As a kid, I was a big fan of "Escape to Witch Mountain", but I don't recall ever having seen the sequel "Return from Witch Mountain". Too bad, really, because even as a young lad I was always rooting for the villainous characters, and this one has gathered the greatest trio of villains in cinema history! None other than the almighty Christopher Lee and the even almightier Bette Davis star in this Disney Sci-Fi/adventure production for children, and - as a sort of bonus - there's also the naturally sinister-looking Anthony James as their sidekick. The evil threesome is on the tail of alien siblings Tony and Tia after witnessing their incredible "molecular mobilization" powers. Lee's character wants to abuse the powers and become the maddest scientist in the world, while old hag Davis simply wants lots of money. They kidnap Tony and manipulate his mind, and Tia teams up with a youthful street gang in the for her unknown streets of Los Angeles.
To please the young target audience, director John Hough largely repeats the successful elements of the original (like flying saucers, floating cars, weightless people, ...) and he adds more identifiable heroes with cool names (like Rocky, Muscles and Dazzler). For "elderly" fans of fantastic cinema, the obvious reason to watch "Return from Witch Mountain" is the presence of Christopher Lee and Bette Davis, especially since they clearly had a blast playing their diabolical characters. Few things in life are as fun as hearing Lee yell stuff like: "Come on, crush her!" whilst referring to a cute teenage girl.
To please the young target audience, director John Hough largely repeats the successful elements of the original (like flying saucers, floating cars, weightless people, ...) and he adds more identifiable heroes with cool names (like Rocky, Muscles and Dazzler). For "elderly" fans of fantastic cinema, the obvious reason to watch "Return from Witch Mountain" is the presence of Christopher Lee and Bette Davis, especially since they clearly had a blast playing their diabolical characters. Few things in life are as fun as hearing Lee yell stuff like: "Come on, crush her!" whilst referring to a cute teenage girl.