Return to Halloweentown is a
Disney Channel Original Movie that premiered on October 20,
2006. It is the fourth movie of the Halloweentown Series to the DCOM
Halloweentown. In this sequel, Marnie Piper (
Sara Paxton) and her brother, Dylan Piper (
Joey Zimmerman), go to Witch University to attend college in Halloweentown. While at college, dark forces try to control her magic. 7.8 million viewers tuned into this movie in the U.S. placing it 3rd in its timeslot.
Plot
Marnie and her brother are ready to go to
college. But the college is Halloweentown
University also known as Witch University. Marnie is offered a full scholarship for her good deeds and for her work in the previous movies. Much to her mother, Gwen's, dismay she goes, with Dylan reluctantly forced along by Gwen, to keep an eye on Marnie. The school, however, is not what it seems. At the school witches and warlocks can't use
magic, instead they learn about
Shakespeare and old magic
history. Marnie had thought she was going to learn how to use her magic and is now crestfallen. She runs into her old friend Ethan (
Lucas Grabeel) and makes a new friend Aneesa the genie (
Summer Bishil). She also makes three new enemies in the Sinister Sisters, a triad of malevolent witches with whom Dylan is immediately infatuated.