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Its just as festive but entirely defanged.
Its the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland, and jack-o-lanterns, and any number of Scoobys-Doo.
Thats what spooky-but-not-scary movies are for.
Here, a ranked guide to every Halloween-themed Disney Channel Original Movie for your viewing pleasure.
Mummies just arent vampire or mermaid-tier monsters.
Brown with Sara Paxton was so rude I dont even want to finish this sentence.
But also their wizard-dad (not their adopted Muggle-dad) is dead but also trapped in shadow land.
Spoiler alert, but theres a happy ending where the annoying servant-sidekicks get married and dont kiss.
Despite watching it, I can barely tell you what actually happens.
The Wikipedia page says thatTwitches Toohad a $26.5 million budget.
Not a dollar went to the special effects.
Also: Larry Houdini.
Finn Wittrock plays the love interest!
This is the lastHalloweentownmovie with the dream team of Debbie Reynolds and Kimberly J.
Brown, though, so its a significant milestone in DCOM history.
The kids elicit a big shrug, but the adults are fun.
Love is love is love, even if youre a mummy or gay.
(And theywere30 when the sequel came out.
)The characters act like teens, and the plot feels so much more like teenage wish fulfillment.
As a Harry Potterobsessed tween, I remember likingTwitchesa whole lot.
And thats who its for, after all, even if its about adults.
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Pairs well with fun-size candies and rainy weather.
Its very much in the spirit of the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland: Its Babys First Macabre Memento Mori.
They do this by reenacting theBuffyepisode where everyone is turned into their Halloween costumes.
Three years after the first movie,Halloweentownhad already become a fall-time staple.
Its likePleasantville,ifPleasantvilleinvolved Reese Witherspoon turning into a goblin.
