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TonyG
(4 Score & 7 Years Ago)

The plot is that four children are trying to find the soul of a dead friend and end up traveling all over the world and seeing the Halloween and Day of The Dead analogues of various cultures. In the end they get a chance to bring their friend back to life by each sacrificing a year of their lives via eating parts of a piece of skull shaped candy.