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Saturday, January 9, 2016

Return From Witch Mountain (1978)

After he uses his supernatural powers to save the life of a falling man (Anthony James), a boy (Ike Eisenmann) is kidnapped by a power hungry scientist (Christopher Lee) and his money hungry assistant (Bette Davis). Their intentions are to use the boy's power for both power and money but the boy's sister (Kim Richards) uses her supernatural powers to track him down. A sequel to Disney's 1975 hit ESCAPE FROM WITCH MOUNTAIN, this is a pretty lame movie. Everyone in the movies behaves as if they have the I.Q. of a domesticated turkey and if you told me the script was written by an 11 year old, I'd believe you. But fortunately for the grown ups, there are Bette Davis and Christopher Lee in the only movie they did together. As Disney villains, they're rather toothless but you can't Disneyfy these two! They bring vinegar to their roles and if that's about all they're allowed to do, their presence and professionalism elevate the film. Qualities which are need to compensate for the awful child actors who I suspect we're supposed to find adorable. Directed by John Hough (WATCHER IN THE WOODS). With Jack Soo and Denver Pyle. 

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