<Li> The film references academic thought such as Arthurian legend and even the advanced physics of Stephen Hawking </Li> <Li> It was known by two other names during production, Halloweentown II and Return To Halloweentown . The latter was used later for the 4th film in the series . </Li> <Li> It should also be noted that in the first movie, the closed - captioning spells Kalabar's name as "Calabar". However, the name is spelled "Kalabar" in the title of the movie even though the ending credits spell the character's name out as "Calabar" as well . It should also be mentioned that Kal's name is spelled "Cal" in the end credits of Halloweentown II . </Li>

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