Hallloweentown Series (1998-2006)

[ponderingtheuniverse]

Halloweentown is a series of four fantasy films released as Disney Channel Original Movies: Halloweentown (1998), Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge (2001), Halloweentown High (2004), and Return to Halloweentown (2006).

Halloweentown proposes that fantasy beings such as warlocks, vampires, werewolves, mummies, ghosts, trolls, ogres, zombies, pumpkin heads (a race of people with jack-o'-lanterns for heads), skeletons, goblins, humanoids with varying numbers of heads, humanoids with varying numbers of limbs, and humanoids with varying numbers of sensory organs are real, but have separated themselves from Earth's history to escape humans' fear and persecution. These characters created their own community, "Halloweentown," a thousand years ago in an alternate universe.

The Halloweentown movies concern episodes in the lives of the Cromwell–Piper family. The family matriarch, Agatha Cromwell, has been a pillar of Halloweentown society for centuries. Her daughter, Gwen Piper, married a mortal and chose to leave Halloweentown for a life in the Mortal World. At the time of the movies, she is apparently widowed. She has decided to raise her three children (Marnie, Dylan and Sophie) apart from magic, and thus rejects contact with Halloweentown and the influence of her mother.

[ponderingtheuniverse]

The series has had a number of DVD releases and re-issues throughout the years but despite its continuing popularity (as least the first film is almost always shown on Freeform in October) has yet to get blu-ray releases.

No Disney Channel Original Movie has received a blu-ray release and we were perhaps lucky to even get these on DVD, but if any films from Disney Channel deserves blu-ray releases, its these films. I'd argue they're just as popular as Hocus Pocus at this point in time.

This is probably a very far-fetched wishlist thread to post, but a girl can dream.

[Hydra Spectre]

Originally Posted by ponderingtheuniverse

The series has had a number of DVD releases and re-issues throughout the years but despite its continuing popularity (as least the first film is almost always shown on Freeform in October) has yet to get blu-ray releases.

No Disney Channel Original Movie has received a blu-ray release and we were perhaps lucky to even get these on DVD, but if any films from Disney Channel deserves blu-ray releases, its these films. I'd argue they're just as popular as Hocus Pocus at this point in time.

This is probably a very far-fetched wishlist thread to post, but a girl can dream.

The High School Musical and Camp Rock films have Blu-ray releases.
Too bad none of the other Disney Channel Original Movies have had Blu-ray releases since.

[ponderingtheuniverse]

Originally Posted by Hydra Spectre

The High School Musical and Camp Rock films have Blu-ray releases.
Too bad none of the other Disney Channel Original Movies have had Blu-ray releases since.

You'd think that someone who grew up with them would know that they got blu-ray releases, but I didn't know (or forgot )

They really need to give these films releases instead of re-issuing the DVDs with different covers/slipcovers over and over again. Its right up with the HSM films as being the most popular and well-known DCOMs on the channel.

[batman2000]

Too bad they kill this series with the final film with the poor choice to recast The main character and the reason for the recasting was they just wanted to wow Disney.

[Shane Rollins]

I might have my Disney movies confused, but weren’t the Halloweentown movies DMC exclusives? If not then I’m seriously misremembering.

[KPackratt2k]

Originally Posted by Shane Rollins

I might have my Disney movies confused, but weren’t the Halloweentown movies DMC exclusives? If not then I’m seriously misremembering.

The Halloweentown DVDs are not Disney Movie Club exclusives.

Even though I'm personally not holding out much hope, I would love to have the Halloweentown movies released on Blu-ray, as long as the original production aspect ratios are preserved (i.e. 4:3 for the first film, and 16:9 for 2-4). The problem is the first three films were edited on SD video and they haven't remastered them in HD yet.