Clevercell Very disappointing...

CheerupSilver Very Cool!!!

InspireGato Film Perfection

Borserie it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

utgard14 I'm a huge Ray Bradbury fan so I was excited to see this animated adaptation of his great novel The Halloween Tree. Bradbury himself scripted this movie and even provided the narration. The story is magical, poetic, and even educational. I would recommend it for parents to share with their kids. It's beautiful.Interestingly, Bradbury wrote the novel after he had collaborated on a Halloween Tree screenplay with the great Chuck Jones for an animated film that never came to be. As pleasant and enjoyable as the animation is in this version, one can only wonder how amazing the collaboration between two greats of their respective mediums would have been.

wile_E2005 Halloween has always been one of my most favorite times of year, ever since I was a kid. Now I'm 23, but I still love the holiday. You're never too old for Halloween... AND you're never too old for Halloween cartoons. Every year, I celebrate the holiday with watching "It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown," "Garfield's Halloween Adventure," several Simpsons "Treehouse of Horror" specials, "Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School," "Doug's Halloween Adventure," and "The Halloween Tree." When I first decided to check it out, I thought it was going to be lame. Hanna-Barbera had sadly lost their touch by this time, and their cartoons would never be the same (the studio would have been dead by the end of 1994 if it weren't for their admittedly cool and creative "What a Cartoon" shorts from 1995-1997!) Now I'm glad I watched it. It has become a Halloween tradition of mine! True, it doesn't resemble your usual Hanna-Barbera cartoon in any way. Instead it feels more like Nelvana or DiC Entertainment made it. (From what I read, Ray Bradbury wanted his animator friend Chuck Jones to bring it to life. I think a Chuck Jones version would have been even better!) But regardless, it's still fun. It helped me understand several Halloween origins and customs, and can be a bit creepy at times. Perfect! Leonard Nimoy does a good job voicing Mr. Moundshroud, but Ray Bradbury himself steals the show with his excellent narration of his own work (may God bless his soul!) The animation, like I said, isn't the usual Hanna-Barbera style you would expect. It's not totally perfect, but is still pretty good for a 1990s animated TV special (then again, bad animation became increasingly rare in the 1990s, with a few exceptions like H-B's poorly-animated "Arabian Nights" TV movie from 1994!) John Debney's music is also pretty good, especially the haunting opening theme, though it does get a bit Disney-esque at times (there were times in the 1990s when H-B felt they needed to mimic Disney!) I'm watching it as I type this review, and it's helping put me in the Halloween mood more. "Oh my gosh!" look at the time. "Ready, set, go!"

iluvcatch13 I have finally found the name of this movie!I have searched for a long time with no success. Now that I have found it I have to say that The Haloween Tree is one of the best movies about Halloween that I have ever seen. My family would always watch it on TV at our Halloween party, but I was so young at the time I didn't care about the title but this movie is a great Halloween classic and I recommend it to anyone who loves the classics. Even though the animation isn't top notch high-def, it is still a very enjoyable movie with a good plot line. I think that somehow someone needs to get this great classic back on air. It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown has been running for a long time and is a classic, I believe that The Halloween Tree should be shown along with that as a Halloween special.

Julia Arsenault (ja_kitty_71) I love animation from Hanna-Barbera along with Disney, Rankin-Bass, Fleischer Studios, Studio Ghibli and Nelvana Ltd. and also Halloween is my favorite holiday. I thought this is the best Halloween film/special from Hanna-Barbera. I was lucky to taped it, because they don't seem to air it on TV anymore along with other classics, DAMN!Have any of you ever wonder how Halloween started? Well in this film, all answers will be reveal as four friends and a shadowy character travel back in time; 4000 years to be precise to save their friend's spirit and learn about the mysteries of Halloween. I have read the original novel by Ray Bradbury (who is also the narrator in the film). Also my mom and I would read it together every October before Halloween. And afterwards "The Halloween Tree" became one of my favorite books and films as well.