#Halloweentown (1998)

[the-officially-kat]

"Magic is really very simple, all you have to do is want something, and then let yourself have it!"

Happy (belated) 25th anniversary to the Cromwells~

[kateeorg]

The Missing Character of the Halloweentown Films

Something I never see mentioned when talking about Halloweentown is the one character who had more influence on these films' plots than anyone, outside Aggie, Gwen, Marnie, and the antagonists, but who we barely know anything about:

William Piper. The kids' father. The man Gwen left Halloweentown for.

We hear about this man a handful of times across four films. The most we know is:

He was human,

He met Gwen at a Halloween party and liked her witch "costume",

He died sometime before the first film (relatively recently, too, considering the age of the kids in the photo).

Being with him taught Gwen that nothing's worth anything if you can get it just by wishing.

And... that's it.

We don't know what he was like as a father or husband, we don't even know if Gwen ever told him about magic or how he felt about it (I assume she had to at some point when Marnie started having magical accidents as a kid, but maybe he was just that oblivious...).

I mean, maybe it's better we don't know. Maybe it would just muddy up the film canon with unfortunate implications, which are already rampant, and take away precious plot time to look back at a character who is no longer in the picture.

After all, if he knew about magic, he also agreed to Gwen's plan to let Marnie and Sophie's magic wither on the vine. Which, even if he just went along with it just to make her happy, is not great. And if he didn't know, or if he found out only after the kids were born, that casts a huge shadow on Gwen's relationship with him.

But... still, I can't help but think about the unspoken influence this man must have had on Gwen and the kids that is never discussed in canon.

The way Dylan is such a goody two shoes because he's trying to protect his mother's feelings in the wake of their dad's death. The way Gwen brings up wanting Marnie to be human, "like their father". The way Marnie brings up that Gwen met their dad on Halloween, which may be part of why Marnie's drawn to it and why she can't understand Gwen's fear of it. The way Aggie is baffled why Gwen stays in the mortal realm when William is gone (and Aggie must have met the man at some point, yet she treats his passing with little sensitivity. Aggie, I love you, but...). The fact that there Halloweentown Council brings up Marnie's "wretched human" father in Halloweentown High as the reason why Marnie is fighting so hard to prove humans have changed.

The Piper kids are the bridge between two worlds. We hear a lot about their Cromwell heritage, but rarely do we talk about the Piper side of the equation, their attachment to the mortal world - yes, even Marnie's. Part of that is down to Gwen choosing to leave Halloweentown, but the other part is down to William and how much Gwen must have loved him to give up everything she knew.

And part of me wishes more thought had been spent on him. But another part thinks it's better left unsaid.

[damailbox]

November 1998

[90s-2000s-barbie]

Disney Channel’s Halloweentown (1998) 🎃 🦇

[desertangels70s]

🎃 Halloweentown premiered 25 years ago today🎃

I'm also adding this to the list🕯

[hauntedmushroom]

Halloweentown (1998)

[kylietoth]

🕯🍂

[hellothereimhannah]

30/31: Halloweentown

(1998) dir. Duwayne Dunham

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[iwinniepooh]

Witch's in cinema

[jovalencia]

classic suburbanenigma bathroom selfies but instead of wearing that one black shirt I got from target I’m wearing a shirt I got from a garage sale

[courseyoulovemeyoudontknowme]

Halloweentown (1998, Duwayne Dunham)

12/01/2024

Halloweentown is a television film, the first in the Halloweentown saga, whose world premiere was dated 17 October 1998.

Doris Roberts was initially offered the role of Aggie Cromwell, but had to give it up because she was busy filming Everybody Loves Raymond at the time.

Halloweentown kicked off the Halloweentown saga which is made up of 3 other episodes: Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge, Halloweentown High and Return of Halloweentown. In the last film the protagonist role was played by Sara Paxton.

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🎃 31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN 🎃 day sixteen / thirty-one

HALLOWEENTOWN Directed by Duwayne Dunham (1998)

[dailyflicks]

HALLOWEENTOWN (1998) dir. Dwayne Dunham

[thyme-in-a-bubble]

a list of some autumnal movies/series 🍂

i am nothing if not an organised little goblin who can not stop themself from making a good list. this is just in case you want something with that fall vibe but can't think of any. just close your eyes and point somewhere on this little list, or even put the numbers in a generator and go with whatever the result is ♡

winter | spring | summer

🥧 ‧₊˚ ⋅ movies ⋅˚₊‧

nosferatu (1922) 

rosemary’s baby (1968)

halloween franchise (1978-)

friday the 13th franchise (1980-)

an american werewolf in london (1981)

a nightmare on elm street (1984)

ronja rövardotter (1984)

clue (1985)

princess bride (1987)

dead poets society (1989)

when harry met sally (1989)

hocus pocus (1993)

addams family values (1993)

interview with a vampie (1994)

the craft (1996)

the first wifes club (1996)

the scream franchise (1996-)

halloweentown (1998)

practical magic (1998)

you’ve got mail (1998)

the blair witch project (1999)

sleepy hollow (1999)

chocolat (2000)

amelie (2001)

the lord of the rings franchise (2001-2003)

scooby doo (2002)

pirates of the caribbean franchise (2003-2017)

north & south (2004)

pride and prejudice (2005)

the descent (2005)

the devil wears prada (2006)

el orfanato (2007)

the edge of love (2008)

twilight (2008)

julie & julia (2009)

jennifer’s body (2009)

dorian gray (2009)

coraline (2009)

true grit (2010)

the cabin in the woods (2011)

the odd life of timothy green (2012)

the conjuring franchise (2013-)

what we do in the shadows (2014)

the riot club (2014)

as above so below (2014)

the age of adaline (2015)

the witch (2015)

mary shelly (2017)

murder on the orient express (2017)

get out (2017)

a quiet place (2018 + 2020)

the guernsey literary and potato peel pie society (2018)

on the basis of sex (2018)

knives out (2019)

little women (2019)

the gentlemen (2019)

emma (2020)

ammonite (2020)

the dig (2021)

the batman (2022)

🧦 ‧₊˚ ⋅ series ⋅˚₊‧

gilmore girls (2000-2007)

outlander (2014-)

anne with on e (2017-2019)

queens gambit (2020)

moomin (1990-1992)

a discovery of witches (2018-2022)

virgin river (2019-)

supernatural (2005-2020)

shadow and bone (2021-)

vampire diaries (2009-2017)

stranger things (2016-)

the chilling adventures of sabrina (2018-2020)

once upon a time (2011-2018)

vikings valhalla (2022-)

peaky blinders (2013-2022)

downton abbey (2010-2015)

poldark (2015-2019)

dickinson (2019-2021)

killing eve (2018-2022)

ghost files/buzzfeed unsolved (2016-)

critical role (2015-)

lucifer (2016-2021)

the walking dead (2010-2022)

criminal minds (2005-2020, 2022-)

i’ll be gone in the dark (2020)

buffy the vampire slayer (1997-2003)

how to get away with murder (2014-2020)

the good fight (2017-2022)

american horror story (2011-)

teen wolf (2011-2017)