Halloween Movie Reviews

This DVD is a great, charming, NOT CHEESY & A MORE MODERN adaption of the Jill Murphy books, starring GEORGINA SHERRINGTON as Mildred Hubble, the cute bumbling witch.

A co production from Canada/United Kingdom-for HBO family.

This is the second DVD---Battle Of The Broomsticks being the first----it contains three episodes. And is definitely viewable NOT JUST ON HALLOWEEN---

A MEAN HALLOWEEN----In the first episode, the girls learn that the school is preparing to put on a play for the grand wizard ---Miss Bats wants to do this hip Halloween song, but Miss HardBroom insists it be traditional.

Miss HardBroom's class has been chosen to represent the school, which makes her a little wary, because Mildred's in her class--To choose who will play the good witch Lucy who rescues the suffering peasants from a tyrannical Baron in the play, Miss HardBroom wants to be fair and picks the name out of a cauldron---and wouldn't you know it, it's Mildred!

Mildred's part means she has to brush up on her Broom flying skills. And she can't fly very well, on HER broom---since in the first episode it was broken in half and clumsily repaired with packing tape-- so Ethel reluctantly offers her broom, but she just can't be nice to poor Mildred and casts a spell on it --subsequently ruining the presentation when Mildred crashes in to the grand wizard.

Now everyone thinks it's Mildreds fault the school was humiliated--Mildred runs away

EPISODE TWO--DOUBLE DOUBLE TOIL AND TROUBLE
Is a continuance of episode one---Mildred discovers a plot to overtake the school by over-hearing three witches in the forest---one of whome looks remarkably like Miss Cackle---

Their plan is to sneak into the school and turn all the students and teachers into toads, since after Halloween it's a tradition for everyone to oversleep, it may have been easy if it weren't for Mildred!

In the third episode---MONKEY BUSINESS---
We meet new comer Enid Nightshade, Mildred is in charge of showing the new girl around. Enid is kind of quiet at first.
And she thinks the castle is pretty boring, no matter how exciting Mildred tries to make it sound.

But she's making trouble for Mildred--she purposely sings off key in chanting class, making Mildred laugh.
Mildred finds out she keeps a monkey "Coco"---

And she after she sees how mean Ethel is, Enid sabotages a stage set to fall right on her head----of course Miss HardBroom thinks it was Mildred--she gives Enid and Mildred the chore of scrubbing the staircase---but Enid ditches the job to have more fun

Mean while, Mr. Blossom is battling some kind of mutant fungus growing on the castle walls (yuk!)

And Enids monkey escapes from her room--going out Ethel's window, and putting on her school uniform tie in the process of climbing out on to the roof---Mildred has to chase after it on her broom---and we know flying isn't Mildred strong suit----

When HB sees Coco wearing Ethel's school uniform tie she thinks it's Ethel------Well we eventually see Enid isn't all that bad, when she comes to clear every thing up

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This is a delightful, whimsical and nicely presented----

If you're familiar with this series from HBO (and like it) THAT'S GREAT! --If you're not; check it out!

Great for children and people young at heart---beautifully filmed with great sets and outdoor scenes shot in the gorgeous Canadian countryside and forest---and with a wonderful cast--- VERY CUTE, WHOLESOME and LIKEABLE

MM & BB ;-)

Definitly a must for nostalga and will live on in generations to come!

What has "Halloween" starting off on the right foot right away is it is directed by horror maestro John Carpenter (They Live, Prince of Darkness) and is the only "Halloween" directed by John Carpenter. The film sets its' story on the move as a young Michael Myers kills his sister in cold blood on a Halloween night, a sequence that is mostly one shot. For fifteen years he is kept in an asylum, but escapes the day before Halloween to continue his massacre. The film gives no reason why, leaving the viewer to figure that out by themselves. He goes to his hometown of Haddonfield, and soon teens start to die as the night wears on. The films most powerful scene involves Michaels' sisters' gravestone over another one of his victims.

The films' one flaw may be the acting, which rarely rises above b-movie average. The exceptions are Jamie Lee-Curtis as a babysitter who is stalked by Myers and Donald Pleasence as Myers' fanatical doctor, who is stopping it nothing to ensure that Myers cannot kill again. What also overcomes this flaw is John Carpenters' direction, which moves the film at a deliberate, albeit ominous pace which adds another layer of creepiness to those that exist already. Watch it with the lights down and with a good supply of popcorn, because that will be your only comfort to the fear and suspense and of "Halloween."

