Christmas is around the corner and to make things even more exciting, the McCallister kids from Home Alone have reunited, more than three decades after the release of the first film.
Home Alone is a festive staple, and it’s no doubt a favourite in many homes.
It's been 34 years since Home Alone was released, and it followed the story of a young boy who went on to torment a pair of robbers with a series of traps, which (let’s be honest) would have killed anyone else in real life.
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In the flick, Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin, or Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin, if we're using his legal name) is accidentally left behind by his family as they travel to Paris for Christmas.
Upon realising that they’ve left their kid in the attic, the family go through a series of events to try to make it back to their son.
Hilariously, this isn’t the last time they’ll forget about Kevin, as Home Alone 2 goes on to show him alone in New York City.
Anyway, in the first film, Kevin defeats Harry (Joe Pesci) and Marv (Daniel Stern) and he’s then reunited with his parents and his many siblings - siblings who have now all come together to reminisce about their time on set.
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In New Jersey’s Pandoras Box Toys & Collectables, five of the kiddies (now adults) got together to take pictures and talk to fans about the movie.
There was Buzz (Devin Ratray), Heather (Kristin Minter), Jeff (Michael C. Moronna), Linnie (Angela Goethals), and Rod (Jedidiah Cohen).
Hilariously, at the event, one fan showed Maronna a tattoo on their leg of Kevin’s face.
Unfortunately, Culkin wasn’t there, but fans were happy nonetheless.
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The venue went on to share the pictures from the event showing how fans reacted to the cast, through a series of pictures on Instagram.
The caption read: "Guys, I’m eating junk and watching rubbish! You better come out and stop me!!!
"Today’s event was so much fun! Thank you to Devin Ratray @devinratray, Kristin Minter @kristin_minter, Michael C Maronna, Angela Goethals @g0ethals, Jed Cohen and everyone who came out to meet them and celebrate their Home Alone Fandom with all of us today here at @pandorasboxtoysandcollectibles.
"This was the first time they had all been together in over 30 years!"
In other news, if you’ve not seen the Home Alone 3 'trailer', you’re missing out.
A parody Home Alone trailer called Kevin's Revenge has been released which shows what it would be like if the Wet Bandits got out of prison and decided to mess with Kevin once again.
Old Harry and Marv and a middle-aged Kevin can be seen getting up to their shenanigans again, and it’s classic.
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Obviously, it’s not real, as it pieces together various clips of the cast in different movie,s and also uses some questionable editing techniques to make it look realistic.
But how cool would it be if it was?
Whichever fan decided to piece together a trailer for the pure enjoyment of viewers is a legend in my books.
Topics: Home Alone, Christmas, Film, Celebrity, Instagram
Britt Jones