Distributor:
Disney Home Entertainment Certificate: G | 93
minutes Director:John
Hough
Cast:Kim Richards, Ike Eisenmann, Bette Davis, Christopher Lee,
Jack Soo, Anthony James Extras: No
This sequel to the popular Escape To Witch Mountain isn’t
quite as sprightly as that movie
but more than compensates with a
starry cast who are clearly
enjoying themselves.
Kim Richards and Ike Eisenmann again play
paranormal kids Tony and Tia,
the pair now living with their
uncle (Denver Pyle) in Witch
Mountain (where everyone has
special powers), it’s three
years since the events of the
first movie and the kids are to
spend a weekend in Los Angeles
(bit dodgy this these days as
the kids are allowed to go off
into the city on their own).
Before you can say “Look out here comes trouble” Tony
has been kidnapped by the evil Letha (a fantastic as always Bette Davis)
and the sinister Dr Victor Gannon (Christopher Lee – here very good
playing at a level under Davis, a nice counterpoint to her fiery
evilness) who both plot to use him for different ends (Letha to make a
potful of money, Victor plans a spot of world domination). Tia meanwhile
has to try and rescue Tony and enlists the help of a gang of ragamuffin
kids to do so.
More slapstick than Escape and full of adventurous car
chases and the like Return From Witch Mountain still contains much to
entertain but veers towards full on kids fare as opposed to a family
movie.
Definitely worth a look if you’ve seen Escape and a great
rainy day movie for the kids on its own merits.