What has "Halloween" starting off on the right foot right away is it is directed by horror maestro John Carpenter (They Live, Prince of Darkness) and is the only "Halloween" directed by John Carpenter. The film sets its' story on the move as a young Michael Myers kills his sister in cold blood on a Halloween night, a sequence that is mostly one shot. For fifteen years he is kept in an asylum, but escapes the day before Halloween to continue his massacre. The film gives no reason why, leaving the viewer to figure that out by themselves. He goes to his hometown of Haddonfield, and soon teens start to die as the night wears on. The films most powerful scene involves Michaels' sisters' gravestone over another one of his victims.

The films' one flaw may be the acting, which rarely rises above b-movie average. The exceptions are Jamie Lee-Curtis as a babysitter who is stalked by Myers and Donald Pleasence as Myers' fanatical doctor, who is stopping it nothing to ensure that Myers cannot kill again. What also overcomes this flaw is John Carpenters' direction, which moves the film at a deliberate, albeit ominous pace which adds another layer of creepiness to those that exist already. Watch it with the lights down and with a good supply of popcorn, because that will be your only comfort to the fear and suspense and of "Halloween."

What has "Halloween" starting off on the right foot right away is it is directed by horror maestro John Carpenter (They Live, Prince of Darkness) and is the only "Halloween" directed by John Carpenter. The film sets its' story on the move as a young Michael Myers kills his sister in cold blood on a Halloween night, a sequence that is mostly one shot. For fifteen years he is kept in an asylum, but escapes the day before Halloween to continue his massacre. The film gives no reason why, leaving the viewer to figure that out by themselves. He goes to his hometown of Haddonfield, and soon teens start to die as the night wears on. The films most powerful scene involves Michaels' sisters' gravestone over another one of his victims.

The films' one flaw may be the acting, which rarely rises above b-movie average. The exceptions are Jamie Lee-Curtis as a babysitter who is stalked by Myers and Donald Pleasence as Myers' fanatical doctor, who is stopping it nothing to ensure that Myers cannot kill again. What also overcomes this flaw is John Carpenters' direction, which moves the film at a deliberate, albeit ominous pace which adds another layer of creepiness to those that exist already. Watch it with the lights down and with a good supply of popcorn, because that will be your only comfort to the fear and suspense and of "Halloween."

What has "Halloween" starting off on the right foot right away is it is directed by horror maestro John Carpenter (They Live, Prince of Darkness) and is the only "Halloween" directed by John Carpenter. The film sets its' story on the move as a young Michael Myers kills his sister in cold blood on a Halloween night, a sequence that is mostly one shot. For fifteen years he is kept in an asylum, but escapes the day before Halloween to continue his massacre. The film gives no reason why, leaving the viewer to figure that out by themselves. He goes to his hometown of Haddonfield, and soon teens start to die as the night wears on. The films most powerful scene involves Michaels' sisters' gravestone over another one of his victims.

The films' one flaw may be the acting, which rarely rises above b-movie average. The exceptions are Jamie Lee-Curtis as a babysitter who is stalked by Myers and Donald Pleasence as Myers' fanatical doctor, who is stopping it nothing to ensure that Myers cannot kill again. What also overcomes this flaw is John Carpenters' direction, which moves the film at a deliberate, albeit ominous pace which adds another layer of creepiness to those that exist already. Watch it with the lights down and with a good supply of popcorn, because that will be your only comfort to the fear and suspense and of "Halloween."

This movie has one thing going for it: the 10 extra minutes of footage. The material was shot in 81 while they were shooting Halloween II because they needed extra footage for the TV version which was cut under time. So they wove a plot twist--the Michael Meyers/Laurie Strode sibling relation between them which is actually key to the neverending legacy of the series.

And that's it. Wasn't this material already included on the limited Halloween DVD? And why don't they just put all this stuff on one disc--it's 10 extra minutes.

Not worth it. There's a scene of Loomis pleading with the medical board to keep Michael Meyer's in maximum security. Then the shot of the hospital room with the word "sister" written on the wall. Buy the theatrical edition with the documentary and the better sound mixes.