The Mystic Woods (film)

The Mystic Woods is an American animated action-fantasy-comedy film, being directed by. It is produced by and distributed by Warner Bros. Family Entertainment, being released on July 24th, 1998.

Synopsis
When a teenage girl discovers that she has the ability to communicate with the unnatural, she discovers that she must stop a monster disguised as a businessman who plans to enslave the world in order to create his perfect world. As a result, with the help of an imp she finds and befriends, she begins a quest to find a way to stop and seal him into a vase before he achieves the concretization of his dream.

Voice cast

 * as Miranda Phillips, a ditzy teenage girl who discovers that she can communicate with the unnatural, being the chosen one to face the Red Man.
 * as Implo, a comedic and cowardly imp who aids Miranda, even though he disagrees with some of her ideas and shenanigans.
 * Frank Welker (vocal effects, uncredited) as Coco, Miranda's pet cat who joins her in her quest to defeat the Red Man.
 * as Marty Strange/The Red Man, a monster who assumes the form of a businessman, being out to enslave mankind to make his vision of a perfect world to come true.
 * David Cross as Virmor Bloodtone, the Red Man's clumsy henchman who often gets into trouble for often causing him to lose his patience due to his shenanigans.
 * as the Hermit, a mysterious elder hermit who reveals to Miranda that he is the one responsible to teach new people to control their supernatural powers.
 * Kate Winslet as Chelsea Blake, Miranda's friendly and cheerful best friend who is unaware of her friend's new life as a supernatural hunter.
 * as Michael Strange, Marty's well-meaning "son" who befriends Miranda and betrays him after discovering he's been used by him to gain trust of Miranda.
 * Robert Englund as Henry Phillips, Miranda's protective father who deeply cares about her and hopes that she becomes a brave heroine.
 * as Lucille Phillips, Miranda's strict but caring mother who wants her daughter to act more mature.

Release
The film was released on July 24th, 1998, along with the Yogi Bear short Pic-a-Nic Havoc.

Sequel
See Return to the Mystic Woods.

Television adaption
See Tales from the Mystic Woods.

Following the sucess of the film, Warner Bros. Television Animation produced an animated adaption serving as a sequel to the events of the film, airing on Cartoon Network from TBD 2000 until TBD 2004.

The voice cast featured some changes, with Miranda being now voiced by Kath Soucie and Implo being now voiced by Jim Meskimen, in addition to featuring a new main antagonist named the Nightmare King, being voiced by Joe Alaskey.

In addition, Frank Welker provides once again the vocal effects of Coco, Chelsea is now voiced by Elizabeth Daily, Mako reprises his role as the Hermit and Michael is now voiced by Jason Marsden. Robert Englund reprises his role as Miranda's father and Miranda's mother is once again voiced by Kathleen Turner.

Live-action reboot
See The Mystic Woods.