Witch's Night Out
Witch's Night Out
| 27 October 1978 (USA)
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A witch, disgruntled by the fact that no one takes Halloween seriously anymore, decides to stir things up and disrupt the social gathering in her old house as well as turn a couple of kids who love monsters into actual monsters.

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SmugKitZine

Tied for the best movie I have ever seen

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Lumsdal

Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

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Janae Milner

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

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Ezmae Chang

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

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Horst in Translation (filmreviews@web.de)

"Witch's Night Out" is a 1978 half-hour television movie that will maybe get some attention again this Halloween. But even if it packed with monsters and witches, it is not a scary film, but one that also very little ones can watch. However, why would they? The animation is really bad here, especially the characters, who all consist of almost only one color. Now this could be an interesting idea if this color would specify something in terms of their character (like in the new movie "inside Out" for example), but this is not the case. Also the characters' shapes are not particularly well done. I have seen cartoons from 35 years earlier that have better animation. I cannot be too harsh on John Leach here, the man who wrote, directed this short film and also voices one of the characters as he was obviously not prolific at all. Neither at this point nor afterward. But that is fine as this little movie does not make me want to see anything else by him. Voice cast including Emmy nominees Gilda Radner and Catherine O'Hara is not too bad, but not very good either. Same can be said about the story. Mediocre all around with pretty bad animation. Not recommended.

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richard.fuller1

Saw this cartoon one time when it came out, with Gilda Radner as the witch.Everyone else was illustrated in one solid color, which affected my cartooning ideas later on. Characters had atypical names, which was a turnoff as a kid, but now I see it as fun.Artwork AND animation worked wonderfully, as does the unexpectedly delightful twist at the end.I found this decades later on VHS and enjoyed it even more.Surprised I don't have a review up for it.The strange little song was also fun.

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TheExpatriate700

Witch's Night Out is a bizarre late 70s Halloween cartoon with some surprisingly adult subtexts. It follows the adventures of a witch who helps some trick or treaters by changing them into their favorite monsters.There are a number of things that set this special apart, starting with its soundtrack. It has an electronic, disco-influenced score, reminding one a bit of Electric Light Orchestra. This goes well with the at times psychedelic animation style. Although the animation itself is rather clunky, the character designs are rather interesting, with the witch looking like a dominatrix.However, the film's most distinctive quality is a subtext of emotional and even sexual repression. For example, one timid character ends up transformed into a very sexualized vampire. It'll go over the kids' heads, but adults might have a laugh.

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semajentertainment

I am on a search since i was 9 for this man. I am a animator working in the bizz . his film was the reason I went into animation. I was able to talk to a person that knew him but had know idea where he is now. Tony molesworth the voice of Small was very nice but had know idea where he is. If anyone has any info on this great man please let me know. I would like to thank him for putting me on the path of what I love to do. And it all started with Witch's Night Out that I watched over a million times. So much that I broke the tape back in 89. LOL. But with the power of DVD I was able to burn it. I mean really the art work the BG"s I was in love from day one. People started looking like these characters to me. i wanted to live in a world were we are all different colors. I loved the voice work as well as the music. I wish he would have used these characters more.

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