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The film stars Mark Rendall, Kat Dennings, Robert Bockstael, Eric Idle, Tommy Davidson, and Kathy Najimy and premiered on October 4, 2002, on Disney Channel as part of the network's series of original movies . Plot. Two children, Ian and Claire, move into a town where their grandfather has just died.
- Comedy Family Fantasy Horror
Oct 11, 2002 · The Scream Team: Directed by Stuart Gillard. With Mark Rendall, Kat Dennings, Robert Bockstael, Eric Idle. Richard Carlyle returns to Steeple Falls with his two kids, Claire and Ian, after his father dies.
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- Comedy, Family, Fantasy
- Stuart Gillard
- 2002-10-11
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is a Disney Channel Original Movie. The movie was aired October 4, 2002 in the U.S. It was the last movie to use the Disney 1990s logo before switching to a newer one.
Two children, Ian and Clare, move into a town where their grandfather has just died. Ian thinks his grandfather's spirit is trying to tell them something, finding some library news clippings about a man named Zachariah Kull, who was accused of burning his home with his wife in it. Later, Ian and Clare capture a ghost named Jumper (a dead skydiver) who ends up freed by his partner, Coffin Ed (a revolutionary soldier). They follow them and other ghostly wisps of air into the forest, where they find an abandoned building. Entering, they find arriving ghosts entering a mirror, which leads to the afterlife. Ed and Jumper's boss, Mariah (a dead bride) isn't too pleased with this. Ian and Clare learn that they look for souls that don't want to cross over, and are dubbed the "Soul Patrol" by Jumper; they ended up with these jobs while waiting for their turn to cross over.
In exchange for letting their grandfather complete anything he wants finished before moving on, the children discover that Zachariah has kidnapped him to increase his powers. The children join forces with the Soul Patrol, to destroy Zachariah and release all the captured souls. They confront Zachariah at an abandoned mine, where Mariah is able to parry his fireballs, but finds he's gained new powers; Jumper ends up captured, further increasing Zachariah's strength. In the end they discover Zachariah was really a misunderstood inventor experimenting with natural gas, and one of his inventions accidentally burned his wife to death. When he was killed, Zachariah told his wife to wait for him, knowing he wouldn't be able to cross over due to desiring revenge against his injustice. At the festival that honors the villain everyone thinks him to be, Zachariah emerges from a burning effigy. However, Clare and Ian reveal the truth, reminding Zachariah that his wife is still waiting for him to cross over. Zachariah releases all of the trapped spirits and finally moves on.
The children and their father return home to find the grandfather's spirit waiting for them; the Soul Patrol kept their promise to let him take care of his unfinished business. He reveals how proud he is of his son, something he never did in life; when asked if he has to leave right away, the grandfather explains "eternity can wait a while" and spends time catching up with his son before moving on. The family decides to stay in town, which is changing from bashing the formerly evil ghost to telling the truth about him.
During the day, Ian and Clare visit the Soul Patrol, finding only Jumper and Ed, who explain that Mariah is talking to their bosses in the next world. Mariah returns, explaining that the little spectacle they caused to put an end to Zachariah's terror exposed the fact there is an afterlife; she is left anguished by this as she was almost done working for them, and the punishment is the extension of Mariah, Jumper and Coffin Ed's jobs. Ed visits them while they carve pumpkins with an invention of their grandfather's, avoiding getting hit debris thanks to being a ghost – "There are some advantages to being dead."
•Mark Rendall as Ian Carlyle
•Kat Dennings as Claire Carlyle
•Robert Bockstael as Richard Carlyle
•Eric Idle as Coffin Ed
•Tommy Davidson as Jumper
•Kathy Najimy as Mariah
Aug 21, 2020 · Kat Dennings (right) in "The Scream Team." Walt Disney Pictures. Known for her role on the long-running CBS sitcom "Two Broke Girls," Kat Dennings actually got her start in the early aughts...
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Oct 11, 2002 · Eccentric Frank Carlyle ran a horror shop in small-town Steeple Falls, which takes pride in and profit from its Halloween traditions. Frank's widower grandson Richard grudgingly returns there from Boston with his own kids, bright Ian and bratty Claire, to settle the inheritance. Ian discovers great-grandpa's house is really haunted, and not just, as legend holds, by historic owner Zachariah ...
The Scream Team delivers the goods on the afterlife. The cast and crew did a wonderful job the pace was fast but you were still able to follow along. Eric Idle is a gifted and talented man, Tommy and Kathy are fantastic as well. tell everyone they have to see this movie. Disney movies are great family fun and for a long time they weren't good ...
Feb 18, 2023 · A character tries to manipulate a local legend in. Parents need to know that The Scream Team is a Disney fantasy-adventure TV movie that deals with issues of death and the afterlife in a light -- and often humorous -- tone.
