Name: Casper Meets Wendy
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Comedy, TV Movie
Released: 1998-09-10
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 5.9
Cast: Hilary Duff, Shelley Duvall, Cathy Moriarty, Teri Garr, George Hamilton

Casper Meets Wendy

A Bewitching New Live-Action Movie!

When a warlock threatens Wendy the Good Little Witch, she and her aunts hide out at a resort where Casper the Ghost is vacationing with his uncles. Although Casper and Wendy are told ghosts and witches don't get along, the two are kindred spirits! This spooky family-friendly adventure finds Casper and Wendy bridging the ghost-witch divide to battle the warlock who is intent on destroying Wendy.

FamilyFantasyComedyTV Movie

DirectorSean McNamara

WritersJymn Magon, Rob Kerchner

StatusReleased

LanguageEnglish

Release DateSeptember 10, 1998

Runtime1h 30m

r96sk

@r96sk

January 27, 20225/10

It's a poor film, yet kinda is better than it has any right to be given what it is... and it definitively improves upon 'Casper: A Spirited Beginning', so gets props for that. 'Casper Meets Wendy' feels like it takes things from 1993's '<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/hocus-pocus/" rel="nofollow">Hocus Pocus</a>' and that's a positive, the parts of the story with the trio of witches and Wendy (portrayed by film debutant Hilary Duff!) are actually almost good. However, negatives include the underuse/misuse (at least that's how it felt to me) of Casper and the parts of the plot with George Hamilton & Co. - which are, frankly, terrible. Jeremy Foley remains solid as the voice of Casper since joining with the second installment, while Cathy Moriarty - Carrigan from the original - returns to the series in a different role. The only person who appears in all three opening releases is Ben Stein, as far as I noticed anyway. Next: 'Casper's Haunted Christmas'. Exciting stuff, I know...