''Halloweentown High'' (also known as ''Halloweentown 3'') is a 2004
Disney Channel Original Movie
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that premiered on
Disney Channel on October 8, 2004, for the holiday of
Halloween. It drew 6.1 million viewers for its premiere.
It is the third installment in the
''Halloweentown'' series.
Plot
One year after
the previous movie, Marnie Piper prepares to begin a new school year. She asks the Halloweentown
Council to work toward openness between Halloweentown and the
mortal
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world. She proposes bringing a group of Halloweentown students to her own
high school
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in the mortal world. The council is initially apprehensive, mostly due to the legend of the
Knight
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s of the Iron Dagger: a fanatical order of knights who wanted to destroy all things magical. The Halloweentown High Council, however, agrees to accept the plan after Marnie mistakenly bets "all the Cromwell
magic
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* Magic (supernatural), beliefs and actions employed to influence supernatural beings and forces
* Ceremonial magic, encompasses a wide variety of rituals of magic
* Magical thinking, the belief that unrela ...
" that her plan will work. If she does not prove she is right by midnight on Halloween, then her entire family will lose their magical abilities. Marnie, regretting what she said to the council, wants to cancel the program she has made, but her grandmother Aggie opposes, saying that they have nothing to fear.
The Halloweentown students arrive and are magically given human appearances to disguise their true non-human natures. School begins with Marnie acting as a tour guide for the exchange group, claiming they are from Canada. Aggie substitute teaches so she can be available in case of need. Cody, a new student, shows a romantic interest in Marnie.
While Aggie proves unable to teach any subject effectively, the Halloweentown students keep to themselves, hiding in the refuge that Aggie magically creates for them in a remote student locker. Marnie gradually encourages the students to join sports teams, school activities, and to make new friends.
Marnie's progress is interrupted by a warning that appears to be from the Knights of the Iron Dagger, then by a magical incident at the mall that results in the Halloweentown students assuming their natural appearances in public. This is followed by a break-in at the secret magical locker and the disappearance of Cassie.
Meanwhile, Marnie's developing relationship with Cody parallels an unexpected romance beginning between Aggie and the school's
principal Phil Flannigan. Aggie suspects Cody of being the cause of the trouble and tries to convince Marnie to halt their relationship, but Marnie in turn suspects Flannigan. They eventually discover that Flannigan is the Knight in question; he was told prior to the students' arrival that he was the last of the Order.
Edgar Dalloway, head of the Witches' Council and father of one of the students, is the real root of their problems. He wants to keep Halloweentown isolated from the mortal world, and used Flannigan to ensure the failure of Marnie's project. This, he hoped, would cause a negative reaction in Halloweentown and keep the portal between Halloweentown and the mortal world closed.
The Halloweentown students use the school's Halloween
carnival to improve mortal attitudes toward magical folk. Their haunted house depicts the ordinary lives of creatures that have typically been seen as monsters in the mortal world, including displays like the "Monster
Tea Party
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" and ogres "picnicking in their natural setting", which winds up boring the carnival goers. Meanwhile, Marnie's mother Gwen uses a Witch's Glass to hunt down Cassie.
At the school carnival, Dalloway launches magical attacks against the mortal students by bringing the inanimate monsters in the
haunted house
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to life. The ensuing panic spirals beyond Marnie's and Aggie's ability to contain the monsters. Flannigan incites a mob to corner the Halloweentown students. Cody tames the crowd, the students reveal themselves, and the crowd accepts them for who they are. Flannigan also renounces being a knight and accepts Aggie.
Dalloway claims the Cromwell magic and explains that his son Ethan helped with most of the things that happened, but Gwen has shown the evening's events to the Halloweentown High Council. They return the Cromwell magic, Gwen returns with the imprisoned student, and the Council imprisons Dalloway in another Witch's Glass taking his disagreement with them as a form of resignation and taking the families magic.
The portal between Halloweentown and the mortal world opens inside the haunted house, and crowds of children from Halloweentown cross over to enjoy the carnival together with children of the mortal world. Marnie flies off for a romantic
broom
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ride with Cody. While flying over the carnival, they kiss.
Cast
*
Kimberly J. Brown as
Marnie Piper
*
Debbie Reynolds as
Aggie Cromwell
*
Judith Hoag as
Gwen Piper
*
Joey Zimmerman
Joseph Paul Zimmerman (born June 10, 1986) is an American actor known for his role as Dylan Piper in '' Halloweentown'' franchise.
Early life
Zimmerman was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico to Kat and Harry Zimmerman, a Los Alamos-based actor. Hi ...
as
Dylan Piper
* Emily Roeske as
Sophie Piper
Countess Eva Sophie Piper, née Eva Sophie von Fersen (30 March 1757 – 2 February 1816, Löfstad Slott), was a Swedish countess and lady in waiting. She was the daughter of count Axel von Fersen the Elder and Hedvig Catharina von Fersen and ...
*
Finn Wittrock
Peter L. Wittrock Jr. (born October 28, 1984), known as Finn Wittrock, is an US actor and screenwriter who began his career in guest roles on several television shows. He made his film debut in 2004, in ''Halloweentown High'' before returning to f ...
as
Cody Trainer, a boy who becomes Marnie's love interest.
*
Clifton Davis
Clifton Duncan Davis (born October 4, 1945) is an American actor, singer, songwriter, minister, and author.
Davis wrote The Jackson 5's No. 2 hit " Never Can Say Goodbye" in 1971. He appeared on Broadway in the musicals '' Two Gentlemen of Vero ...
as
Principal Phil Flannigan, the principal who is the last of the Knights of the Iron Dagger.
* Eliana Reyes as
Cassie
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, a witch who is captured by Edgar.
*
Lucas Grabeel
Lucas Stephen Grabeel ( ; born November 23, 1984) is an American actor, singer, and songwriter. He is best known for his role as Ryan Evans in the ''High School Musical'' film series (2006–2008). His other film appearances include ''Halloweent ...
as
Ethan Dalloway
* Michael Flynn as
Edgar Dalloway, a Halloweentown High Council member who plans to make sure Marnie fails.
*
Olesya Rulin
Olesya Yurivna Rulina (russian: Oлeся Юрьевна Pулина; born March 17, 1986) is a Russian-American actress. She is best known for co-starring in all three films of the ''High School Musical'' franchise as Kelsi Nielsen. She also star ...
as
Natalie
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Music Albums
* ''Nata ...
, a pink
troll
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who is Dylan's love interest.
* Todd Michael Schwartzman as
Pete
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, a
werewolf
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* Jesse Harward as
Chester, a blue-skinned monster who is the result of a union between a male
ogre
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and a female forest giant.
** Clayton Taylor as
Chester's human disguise
* Jeff Olson as the six-armed member of the
Halloweentown High Council
* Frank Gerrish as the pumpkinhead member of the
Halloweentown High Council
* Mowava Pryor as the vampire member of the
Halloweentown High Council
*
Frank Welker provided special vocal effects
See also
* ''
Halloweentown'' (1998)
* ''
Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge'' (2001)
* ''
Return to Halloweentown'' (2006)
References
External links
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Halloweentown (film series)
Films shot in Utah
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2004 television films
2004 films
2000s English-language films
American films about Halloween
Films about witchcraft
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American monster movies
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