The Weird World of Harry Potter Knock-Off Movies

The whole premise of the movie is interesting to me. Vikings sailed to Canada and landed in land-locked Alberta.

My grandma’s Indian and when I was little, I was OBSESSED with Harry Potter. So when I visited her, she thought that it’d be a good idea if we both watched it together. She bought, what she thought was an HP film dvd, but it was actually ABRA KA DABRA. I remember just sitting there in utter confusion as we watched that movie together. And let me tell you, I still get nightmares about it. But gran thought it was good!

This makes me want to see a "no budget" film festival where famous and really good directors, writers, actors, etc and they make the best movies they can in a week or so with a budget of like 500$ tops

I actually liked the concept of "Please" joke. Hero tries to open the door using complex spells, bribes, kodes for hours, but it turnes out he could have just asked the door politely. You know, like in HP with Salazar's medalion. Creature tried again and again, the goldwn trio tried again and again, but all it took was for Harry to say "open". Gamdalf and the gang were at moria doors for hours, but all it took was, again, to say simple "friend".

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Do you think maybe the scripts of the first two were written by the kids? That's how it seems. They watched Harry Potter and then asked their parents if they could make a movie just like it.

I had to rewatch that snakeskin-oil salesman scene again. It was absolutely brilliant. I've never seen a scene with this kind of chaotic energy before. That actor needs to be nominated already. I am 100% serious

Bro that snake skin oil salesman put his SOUL into that part.🤣

I always love in kids' movies where the bully will say ONE mildly rude thing and one of the "bullied" kids just brutally roasts the shit out of the "bully" and threatens to physically assault him.

Hey there! I’m actually the kid who played fake Ron in the Billy Owen’s movies, and I thought this review was freakin HILARIOUS. I would be happy to answer your questions about it hahahah Anyway, I wanted to let you know there are TWO more movies with this same group of people — little ghost grabbers / ghost trap (like ghost busters), and Junior high Spy (like agent Cody banks). Would love to hear your reviews!

I will say, the idea of a version of Hermione that just starts everything with "Did you know that-" like she's just so eager and happy to tell you this piece of trivia she's learned, as opposed to her actual personality does sound entertaining at least.

Abra Kadabra is not just any random Harry Potter knock-off. It transcends time. This is the movie that travelled backwards in the space-time continuum and inspired J.K Rowling to pen down the Harry Potter books.

[16:13, disinterested] "We have a winner. Ladies and gentlemen, even a boy can win. He's won a bowl, a bowl. A thimble. Now beat it, kid you're bothering me... But what? You got your prize. Now get outta here before you make me mad" Perfection.

I’d like to mention that, as a person who was born and raised in Alberta, Alberta is completely land locked from the ocean. The closets ocean is in BC, roughly 15 hours away from central Alberta. There’s no way The Vikings landed in Alberta, and I think that fact makes this movie 10x better.

The funny thing is: Aabra Kadabra could very well be worked into Potter Lore

I will admit, the part where he has to say "Please" to open the door got a genuine chuckle out of me. He makes a face where he's just trying to be a smart-ass to the forces of magic and they're all "No, actually you're right."

Holy shit, my friend and I watched The Adventures of Chris Fable 10+ years ago when we were in like 3rd grade. We got it from a Redbox cos we noticed it had the Harry Potter font and I guess that was enough to sell us. Years after the fact I remembered this weird ass low budget movie we watched one night, but I could never remember what it was called, and for years I’ve been trying to find this movie about a kid who lived in a junkyard and fought giant robots with the title in the Harry Potter font. Finally, my search is over.

The dialogue clip you showed made perfect sense to me. The girl starts talking about baby snakes not being able to hold back because the bully is a kid and therefore less likely to hold back the beating he's dishing out than an adult would What a terrible friend though. No, I will not run away with you, or stand up for you, I'll just tell you that you're definitely going to be brutalized to the highest degree. I am very smart

Please, do a video about Aabra Ka Daabra, it genuinely seems like a weird-fun movie and I'm interested in the plot ^^ Maybe if there are people talking about it, somebody will make English subtitles for it, and that would be fun :D

I love how Roddy Piper was acting like an 80 year old geriatric, when he was only in his 50s at the time. R.I.P Rowdy Roddy Piper, he was a great entertainer.