When And Where To Watch The ‘Halloweentown’ Movies In October 2017

If you grew up with “Halloweentown,” you might be searching for the 1998 movie and its sequels on TV at some point this October. However, there is only one chance to see each magical flick this year.

“Halloweentown” is currently scheduled to air on Disney Channel Saturday, Oct. 28 at 11 a.m. EDT. The sequel, “Halloweentown 2: Kalbar’s Revenge,” will air Sunday, Oct. 29 at 11. a.m. EDT. “Halloweentown High” and “Return to Halloweentown” (also known as the one where they recast Marnie) will air at 2 p.m. and 3:35 p.m. EDT, respectively, on Monday, Oct. 30. Those are the only scheduled airings, so be sure to set your DVRs accordingly.

While the Disney Channel Original Movies aren’t playing on TV very much, you can always buy or rent the flicks. Some cable providers have all of the “Halloweentown” movies available through Disney Channel On Demand. “Halloweentown” is also available on iTunes, Amazon Video, YouTube and Google Play. The cheapest option is iTunes, where each film can be bought for $2.99.

The “Halloweentown” movies follow Marnie (Kimberly J. Brown) who discovers that she is from a family of witches. Her grandmother (Debbie Reynolds) takes Marnie and her siblings to Halloweentown, a place where witches, goblins and vampires live peacefully. However, when a villain tries to take over Halloweentown, it’s up to Marnie and her family to save the supernatural village.

Despite few airings of the movie in 2017, it still has a pretty big following nearly 20 years after its release. Every year, the “Spirit of Halloweentown” festival takes over St. Helens, Oregon, which is where the original movie was filmed. Throughout the month, the town hosts fun events, and the cast will even visit.

On Oct. 14, Kimberly J. Brown, Judith Hoag (who played Marnie’s mother) and J. Paul Zimmerman (who played Marnie’s brother Dylan) will be meeting with fans in the afternoon. Then, they’ll take part in the pumpkin lighting ceremony at night. The town square has a huge jack-o-lantern in the town square, just like the iconic one from the movie.

Though cast members have attended the “Spirt of Halloweentown” festival in previous years, this year’s will be a little different. The pumpkin lighting ceremony will also be a tribute to Debbie Reynolds, who died last December. The “Singin’ in the Rain” actress died just after her daughter Carrie Fisher passed.

“This year we wanted to do something extra special,” Brown said in a YouTube video (seen above). “As you’re probably aware, unfortunately, late last year we lost the incomparable Debbie Reynolds, who played Grandma Aggie. And while I was so sad, I was also happy for her that she was at peace with her daughter Carrie, whom she loved so much. We wanted to do a special tribute to her and her role as Grandma Aggie and have a small monument set up there for her. So we’re going to do that this year during the lighting ceremony.”

If you can’t make it to Oregon, you can still get something handmade by Brown. The actress runs an Etsy shop called Craftily Creative that has plenty of “Halloweentown”-inspired goodies, including “Straight Outta Halloweentown” shirts and “Being normal is vastly overrated” signs. The shop has a 5-star rating and nearly 1,000 sales.