Halloweentown
- TV-G
- Year:
- 1998
- 84 min
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(children) Trick or treat!
(excited chatter)
Trick or treat!
(girl) Hey, wait a minute,
What about this house?
(boy) Forget that house,
Let's go to the next one,
(whispering) Somebody's coming,
Come on, Sophie, You know
nobody ever comes here on Halloween,
But, Mom, it's just a costume party,
You've gotta let me go,
If I don't go, I'll be a freak,
You know, the odds were 50%
I'd get one normal sister,
Mom, I'm 13, OK?
I'm practically a grownup,
I'm certainly old enough
to make my own choices, Right?
- Yeah, I guess so,
- Is there an age for that?
Look, Marnie, I am sorry,
but you are not going out on Halloween,
Why?
I have my reasons, and I will explain them
to you when you're,,, taller,
Mom, you've been saying that
for, like, my whole life, OK?
It's just one night,
What is the big deal?
It does seem a little unfair,
I mean, seeing as how Marnie
- Yeah, Halloween is, like, made for her,
- Skeletons, witches, vampires,,,
She spends our whole math class
drawing ghosts in her notebook,
- Guys!
- All right, that's all,
Thank you all for coming, You've been
a lovely audience, but the show is over,
Marnie will see you all tomorrow,
- Mom!
- See you later, Marnie,
- Here's your broom,
- We'll bring you some candy,
Your pumpkin, Good night,
I am so sick of this,
I want to know why we can't be
like other kids and go out on Halloween,
My poor little sister
should be out trick-or-treating,
But look at her,
You've kept her from a normal childhood,
and it's turned her into a wall ornament!
I think it's obvious
why Halloween is bad,
That whole razor-blade-in-the-apple thing
was an urban myth, of course,
But then, all that candy
causes cavities and gum disease,
and those masks everybody wears have
these weird kind of toxic fumes inside
that make your arms go limp,
and,,, and,,,
It's totally too late for him,
Marnie, I'm sorry, I know that
you want to go out with your friends,
but there are just some things about
Halloween that you don't understand,
Oh, right, Like there's some big,
mysterious reason why we can't go out,
Face it, Mom,
You don't trust your own kids,
- That is not true,
- Oh, yes, it is,
You keep us all in this big bubble,
How are we supposed to grow up
if we can't explore the world,
try new stuff and take some risks?
Marnie, I am just trying to protect you,
Yeah, you're protecting us from being
anything but a bunch of vegetables,
Hey, look! I'm a potato!
Are you happy now?
Maybe I'll put down
some roots in the carpet,
(mocking) "Oh, no, Marnie,
It's too dangerous,"
"There are things about vegetables
that you don't understand,"
Somebody's coming!
Come, my little wall ornament,
Let's get you washed up for dinner,
- Somebody's coming!
- Come on, sweetie,
Why are you so obsessed with Halloween?
I mean, it's just like Mom says:
It gives little kids dumb ideas
Like that helps them prepare for life,
Personally, give me
a good nature documentary any day,
Halloween is cool, nature boy,
I mean, it's exciting, strange and ancient,
Plus, Mom and Dad met on Halloween,
Shh! What are you trying to do?
You know how talking about Dad
always bums Mom out,
I mean, why can't you pick some other
holiday to get hung up on, like Arbor Day?
Trees are important too, you know,
(children chattering)
Hey, guys, wait up!
Wait for me!
Oh, come on!
Come on!
Suit yourself,
Oh,,, (chuckles)
No, no, no, no, no, no,
- Come on, Mom, It's just one cookie,
- Not before dinner, Sophie,
Marnie's right,
You never let us do anything fun,
Oh, you can have a cookie after dinner,
I want that cookie,
I really want that cookie,
Not again,
- Are you eating a cookie?
- (muffled) No! Go sit down,
Good thing she doesn't like liver, eh, dear?
- Mother!
- Grandma!
- What are you doing here?
- (both) Grandma!
It's so wonderful to see you
and the children again,
Ooh, my, my, my, my,
How you've grown! Oh!
- Did you bring us presents?
- Oh, presents, presents, presents,
What kind of a grandma do you think I'd be
if I didn't bring you presents?
They're right here in my suitcase, I just,,,
I don't know where that thing went to,
Just a minute,
Ah, there it is!
Where did you get to, my little darling?
Come on, Here it is!
How come you've been gone so long,
Grandma?
Well, you know, one thing and another,
But the important thing
is that I'm here now,
And I'm so glad to see you,,, all,
Come on, come on, come on, Come on!
Hey, Mom, do you think you and Grandma
could, like, not fight for once?
I mean, we haven't seen her
in over a year,
Grandma Aggie's the one
- Does not,
- Does too,
- Does not,
- Does too,
Does not!
Eureka!
Whoo!
Candy!
- Ooh, that's the spirit,
- Wow,
Put on our bikinis and go swimming in it!
Oh, and then we'll put up the decorations
so we can get this party started!
Look, Grandma dressed up for Halloween!
What? Oh, Oh, yes, of course I did,
I always do!
Oh, here, honey, I want you to go
and hang this on the doorknob,
Ew,
It annoys the vampires,
This bag defies logic,
- How does all this stuff fit in here?
- I don't know,
You know, dear, if I'm not mistaken,
this is Marnie's 13th Halloween,
Mm, a wonderfully lucky number, 13,
Totally,
Yes, I'm well aware
of what number it is, Mother,
- Hey, look, a pentagram!
- Wow!
Lon Chaney had one of these on his palm
when he got bitten by that werewolf,
So he did,
I've always said the movies
Mother, as I just got through telling Marnie,
Halloween is not,,,
What else can I do, Grandma?
Well, now, why don't you
put out the pumpkins, you see?
They have such cute little faces,
just like yours!
Neat!
Oh, and I thought you'd appreciate these,
- Hieroglyphics!
- Mother!
You know, these look like the ones
from the Egyptian Book of the Dead.
Very good,
I'll bet you get A's in school,
Actually, she gets B's and C's,
I get the A's,
Ow,
You know, Grandma,
this is totally awesome!
really appreciates my taste in weird stuff,
- Encouragement, not good,
- No,
And you know what else? I have dja vu
a lot, I mean, like, all the time,
Really?
- Well, you know, if you could practice,,,
- Mother!
Could I talk to you in the kitchen
for just one minute?
Absolutely, dear, As soon as I get
the children into their costumes,
Costumes?
- Whoo!
- Wow!
And the ghost! Oh, there!
- What?
- Ooh, ooh!
Yes, now this is the winner,
This is so awesome!
Ah, I'm a wiccan!
I'm a ghost!
I think I'm a big pimple,
All right, that's it, Mother, these children
are not going out trick-or-treating,
and now it is time for dinner,
- But Mom,,,
- No, no, She's right, She's right,
- (whispering) We'll eat the candy later,
- OK,
Come on, here we go, Whoo!
Ooh, Ooh, ooh, ooh!
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh!
Oh no, dear,
It's more like a moaning sound,
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