# Halloweentown (1998)

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**Runtime**: 84 min
**Genres**: TV Movie, Fantasy, Comedy
**Directed by**: Duwayne Dunham
**Written by**: Paul Bernbaum
**Starring**: Debbie Reynolds, Kimberly J. Brown, Judith Hoag, Joey Zimmerman, Phillip Van Dyke, Emily Roeske

> *Monsters, goblins, ghosts, and vampires, and gnomes, and skeletons.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A made-for-TV spellbook opens on a birthday eve. Thirteen-year-old Marnie tumbles through a familial cauldron of secrets straight into Halloweentown, where every creature’s got a costume and no one bothers to RSVP.

**Mood tags**: cozy, playful

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