Return from Witch Mountain (1978)

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

This follow-up to 'Escape from Witch Mountain' cuts to the chase far sooner than the original, boasts some excellent location photography of Los Angeles, a groovy score by Lalo Schifrin - and it has Bette Davis and Christopher Lee! They play siblings who occupy a castle that looks as if it belongs in Transylvania rather than the centre of L.A. and while Davis makes no bones about just being into villainy for the money, Lee - dressed in the usual Disney Villain homburg and three-piece suit - has the usual desire to harness Tony & Tia's alien powers to become "The Most Powerful Man in the World".

. . . of Bette Davis and Christopher Lee to "star" in this apparent direct-to-video 2009 feature, RETURN FROM WITCH MOUNTAIN. Davis and Lee look deader than their namesakes Jefferson and Robert E. as robotic caricatures of themselves. Lee rips off his MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN villain from half a century earlier, while Davis revives one of the roles she originated for Sophocles: Electra. Speaking of rip-offs, the middle third of RETURN totally plagiarizes key plot elements from the NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM series. It's surprising that Disney has yet to trot out RETURN as a Broadway Musical. Most of the action here screams out for romantic duets or sing & dance chorus ensembles. The part of Alfred the Goat would be great for any tenor worth his salt, and Ms. Davis' "Letha" character could be a lethal weapon when armed with coloratura A La FL0RENCE F0STER JENKIN$. Though Disney has bought up the copyrights to The Brothers Grimm, Charles Dickens, and The Holy Bible, that's no excuse for them not exploiting their WITCH MOUNTAIN property for every ounce of "Molecular Mobilization" (including the Au Naturel Hags from Roman Polanski's MACBETH) that it's got.

when i was little i remember in addition to escape to witch mountain and return from witch mountain that there was another similar film it had the same idea where two kids(boy and girl) figure out they're twins with special abilities but in this one it has them as teenagers and the boy arrested and sent to some camp (like on a farm kind of camp). There he meets a girl and they have some sort of connection. eventually they meet and discover as they touch each others hands a eerie purple light glows from the touch and then they can cause things to happen. They later pass this copy machine place and they see a purple light appear from the windows. they go check it out and see this guy (sorta looking like Christopher Lloyd). they talk to him and learn about witch mountain and how everyone has a twin he tells them to meet him at this location(unknown possibly near or at witch mountain. they stay at camp and experiment a little. the counselors figure out somehow and try to contain them they escape with the help from a few camp friends and they ride a horse out. from they its a bit fuzzy but they end up at this location and meet the copy store guy. They see a small crowd of twins that are putting their hand together and disappearing(supposedly going to witch mountain(possibly in a another dimension). then some of the camp staff and the kid's friends get to the location. Then the twins take their turn and disappear. I even think a few of the camp people tried disappearing like the twins and it worked. ---end--- But if anybody knows of this movie and its actual title my email is [email protected]

Disney's sequel to their not-bad 1975 hit "Escape To Witch Mountain" brings back Ike Eisenmann and Kim Richards as the teen-tykes from outer space, here battling wits and powers with villainous Bette Davis and Christopher Lee (and their chauffeur, Anthony James, who also played a chauffeur alongside Davis in "Burnt Offerings"!). Well-enough made, but the movie loses sight of what was so special about the first film (a kid's flick with the emphasis on character, not overtly outlandish special effects). Davis is alert and anxious, but she's practically smothered under the gaudy make-up and is left to chew the scenery without benefit of a strong script. Poor Christopher Lee has it even worse, blending into the foreground action while the kids steal all his scenes. The plotting gets too heavy in the final third, what with Los Angeles about to be decimated and delinquent children running amok, but the worst decision was to separate siblings Tony and Tia for much of the movie. Some good sequences, Jack Soo does nice work in a warm supporting bit, and a goat nearly saves the day (and gets a big "thank you" to boot!). ** from ****