Special Report: Spirit of Halloweentown (2024)

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Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

The Spirit of Halloweentown (2024) celebrates the unique Halloween festival of St. Helens, Oregon—a town that annually transforms itself in tribute to Disney’s cult-classic film Halloweentown, which was filmed there in 1998. Directed by Bradford Thomason and Brett Whitcomb, known for their nostalgic lens in Jasper Mall, the film dives into the lives of the locals who are the heart of this Halloween tradition.

As part of our Fantastic Fest coverage, Mike talks with Thomason and Whitcomb about their latest documentary film.

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0:00.0	Hold your ears, folks.
0:06.8	It's showtime.
0:08.6	People pay good money to see this movie.
0:10.9	When they go out to a theater, they want cold sodas, hot popcorn, and no monsters in the projection booth.
0:17.3	Everyone pretend podcasting isn't boring.
0:20.1	Shut it off.
0:25.4	Turn it off.
0:27.6	Turn it off.
0:31.6	Everyone! We were just watching the movie one day, and he says,
0:45.3	I want to go to Halloween Town someday, and I go, it's a real place.
0:52.3	The event is called Spirit of Halloween Town.
0:55.8	It basically honors the movie.
1:00.9	Welcome to Halloween Town.
1:03.2	Look at all of your beautiful faces.
1:09.2	I'd never seen Halloween Town, and to be honest, I didn't even know about Halloween Town.
1:12.6	And what I saw in the film were children going against their parents
1:18.6	and sneaking to a special town in another dimension where everyone can be their true selves.
1:29.3	It comes from making people happy.
1:32.3	I am putting together a little performance.
1:36.3	And you dress up like zombies with blood and goo and brains?
1:40.3	Yep.
1:41.3	Awesome.
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