Return from Witch Mountain story

movie: Return from Witch Mountain (1978) · 1978-03-10

A greedy woman uses the last of her money to finance the strange scientific experiments of Dr. Victor Gannon. It is a sequel to Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) and the second film in the Witch Mountain franchise.

14 total · 8 major · 6 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
brother and sister major The story centered around Tony and his sister Tia, who both wielded strong psychokinetic powers, taking a vacation in California.
coping with a loved one being in peril major Tia went searching for her kidnapped brother Tony with the help of her new friends from the Earthquake Gang.
greed for riches major Aunt Wedge tried to use Tony to enrich herself, for example, by getting him to use his psychic powers to steal a 3 million dollars worth of gold bars from the museum.
mad scientist stereotype major Dr. Victor Gannon was a textbook mad scientist.
mind control technology major Dr. Gannon invented a small electronic device that could be used to control people's minds when hooked up to a subject's ear. This device he hooked up to Tony as part of a nefarious plot to become one of the most influential men in the world.
telekinetic ability major Tony and his sister Tia could, and very frequently did, move physical objects around using the power of mind only.
telepathic ability major Tia and Tony had the ability to communicate telepathically.
the lust for power major Dr. Victor Gannon wished to use his mind control device in conjunction with Tony's psychic powers to become one of the most influential men in the world.
aunt and nephew minor Letha Wedge and her lone heir and nephew Sickle.
fear of heights minor Sickle initially refused Dr. Gannon's order to scale up the side of a building on the ground that he was acrophobic.