the last in line for Halloweentown's royal lineage and decided to dipose the monarchy bc it was unethical to control others???

[@amberwingtundrawing776]

Shes also Merlins niece

[@gracekim1998]

@@amberwingtundrawing776that explains the talisman thing used in this movie right?

[@michigo]

Chocolate bar is such a good name for that guy xD

[@georgiewalker5826]

BTW if you do decide to do a another Charmed rewind, which literally is my favourite thing you do, I would prefer you reviewed "it's a bad bad bad bad world" part 1 and 2, those episodes have some very interesting and funny concepts for you to talk about

[@TheAdorkableRJ]

They aren't necessarily ''must rewatch every October'' favorites like Hocus Pocus or The Nightmare Before Christmas, but I do have a lot of nostalgic fondness for the first 2 Halloweentown movies. Probably the only Disney Channel Original movies that I've ever genuinely loved.

[@Noodledorf]

Alright, I would recommend OSPs vids on Greek mythology. But Hades is the place, and Lord Hades is an epithet. But it is also his name. There is really no cohesive narrative when it come to the Greek gods.