Return to Oz

AKA:
Oz (USA) (working title)
The Adventures of the Devil in the Sky (USA) (working title)

Written by:
L. Frank Baum (novels)
Gill Dennis

Directed by:
Walter Murch

Made in:
UK & USA in 1985

Actors:
Fairuza Balk .... Dorothy
Nicol Williamson .... Dr. Worley & Nome King
Jean Marsh .... Nurse Wilson & Mombi
Piper Laurie .... Aunt Em
Matt Clark .... Uncle Henry
Michael Sundin .... Tik-Tok
Timothy M. Rose .... Tik-Tok (as Tim Rose)
Sean Barrett .... Tik-Tok (voice)
Mak Wilson .... Billina
Denise Bryer .... Billina (voice)
Brian Henson .... Jack Pumpkinhead (voice)
Stewart Larange .... Jack Pumpkinhead
Lyle Conway .... Gump (voice)
Stephen Norrington .... Gump (as Steve Norrington)
Justin Case .... Scarecrow

Plot:
It has been six months since Dorothy has returned to Kansas from Oz and she still can not sleep. She has been going on about imaginary places and people so much that Aunt Em takes her to see a doctor. Dorothy promptly escapes from the mental hospital and wakes up in Oz where her favorite chichen can now talk. There she meets a whole new bunch of friends and they set off to rescue the Scarecrow from an evil Nome King who has found her Ruby Slippers and has used them to lay waste to the Emerald city and take over Oz. IMDB

Review:
Another one of my childhood favorites. I absolutely love this movie!

It is supposed to be a sequal to The Wizard of Oz, but not really. The movie stands well on its own and it is enough unlike The Wizard of Oz to make it work.

A great movie for all ages.
And it is a bit creepy and scary, too!

If I had to choose between The Wizard of Oz and Return to Oz to watch on a rainy Sunday afternoon, I would pick the latter!