Look, I'll be straight with you: this is one of those Disney+ movies that exists to fill the content library during Halloween season, and that's about it.
With a 42% Rotten Tomatoes audience score, 4.9 on IMDb, and a brutal 2.4 on Letterboxd, this isn't a hidden gem—it's a movie that even kids found boring. It's a remake of a 1997 TV movie that nobody asked for, and the execution apparently didn't improve with the update.
Is it safe? Sure. Will your 7-year-old be traumatized? No. Will they remember it fondly or even remember it at all? Also no. There are so many better Halloween options for families—Hocus Pocus, Halloweentown, even Hotel Transylvania—that spending 90 minutes on this feels like a waste when your kids could be watching something they'd actually enjoy.
If your kid stumbles onto it while browsing Disney+ in October and insists on watching, it won't hurt them. But don't go out of your way to recommend it. Life's too short for 4.9-rated movies.



