Return from witch mountain

 While it is certainly an improvement on the first film in the series, it is still for the most part boring. Vincent Price does his best as a mad scientist, but his eagerness translates neither into camp fun nor the sinister. Bette Davis does a good job as the female villain, but she isn't given much to work with either. The special effects are atrocious, especially when you consider that Star Wars had come out the year previously. There is one fun sequence where a destroyed vehicle is restored to its former condition using some sort of stop-motion, which is delightful. The two child leads are older, but no more talented or engaging as actors. There are a lot of moments that strike an odd tone, and if this film were edited differently, it could qualify as a horror film. There is one great moment where the brother realizes he has almost killed his sister several times and there are tears coming to his eyes, but that would not be a proper Disney moment. 

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