Review of Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) by Jonny P — 07 Nov 2015

Thank you, TCM, for showing one of my favorite childhood Disney films. This film fascinated and terrified me as a child and watching it now, it's certainly not quite as scary, but it does hold up as solid entertainment.

Tony and Tia are a couple orphans with psychic powers who set out to find Witch Mountain in order to find out about their mysterious past. Eddie Albert plays an old crank who helps the two. Ray Milland and Donald Pleasence plays a couple baddies who want to capture the two in order to exploit them for their own gain.

Kim Richards, who plays Tia, is apparently one of the "Real Housewives" now and has lots of outrageous DUIIs and strange arrests now, which is kind of interesting. I'm not sure what happened to Tony, Ike Eisenmann.

But over all, this film is better than most quickie Disney movies and the mystery of the kids past unfolds in a well structured manner. There's also a good score by Johnny Mandel. But that all being said, nostalgia may be blinding me on this one.

I may just be excited to see the Star Purse or Tony making things fly around by playing his harmonica.