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The Halloween That Almost Wasn’t (1979) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1979 · 30 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Bruce Bilson
- Starring
- Judd Hirsch, John Schuck, Henry Gibson, Andrew Duncan, Robert Fitch, Mariette Hartley
Distressed by gossip that Halloween could vanish, Dracula summons his gentle‑natured monsters to his Transylvanian castle and gives them a stark choice: rediscover the terror that defines them or be banished from his home forever, forcing them to confront their own fearlessness.
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