Product Description

Witches, warlocks and haunted hijinks are just routine as Halloweentown nears its 1000th Anniversary. This year Marnie Piper and lil’ bro Dylan return as students at the prestigious Witch University. Marnie's cauldron of trouble immediately starts bubbling over. Not only must she deal with the pranks of three wicked witch classmates - the Sinister sisters- but someone is plootting to use Marnie's magic to take control of Halloweentown forever.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #19532 in DVD
• Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
• Released on: 2007-08-28
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 88 minutes

Amazon.com
With power comes responsibility and witch Marnie Piper (Sara Paxton, Aquamarine) is about to learn that lesson first-hand as she enters Halloweentown's Witch University as a college freshman on a full scholarship. Brother Dylan (Joey Zimmerman) accompanies her at their mother's (Judith Hoag) insistence and the two encounter old friend Ethan (Lucas Grabeel, High School Musical and High School Musical 2) as well as Benny the Skeleton and a host of new characters. Marnie is disappointed when she learns that there's a strict no magic policy on campus and soon discovers that she's been lured to Halloweentown to fulfill an age old prophecy that has little to do with college and everything to do with her ancestors and a secret that's been kept for a thousand years. As Marnie struggles to discover who can be trusted and battles the incessantly devious Sinister Sisters (Kristy Wu, Katie Cockrell, and Kellie Cockrell), Marnie learns a lot about human (and inhuman) nature, Cromwell family history, her own strengths and weaknesses, and the responsibilities that accompany power. Sara Paxton does a fine job replacing Kimberly Brown as Marnie, though Halloweentown, Halloweentown II and Halloweentown High fans are nonetheless apt to be somewhat disconcerted by the actress change. The brief "Behind the Scenes Spooktacular" features interviews with the stars and a look at the movie's creatures and special effects. (Ages 5 and older) --Tami Horiuchi

Customer Reviews

I too missed Debbie & Kimberly --> But
I thought this movie was good although I agree that Kimberly was missed. I too was disappointed.. But the new girl (Sara) did alright--> big shoes to fill don't you think? As far as Debbie goes she could get as much screen time as she wants.. She obviously did not want anymore than what she had. Remember she is really up in age now.. I know I am 50.. I have watched her movies since I was a little girl.. I very much missed her too in this movie.. I was more disappointed that "Sophie" did not a part in this but I was glad "Dillon" did.. All in all I liked it.. I hope to see more of Halloweentown with Young Sophie...??

It's Ok, but not great.
I and my daughter are a huge fan of the "Halloweentown" movies. We were both disappointed about the fact that Kimberly J. Brown didn't reprise her role as Marnie Piper. Sara Paxton is okay, but she had some big shoes to fill in my opinion since Kimberley did such a great job in the previous 3 movies. If you have seen the first 3 and not this one, I would advise you to check it out on Disney channel first before buying it.

It's OK
I was extremely disappointed that Kimberly J Brown was not playing Marnie in this movie. Sara Paxton does an OK job, but it's just not the same since the character of Marnie had been played by the same person in the 3 other movies. Also, I love love love Debbie Reynolds - she's the reason my family started watching this series. Unfortunately she is barely in this movie. I'm talking maybe 5 minutes out of the hour and a half that it runs.
The story line is good and follows the other movies (to a point), but (my opinion) it would've been so much better if Miss Brown had played Marnie instead of another actress and of course, if Debbie Reynolds had been given more screen time. :)