Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge

Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge
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Based on	Characters by Paul Bernbaum and Jon Cooksey & Ali Matheson
Written by	Jon Cooksey Ali Matheson
Directed by	Mary Lambert
Starring	Kimberly J. Brown Debbie Reynolds Judith Hoag Daniel Kountz Joey Zimmerman Phillip Van Dyke Emily Roeske
Theme music composer	Mark Mothersbaugh
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	Peter Lhotka
Running time	81 minutes
Release
Original network	Disney Channel
Original release	October 12, 2001 (2001-10-12)
Chronology
Preceded by	Halloweentown
Followed by	Halloweentown High

Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge is a 2001 Disney Channel Original Movie released for the holiday of Halloween. This is the second installment in the Halloweentown series.

15-year-old Marnie (Kimberly J. Brown) has just spent 2 years with her grandmother Aggie (Debbie Reynolds). While hosting a neighborhood Halloween party at their house, Marnie tries to impress a cute new boy, Kal (Daniel Kountz), by showing him Aggie's magically-hidden room. Unbeknownst to Marnie, Kal is actually the son of Kalabar and takes the opportunity to steal Aggie's spell book. Soon Aggie notices unwelcome magical symptoms. She and Marnie travel to Halloweentown to investigate and to fix the problem before the portal between Halloweentown and the mortal world, open only on Halloween, closes at midnight.

They discover that the whole town has been turned into a made-to-match black-and-white world, and that the inhabitants have been turned into dreary, discolored, monotonous humans. The victims include Marnie's goblin friend Luke (Phillip Van Dyke). Aggie diagnoses this as the "Grey Spell." Aggie contacts her grandson Dylan (Joey Zimmerman) back home for a spell from her spell book. Dylan and Sophie (Emily Roeske) discover the book is missing. Marnie and Aggie learn that Kal is actually a warlock and the son of their enemy Kalabar (from the previous film). They learn that Kal stole Aggie's spell book to limit her ability to hinder his attempt to complete his father's revenge on both Halloweentown and the mortal world. Aggie searches for a spare copy of her spell book at her house in Halloweentown, but it is missing and she despairs. During a conversation with Aggie, Marnie inadvertently reverts Luke back to his goblin form. Unable to explain the spell's reversal, the group soon believes that it is temporary.