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please help me the name for these 80s disney movies


I remember these movies aired on the disney channel sometime in the 80s

the first one was about this boy that makes friends with a girl and he starts to believe that she is a witch. I really liked the movie when i was way younger but can't remember the name of it

another movie the only thing I remember it was a ghost movie and the end had abunch of kids in the cellar with freaky things happening.

thanks for helping.

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The first sounds vaguely familiar, but I can't identify it.

The second sounds like it might be "The Haunted Mansion Mystery," which was originally aired as an episode of "The ABC Weekend Special" and starred a very young Christian Slater. I'm relatively certain it aired on the Disney Channel periodically from the late-80s to mid-90s, so this could be what you're looking for. The story revolves around two kids who go exploring the local haunted house in search of the missing millions that were hidden by the former owner. If memory serves, they ultimately wind up trapped in the basement.

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Six years later, but maybe you'll get an email notice of my reply... The first movie sounds a little like Child of Glass but I don't think it is Disney.

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Dumbo?

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My guess for the first one would be the 1990 TV movie The Witching of Ben Wagner. A family moves to a new town for the father's job. The boy soon befriends a girl from school. She is a mysterious girl who lives in a woodsy cottage with her Grandmother.

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