Of course, the film is uneven and the chuckles are few and far between, but theres always the gratuitous nudity and gore to keep some heads from completely rotating away from the screen for very long. Edward kiernan and while some of the ideas are inspired, the overall results are lacking. Find out why horror hounds turned out why they did with scream factorys bluraydvd combo restoration of eighties low budget horror anthology deadtime stories. Emmy winner charles shaughnessy stars in the episode little magic shop of horrors. Great deals on one book or all books in the series. April 29th, 2010 by big fish games in walkthroughs. Deadtime stories is a witty, campy, and gory horrorcomedy anthology movie that i have loved ever since i saw it as a kid. Premiering october 3 rd, with jennifer stone wizards of waverly place as the leading character, deadtime. The first story involves a slave used by two witches, who are attempting to resurrect their sister. I caught this gem on cable decades ago and had the dvd version of it. Deadtime stories is a rejected pilot for mtv written by breehn burns and michael dougherty the 8minute pilot follows a young girl named ebola, who has just been released from an insane asylum and is allowed home. I guess no more than a handful of people actually paid to see it because i dont remember hearing of.
It combines one of my favorite things in horror regional filmmaking with one of my more skeptical anthology films and to unfortunately middling results, but it cant be written off completely. A babysitting uncle tells his charges three horror storiesabout a killer witch, little red riding hood and a werewolf, and a story about goldi lox and the three bears. One of the lesserknown horror anthologies of the 1980s, 1986s deadtime stories is a title of which ive been familiar for years, but it took me a long time to actually get around to seeing it. I think that there was something originally called deadtime stories, which was a few short horror films, and these had nothing to do with george romero. A story line, completely written and directed by children. For deadtime stories, ed french star trek vi, terminator 2 did his best to spruce up the rather drab narrative. For you see, it is mr george a romeros name that you will see on the dvd cover of deadtime stories, or to give it its full title george a romero presents deadtime stories volume 1. Deadtime stories on dvd 0143842123 from image ent directed by jeffrey delman. The options feature allows you to adjust the sfx and voice volume, the environment volume, and the music volume. After falling in love with both of these films i was on the hunt for more romero when i came across creepshow which completely changed horror for me.
Topics range from monstrous killer insects to beasts in halfhuman form stalking kids, and theres always a. He says they all the inhabitants have a story and invites you to listen to voodoo queen jesse bordeens tale. You see, one of the keys to a successful anthology horror film is to have a good effects artist on board. Thats where those halfbaked horror ideas come together to make one film out of several short stories, since none of them is substantial enough to make a. The first film starts off a little uneven but it finally picks up thanks in large part to the very gory death scenes. In dust, a security guard is driven to murderous measures to use a strange dust that cures his wifes cancer. While deadtime stories as a movie may be too divisive to recommend all that enthusiastically as a purchase sightunseen, theres. Published on mar 10, 2020 watch the 1986 movie deadtime stories directed by jeffrey delman. Post any deadtime stories technical issues here only 1 2. This includes an absurdly long corpsereanimating special effects sequence. Deadtime stories and its extras unspool across a bd50 disc. But it looked and felt completely different than the other two stories, as if it was a short student film that was stuck in with the others.
I guess no more than a handful of people actually paid to see it because i dont remember hearing of any bloody riots from mid1980s moviegoers. If you want to start a film deadtimestories page, just click the edit button above. Deadtime stories 1986 r 1h 33min comedy, horror 28 november 1986 usa a babysitting uncle tells his charges three horror stories about a killer witch, little red riding hood and a werewolf, and goldi lox and the three bears. Scream factorys deadtime stories bluray release paracinema. The second story is based on little red riding hood, where a teenage girl mistakenly picks up a werewolfs medicine to her grandmother. Why we love it i found myself completely charmed by deadtime stories, a horrorish anthology favoring giggles over trembling fear as it skewers childhood fairy tales. When nina and sammy come upon a creepy old tree more. As sure as dracula is afraid of getting a suntan, our halloween series here at forgotten films is sure to bring out at least one horror anthology film. Inspired by traditional fairy tales, this trio of gruesome and darklycomic vignettes is framed by the story of a lethargic uncle who cant. And then theres the cast, which includes melissa leo, to consider. After talking to her own reflection for a bit, she discovers that the neighbors across the street are abusive to their young daughter. This presentation is lightly letterboxed to preserve the film s theatrical aspect ratio of 1. Thats where those halfbaked horror ideas come together to make one film out of several short stories, since none of them is. Plus you get the added bonus that the movie is rather short, so you dont get time to really get bored with one story before its time for another one.
