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Return to Oz

Movie
1985
1h 49m
PG
English
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
User Score: 
6.9
Critic Score: 
48
Return to Oz' Poster
Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, finds herself back in the land of her dreams, and makes delightful new friends, and dangerous new enemies.
Return to Oz Poster

Return to Oz

PG
Movie
1985
1h 49m
English
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, finds herself back in the land of her dreams, and makes delightful new friends, and dangerous new enemies.
Rating
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6.9
IMDB
Return to Oz (1985) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
48

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Fairuza Balk
Dorothy Gale
Nicol Williamson
Dr. Worley / Nome King
Jean Marsh
Nurse Wilson / Mombi
Matt Clark
Uncle Henry
Sean Barrett
Tik-Tok (voice)
Denise Bryer
Billina (voice)
Brian Henson
Jack Pumpkinhead (voice)
Lyle Conway
Gump (voice)
Justin Case
Scarecrow
John Alexander
Cowardly Lion
Deep Roy
Tin Man
Tim Rose
Tik-Tok
Sophie Ward
Mombi II
Fiona Victory
Mombi III
Pons Maar
Lead Wheeler / Nome Messenger
Ailsa Berk
Wheeler
Directed By: Walter Murch
Written By: Walter Murch (Screenplay), Gill Dennis (Screenplay)

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SparklinDiamond says...
7 years ago
A fantastic sequel to Wizard of Oz, although it is completely different it somehow manages to follow on with magical additions and some creepy characters. Mombi used to terrify me as a child!
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Roth says...
9 years ago
Return to Oz (1985) a spooky sequel to The Wizard of Oz from Disney's dark era celebrates its 30th anniversary this year; saw this on the Disney Channel as a kid and ♥ it! ‪#‎WaltDisney‬ ‪#‎ReturnToOz‬
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OnStreamTrakt says...
3 weeks ago
Revisiting Return to Oz (1985) Given the popularity of the reimagined world of Oz through Wicked (2024), I revisited Disney’s spiritual sequel to The Wizard of Oz, the 1985 adaptation Return to Oz based on the beloved original novels. While the 1939 film is a pop culture icon, I can confidently say that Disney’s take was more faithful to the original source material. MGM significantly toned down the darker themes of the books, transforming them into a fun, musical, and colourful experience, whereas Disney leaned into a dark fantasy genre. I wish Disney would revisit this phase and experiment again with children’s horror live-action films, like they did in the 1980s that appeal to slightly older audiences. This approach allowed the darker, more mature tones compared to the whimsical style Disney is typically known for. In recent years, some comparable examples include Monster House (2006) and Coraline (2009)—although they are animated—and the live-action sequel Alice in Wonderland (2010), which came close but didn’t quite capture the same essence.
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Jim222001 says...
3 years ago
An under-rated adventure/fantasy that you won’t enjoy if you compare it the Wizard of the Oz, This is a much darker but still very entertaining and imaginative film.
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Featured User Reviews

AndrewBloom
8/10  6 years ago
[8.2/10] Conventional wisdom holds that stories should be held together by *but*s and *therefore*s instead of *and then*s. The idea is that each new scene, each beat in the story, should be motivated by what came before, either as a cause and effect or as a reactive shift, rather than a series of ev More
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WalkingKev
one year ago
It was an okay movie for sure but I can't say there was anything interesting enough to make me want to rewatch this is in the future.

It's an interesting sequel (I know it's rather an adaptation but since they paid MGM for the rights to use the ruby slippers that didn't appear in the book, I feel More
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r96sk
4 years ago
'Return to Oz' is alright, I personally didn't enjoy it though.

I did like the horror edge it has to it for the first portion of the film, it's something I wasn't necessarily expecting so it was pleasing to see. That's about all I did rate from this though, with Oz itself not looking as More
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CinemaSerf
3 years ago
There are some positively darker elements to this follow-up story of the young "Dorothy" (Fairuza Balk). Traumatised by her first visit to "Oz" her desperate "Auntie Em" (Piper Laurie) resorts to electrical therapy to try and help her young niece. Luckily, a thunderstorm comes to her rescue and esca More
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