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Halloween Is Grinch Night

possibly one of the best cartoons ever made. "Its Grinch Night" is a very non-average animated film ever made. Dr. Seuss put alot of thought into making an animated film of his own into a new plot with a new holiday. it would have been just a little bit better if the grinch could help this holiday instead of trying to ruin a holiday again. i gave this show 9/10

This is from my childhood and i watch it all the time. I've always loved this movie but if there were changes made to it i would never watch it. Hal Smith does a voice, Hans Conried as the Grinch, and i love the music. Some people say odd things about this movie. It was the last movie me & Dad watched together and to this day for many years every Halloween for Mom's halloween card i tell her to watch out for that paraphernalia wagon.

I absolutely love this cartoon...only gripe...it's a little scary for really little kids. It's not really like How the Grinch Stole Christmas, even though it does involve Whos and Whoville, but I like how it's more like the other Dr. Seuss cartoons than the Grinch Christmas special. (But don't get me wrong... I love that one too!)

For a prequel, this one exceeded "The Grinch That Stole Christmas" in many ways. It's a more secular ethic being presented in an almost Oscar Wilde fashion. We are taught by a precocious child ( Eukariah ) that pragmatism and a strong identity are tools that can overcome adversity, despite all the ballyhoo and bluster the Grinch may present. After all we all go to the euphemism all the time. Eukariah presents us with an ideal of dignity in the face of calamity. The Grinch's bag of tricks confound and befuddle, but our diminutive hero takes a straight and sober view of these hi-jinx and wins the day. The sub text to this film is Eukariah's poor judgement insisting he go to the euphemism in the first place. What if the Grinch managed to grinch him? All the Who's fears would be realized.

Parts of this special is really good and other parts are way too odd. It seems they could have created a better story than this one for the Halloween season but it's not a total snore either. The parts that are good are good - very visually stimulating!! Hans Conried did The Grinch's voice in this one... he's OK but does not have the menacing voice that Boris Karloff gave in his performance in "How the Grinch Stole Christmas". I realize Karloff was Karloff and his voice is very hard to replace but I'm sure they could have found a voice more befitting of the Grinch in this Halloween Special than Conried's (his voice sound too nice). 6/10

A strange wind blows into Whoville, making all the inhabitants stay indoors. They know the wind means the Grinch will be in a foul mood and out to do harm. However, young Eukariah decides to confront the Grinch. Written by Dr. Seuss but not really up to his usual high standards. The creativeness and imagination are there in terms of strange animals, names for things, narration and general wordplay but the plot is so-so. Entertaining enough but a bit disappointing too. Certainly not in the same league as How The Grinch Stole Christmas.

Halloween Is Grinch Night (1977) ** 1/2 (out of 4) This twenty-five minute television special is a sequel to HOW THE GRINCH STOLE Christmas but of course this doesn't feature Boris Karloff's voice sadly. As far as the film goes, this time out the Grinch decides he needs to return to Whoville and make sure they don't have any fun at Halloween time. HALLOWEEN IS GRINCH NIGHT certainly isn't the masterpiece that the original film was but to be fair one really shouldn't turn this on and expect it to be. For the most part this is a mildly entertaining special that will probably keep the kids a lot happier than their parents. Once again we're treated to some wonderful animation and there's no question that the Grinch character is one of legend. The major problem that I had with the film is that I didn't really care for any of the musical numbers. They were decent but just not good enough to hold my attention throughout the running time.

If this was intended to be a sequel to the famous Christmas tale, it was horribly written because it completely ignores the Christmas movie's conclusion. If it is a prequel, it's also terrible because Max's story doesn't fit. The only logical explanation is that this movie is an alternate dimension, completely unrelated to the most famous version of the Grinch. At any rate, it's certainly has Suess' prose and drawings, though the animations are dated and the plot isn't very inspired. How the Grinch Stole Christmas is famous because of its message. The Grinch had a full character arc, emotional depth, and a truly diabolical plan. The Grinch in Halloween is Grinch Night lacks all of that. He is driven purely by an animalistic instinct that compels him to scare people without any intent to inflict lasting physical or emotional harm. It waters down his evil side and strips him of emotions.