★★- Fun dumb kids movie. Nothing spectacular. Pretty forgettable. Sort of in that whole Goosebumps lane.
Gist is an evil old spirit named Stingy Jack brings Halloween decorations to life, which is a pretty cool premise. The protagonists are Brooklyn transplants, among them a dad (a teacher at the local high school) that hates Halloween, a mom who wants to start a vegan bakery but can't bake for shit, and their overachieving daughter who sort of hates her embarrassment of a father, forced save their small New England town.
People you'll recognize include Marlon Wayans as the dad, Kelly Rowland of Destiny's Child fame as the vegan baker, John Michael Higgins as a harmless Satan worshipping principal, Lauren Lapkus who is most recognizable from her time as a guard on Orange Is the New Black and is always unhinged, Rob Riggle, and Helen Slayton-Hughes who just died the other day.
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