Halloweentown (film)

Halloweentown
Promotional poster
Genre
Screenplay by
  • Paul Bernbaum
  • Jon Cooksey
  • Ali Matheson
Story byPaul Bernbaum
Directed byDuwayne Dunham
Starring
ComposerMark Mothersbaugh
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Producers
  • Ron Mitchell
  • Brian Pogue
CinematographyMichael Slovis
EditorMartin Nicholson
Running time84 minutes
Production companySinger-White Entertainment
Budget$4 million
Original release
NetworkDisney Channel
ReleaseOctober 17, 1998 (1998-10-17)

Halloweentown is a 1998 American fantasy comedy film directed by Duwayne Dunham and written by Paul Bernbaum, Jon Cooksey, Ali Matheson, from a story by Bernbaum. The first installment in Halloweentown series, it stars Debbie Reynolds, Kimberly J. Brown, Joey Zimmerman, and Judith Hoag. It is the fourth Disney Channel Original Movie. It centers on Marnie, who learns she is a witch on her 13th Halloween and is transported to Halloweentown—a magical place where ghosts, ghouls, witches, and werewolves live apart from the human world, but she soon finds herself battling wicked warlocks, evil curses, and endless surprises.