The Halloween Tree

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Jacob B @JB3.0 Oct 24, 2026 This Halloween special is good. I can see why millennials have a soft spot for it. It isn’t perfect by any means (not to sound like I'm parroting another guy's review, but the boy saying "Oh my gosh" gets really old really fast) but I can see the appeal. Animation quality that can get truly impressive given its small budget (the Notre Dame sequence lives up to its hype), great music, an enjoyable vocal performance from Leonard Nimoy, some well-written moments truly detailing how powerful these children's friendship with this Pip boy is and being surprisingly educational without sugarcoating some of the darker elements. Maybe if I grew up with The Halloween Tree, I'd feel more passionately about it (it must've done something right to have won an award), but I still think it's one of Hanna-Barbera's more overlooked works. Seek it out and see why Ray Bradbury considers this one of the best adaptations of his work...though seeing how he's the narrator here, he could be a tiny bit biased :p See more

Andy S @readyfestivespirit Aug 12, 2023 (I'm Mistletoe Virus I'm saying I love this movie!) They don't make Holiday specials like this anymore! See more

Sep 22, 2019 Best animated, Hannah Barbara movie ever. Fun for all the family. No scary bits at all. Must watch. Best Halloween cartoon ever with children as the main characters See more

Dec 15, 2018 A great movie if you have kids it'll teach them the values about the different holiday seasons for Halloween from around the worldj See more

Oct 21, 2017 For kids of the right age, I think this movie could be a great watch. It's informative of the origins of Halloween and a lot of the standard Halloween costumes, which gives a historical context to the celebrations and will be helpful to certain kids I've met who think it's all Satan-based. I also like how it's dark, but appropriately dark. It doesn't shy away from the creepier aspects of the holiday, and there is a legitimate threat to the whole thing. So it's good for kids, as an adult, I found it lacking. I couldn't help but see it as feeling like a much darker episode of Magic School Bus, with a supernatural figure educating kids while going on a journey. I like Magic School Bus well enough in nostalgia, but it is pretty dorky, and from adult eyes so is this movie. It's also a Hanna-Barberra production, and damn does it show. There are sequences that are supposed to be big and epic, and they just can't capture it. For what is supposed to be a big adventure on Halloween night, the whole thing feels rather dull and silly. But again, that's my adult eyes. I give it props because I think for kids it could work, and for a TV movie of the 90s it's much better than it needs to be, but unless you have kids of your own or you're under the age of about 11 or 12, I'd say it's skippable. See more

Sep 29, 2016 The Halloween Tree provides a great number of highly enjoyable elements simultaneously. Exploration, history, and magic are rolled into a single, fantastical story that shows the commitment and love between friends as well as the many roots which inspired the cultural phenomenon that is Halloween. It's a globe trotting, time travling kids adventure that is paired with an excellent original soundtrack that stands up very well when listened on its own, doesn't so much deliver hard sleep depriving scares, but rather incites a spooky wonder, leaving you feeling as though you yourself are a child once again, experiencing the chills and thrills of this great holiday for the first time all over again. For me, only a few movies, live action or animated, have held up for me over the years that can stoke the eerie tone I crave every fall, and this is most certainly one of them. See more

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