Halloweentown High

This Halloween Town was again worth the time. Disney hit a home run with the casting and fine tuned the show for its audience. Lucas Grabeel stood out in this debut as Ethan, a warlock worth watching. He has much to offer the acting world and is going to go places in Hollywood and his newest release, High School Musical may be the launching pad. The show was fun and the Disney audience loved it. The Halloween Town High premise of creatures disguising themselves as high school students and trying to fit in when their peers find it hard to fit in themselves is a refreshing twist from the other roles available. Disney once again found a new vehicle for some talented young actors. Way to go, Disney!

This movie series is obviously some people's favorite Halloween movies. I didn't grow up on Disney, but my wife did. So we watch different Disney classics every year and I'll warn that I'm not sentimental about Disney movies.

This one was easy to watch and isn't boring which makes it ideal for a holiday when you are passing out candy or carving pumpkins as you don't need to really figure out the plot since it's over explained.

Being the third one, I imagine it didn't get the same budget as the film quality wasn't nearly what movies were using in 2004. Some scenes looked like they were filmed on a household camera from that year.

I couldn't really tell if the principal was a bad guy or not.

You'll appreciate the characters and find most of it good enough. If you have kids, it's probably a really good pick since it is really tame and none of the costumes are intense.

I would say that this is the best and most interesting story since the first one. Especially when compared to part 2 and 4. But the execution of that story was just so much weaker. Was also not a fan of the silly/tone. I get not wanting to be as dark as the second film but it's even less serious than the first one.

This was the best out of ALL of them, and I am being honest. It was the coolest, greatest, best written and acted one of them all. I love all the Halloweentown movies because of their plots! Witty and clever ones. You get to see a different villain, which I loved. In every Halloweentown movie, there is a new villain. I love that! In a lot of movies, they have the same villain for every movie. It had more characters i.e. Cassie, Natalie, Chester, Pete, Ethan and more, they are all students from Halloweentown come to the mortal world to see what it's like to live like a human. My favorite was Ethan! He is so good. Lucas Grabeel is such a good actor, and this was his first acting job ever, and he was excellent. We were also joined by Cody, a new student at Marnie's high school, who happens to like her, she likes him too! It's a real cool movie, the best one out of all, so check it out!

Halloweentown III: Halloween High, though not a stunning piece of cinema, held much more talent and savvy than that of the first two. The characters did not seem as 1-dimensional and bland. The production value was more towards the theme of the film. And the acting was much better as well.

Truth be told, I was appalled by the first two films. To me, they seemed to poke too much fun at Halloween and the mystique behind the glorious Holiday that it is. This was abandoned that lack of respect and focused more on being a family friendly film.

Kimberly J. Brown has grown into a beautiful and talented young actresses. It is good to see her give less of a "wooden"performance, as in the last two entries.

I think the new director & new writer were just what this series needed. If Disney continues to make them like this...I'll keep watching with my Daughter. If they revert back to what they have been dishing out...Then I'll stay on Nickelodeon!

7 outta 10