Production
- This film is much darker and more serious in tone than its predecessor and its following sequels. Despite this film's success, its sequels have been more comedy driven.
- The film references academic thought such as Arthurian legend and even the advanced physics of Stephen Hawking
- It was known by two other names during production, Halloweentown II and Return To Halloweentown. The latter was used later for the 4th in the series.
- In the first movie, the closed-captioning spell Calabar's name as "Calabar". However, the name is spelled "Kalabar" in the title of this movie even though the ending credits of this movie spell the character's name out as "Calabar".
- It should also be noted that the character's name is spelled "Calabar" in the opening and closing credits of the first Halloweentown.
The actor Kalabar was portrayed by The young Dutchman, Jacob Talarek, also seen in the Jungle Book, and He-Man Masters of the Universe.
Read more about this topic: Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge
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“The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.”
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“Just as modern mass production requires the standardization of commodities, so the social process requires standardization of man, and this standardization is called equality.”
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