"Every Halloween, any self-respecting person who was born in the late '80s must watch two films: Hocus Pocus and Halloweentown. The former is undoubtedly more prestigious, featuring a handful of famous actors, a good script, and special effects that appear to have cost more than $12. But Halloweentown is just as good due to its sheer ability to capture the holiday spirit and an unrelenting earnestness that simply doesn't exist in culture anymore. Sure, the story... is super boilerplate, and the corniness factor is dialed all the way up. But Halloweentown's energy is infectious, and it does what only the best [Disney Channel Orginal Movies] did: capture the pure, undiminishable joy of being a kid." - Andrew Gruttadaro, The Ringer