[Maria A. Silbermann]

Return From Witch Mountain isn't the worst, per se, but certainly has plenty of inadvertent humor for anyone over the age of 6. I actually paid to see this in '78, such was my devotion -- a sole teen (with my MOM! :P) in a theater of little kids. It's probably remembered with affection for being a Disney flick featuring Bette Davis (who smirks through the piece like a private joke). Mr. Lee is better than Bette, and plays it straight as a mad scientist bent on world conquest. They found a young actor to play his thug nephew who actually looks quite like him! Jack Soo (from Barney Miller and Flower Drum Song) plays the comical truant officer. I cringe for all the actors when I see this hokey story, but they get credit for trying to make it "believable"!