The Magic Land of Mother Goose (1967)

Shot entirely on a high school stage, a group of storybook characters emerge from the book of Mother Goose leading to Old King Cole walking out of the book and into our world, followed by ... See full summary »

Director:

Herschell Gordon Lewis

Writers:

Roy Flubrer (story), Eve Weiher

Stars:

Roy Huston, David Hammond, Judith Snow

Cast

Cast overview:
Roy Huston	...	Merlin the Magician
David Hammond	...	Old King Cole
Judith Snow	...	Mother Goose / Wicked Witch
Denny Ray	...	Prince Charming
Valerie Lynne	...	Rag Doll
Linda Appleby	...	Sleeping Beauty
David Williamson	...	Court Page
Linda Lee	...	Mary Mary / Little Bo Peep
Ebenezer Lifting	...	Jack In The Box

Storyline

Shot entirely on a high school stage, a group of storybook characters emerge from the book of Mother Goose leading to Old King Cole walking out of the book and into our world, followed by Raggedy Ann, while other characters, including Merlin the Magician pop out of the book with the help of Mother Goose to bring her flock back into her book world.

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Plot Keywords:

storybook | fairy tale | magic trick | surrealism | low budget film | 

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Genres:

Family | Fantasy

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 December 1967 (USA)

Also Known As:

Santa Visits the Magic Land of Mother Goose

Company Credits

Production Co:

Herschell Gordon Lewis Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

59 min 33 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Mention of Casper the Ghost was electronically altered to avoid lawsuits from the copyright holder.

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Connections

Featured in Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore (2010)

User Reviews

For fans of hardcore strangeness

In 1967, gore/horror schlockmesister Hershall Gordon Lewis filmed a kid's stage show and tried to pass it off as a kiddie movie. One wonders if he made a buck off this thing, but you can't help thinking, looking at these hapless actors, that they could have been off protesting the war or listening to Blonde On Blonde.

Anyway, the stage show is totally absurd and uncinematic. The Actor playing King Cole does a manfull job of trying to hold the whole thing together, basicly ad-libbing much of his part as Merlin the Magician performs tricks using Mother Goose Characters with little motivation. The most striking thing here is the film's similarity to Lewis's nutball "The Wizard Of Gore". Call this "Wizard Of Gore Lite."

It's a terrible but one of a kind movie. At some point Christmas tie in inserts were included and the name was changed to "Santa Visits The Magic Land Of Mother Goose." This is what the Something Weird Video Version calls the film on the box, but it's version does not have the inserts. They make up for it by having a great selection of horrible kiddie movie trailers