Chattanooga Film Festival 2025

The Spirit of Halloweentown

Expired June 29, 2025 3:59 AM
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In 1998, the Disney Channel Original Movie “Halloweentown” was filmed in St. Helens, Oregon. Since then, the town has become a de facto Halloween destination with over 50,000 visitors each October. “The Spirit of Halloweentown” is an observational portrait of St. Helens 25 years later focusing on its residents as they transform the town and navigate their inescapable identity. Just as ghouls and ghosts inhabit the Halloweentown of the movie, many St. Helens residents believe their town to be truly haunted. As visitors pour into the city and specters of all kinds fill the autumn air, life for the locals in Halloweentown becomes much more than the celebration of a movie. It’s a quest for belonging and a reckoning with demons both personal and spiritual.

  • Year
    2024
  • Runtime
    95 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Director
    Bradford Thomason, Brett Whitcomb
  • Producer
    Rebecca Sheehan
  • Executive Producer
    John Brooks Pounders, Ali Clark, Bryant Saxon, Alex C. Rudolph
  • Editor
    Bradford Thomason
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