winstonsims431 when i was growing up holidays like Halloween & Christmas use to have special meanings now both are used only for political holidays to get votes. but to me both are still special I love it when months like September & October roll around cool air starts arriving brown leaves falling everywhere in neighbors yards. or late summer months like june sitting on your front porch and you feel a slight cool breeze off of the summer wind just to give you a tease of whats to come in a few months. sitting on the couch with your windows raised watching all types of college. nfl and highschool football on the weekends. seeing all the masks. decorations. candy and scary movies in stores watching the young children enjoy theirself for one night of the entire year as they knock on doors asking for candy. carving jack o lanterns. if you get a chance to watch this movie ....do it you wont regret it you'll get that special feeling you had when you were a kid at halloween

utgard14 I'm a huge Ray Bradbury fan so I was excited to see this animated adaptation of his great novel The Halloween Tree. Bradbury himself scripted this movie and even provided the narration. The story is magical, poetic, and even educational. I would recommend it for parents to share with their kids. It's beautiful.Interestingly, Bradbury wrote the novel after he had collaborated on a Halloween Tree screenplay with the great Chuck Jones for an animated film that never came to be. As pleasant and enjoyable as the animation is in this version, one can only wonder how amazing the collaboration between two greats of their respective mediums would have been.

TransAtlantyk Children and adults alike will adore this great movie about the origins of Halloween and other similar holidays around the world. The animation creates a near pitch-perfect Halloween and deep autumnal mood and Ray Bradbury's narration contributes considerably to the nostalgic Halloween mood. The movie doesn't contain anything that would offend most children or that the parents of these children wouldn't want their kids to see. I wouldn't exactly call it a history lesson but it does provide context to the Halloween holiday in a very entertaining way with splendid animation that sets the mood throughout.I don't let a single Halloween pass without making a big bowl of popcorn and watching The Halloween Tree on a dark October night. I do this by myself as a grown adult which should speak to its quality. Give it a try and I am willing to wager that it will become a new seasonal favorite, well worth the excessive price you might pay for a VHS over the internet.

sarajb16 This is absolutely my favorite holiday movie ever, be it Christmas, Halloween, or whatever. It is shown on The Cartoon Network every Halloween. It is an adventure story which takes children and adults alike on an intoxicating journey of human history and shows how Halloween came into being. The movie teaches the audience that friendship is one of the strongest human bonds, and people will go to the ends of the Earth, literally, to protect it. There are some differences between the movie and the book, but nothing that will distract from the viewing experience. The narrator for this tale is Ray Bradbury, and who better than he to tell his own story. Leonard Nimoy is the voice of the wicked Moundshround. One of the wonderful things about this movie is that it was made in 1993 and is actually animated, it's not CG! I rate this movie a 10, a animation masterpiece!