The Halloween Tree (1993)

Directed by

Mario Piluso

Genre

children's film, ghost film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 09m

Rated

G

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 46 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of children go trick-or-treating on Halloween night. They must follow a mysterious figure through time and space to rescue their friend and learn about the history of Halloween.

whimsicaleducationalspookyfamily-friendlynostalgicmysteriousheartfeltadventurous

What happens

The Halloween Tree is a 1993 American animated fantasy-drama television film produced by Hanna-Barbera and based on Ray Bradbury's 1972 fantasy novel of the same name. The film tells the story of a group of trick-or-treating children who learn about the origins and influences of Halloween when one of their friends is spirited away by mysterious forces. Bradbury serves as the narrator of the film, which also stars Leonard Nimoy as the children's guide, Mr. Moundshroud. Bradbury also wrote the film's Emmy Award winning screenplay. The animation of the film was produced overseas for Hanna-Barbera by Fil-Cartoons in the Philippines. The film premiered on TBS and Syndication on October 30, 1993. The movie is often featured on Cartoon Network during the Halloween season. The film changes the novel's group of night travelers from eight boys to three boys and a girl. A longer limited edition "author's preferred text" of the novel was published in 2005, which included the screenplay. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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