Originally released on vhs in a very desaturated open matte transfer by several labels including continental, deadtime stories fell into the hell of bargain bin dvd land with truly lousy releases from image stupidly retitled deadtime stories. A babysitting uncle tells his charges three horror stories about a killer witch, little red riding hood and a werewolf, and goldi lox and the three bears. Its mr romero himself who introduces this 75minute anthology consisting of three horror stories. Deadtime stories 1986 is a labor of love from director jeffrey delman who spent the better part of three years making the film. Originally a series of childrens horror books, nickelodeon has nabbed the work for their newest show. Deadtime stories, a 1986 american horror anthology film. Tales of death and mill creek ripped straight off a vhs copy but adding severe compression on top of. Deadtime stories also known internationally as freaky fairytales and the griebels from deadtime stories is a 1986 american horror comedy anthology film cowritten and directed by jeffery delman in his directorial debut. Writerdirector jeffrey delman uses great wit and imagination as he crafts his own twisted versions of little red riding hood, peter and the witches and goldi lox and the three bears. Read the deadtime stories movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. An anthology of three horror stories presented by george a. Its unbelievable to me that this thing actually got a theatrical release. Let us state the obvious, deadtime stories isnt creepshow.
With money not easy to come by at age 11, my hand would have been eager to take home an anthology offering three horror stories plus a wraparound for the price of one feature. In the film, a babysitting uncle tells his nephew three stories. A babysitting uncle tells his charges three horror stories about a killer witch, little red riding hood. George romero, deadtime stories volume 1 utter the name.
He cowrote the screenplay with charles f shelton and j. Parents need to know that deadtime stories is an anthological horror series for tweens whose content is difficult to predict because each episode presents a different story. Deadtime stories, a series of childrens horror fiction novels. Battle of long tan documentary danger close movie based on this story vietnam war duration. Hes grey and ugly and very gory, and he wants to tell me a deadtime story. The second story was a somewhatclever slant on little red ridinghood, but. Its so fun that i could easily shrug off its many, many issues with pacing and lackluster payoffs. And because of the film s long history of botched home video releases, the versions ive been able to watch in the past havent been of the best quality.
Ive got not basis to claim any studio meddling, but it. Come to think of it, maybe the whole movie was actually that. Be careful, though, the only things that go in the main namespace are tropes and should be created through the ykttw system. The third story, based on goldilocks, tells about three escape. Deadtime stories, a 2003 animation short by michael dougherty. These, along with a few moments in the narrative where time seems lost, and characters displaced, have made me wonder if the film was undermined in the editing process. Deadtime stories is just a totally lame, poorly made, almost completely unwatchable failure of a film. Whether you use this document as a reference when things get. Deadtime stories photos view all photos 1 movie info. Unfortunately, the dvd was most likely from a vhs master.
In on sabbath hill, a woman is driven to suicide but remains to torment her lover. Deadtime stories is a 1986 american horror comedy anthology film cowritten and directed by jeffery delman in his directorial debut. Main menu start the game by entering your name and clicking create. Amy marsalis, jeff monahan, bingo omalley, jason norman now i lay me down to rest, but theres a goblin upon my chest. In gorge hikers are trapped in a cavein must make a gruesome choice. Find the complete deadtime stories book series listed in order. Watch deadtime stories 1986 full movie free online. Good luck finding out which fucking installment of this franchise im talking about, since nobody can seem to agree on what the fuck the titles should be. Deadtime stories full movie in english 1986 youtube. The idea of 4 or 5 short stories tied together by a connected tale mesmerized me. Edward blackgate has invited you to his cemetery named everlasting life.
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