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30 October 1981 (USA)
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Just when you thought it was safe to look at the calendar again.
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A Family moves into a house inhabited by scary creatures and a number of close calls ensue. full summary | full synopsis
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I said it before and I'll say it again: my generation needs to acknowledge Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss more.
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Richard Benjamin | ... | John |
| Paula Prentiss | ... | Mary |
 | Jeffrey Tambor | ... | Waldemar |
| Severn Darden | ... | Van Helsing |
| Kari Michaelson | ... | Debbie (as Kari Michaelsen) |
| Kevin Brando | ... | Billy |
| Rosemary DeCamp | ... | Aunt Lucille (as Rosemary De Camp) |
| Stacy Keach Sr. | ... | Attorney |
| Carole Androsky | ... | Marge, the Real Estate Lady (as Carol Androsky) |
| Roberta Collins | ... | Cousin Rhonda |
| Nancy Lee Andrews | ... | Yolanda |
 | Paul 'Mousie' Garner | ... | The Major |
| Annie O'Donnell | ... | Annette Muldowney, the Next Door Neighbor |
| Thomas Newman | ... | Cousin Phil |
| Allen Joseph | ... | Uncle Bert |
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75 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Mono (Ryder Sound Services)
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In one minute, terrible things are going to happen! (A scream is heard off-camera.) Um, less than a minute?
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Features "The Twilight Zone" (1959)
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Oh god, another horror spoof?! Yes, but you gotta love this one. I get the feeling that they made "Saturday the 14th" for fun, and cast Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss to give the flick a less than totally silly feel. Benjamin and Prentiss play the parents of a typical all-American family who inherit a deceased uncle's house. Right after they move in, the son comes across a Book of Evil. He opens it, and sure enough, the house is soon swarming with monsters that the dad for some reason never notices (why don't parents pay more attention to what their kids say?). Meanwhile, husband-and-wife vampires are looking to gain control of the house.
This film definitely constitutes nice, silly fun. I wish that they'd shown just a little more of the daughter in that one scene, but the censors probably wouldn't have allowed that. But overall, the movie shows that my generation should acknowledge the careers of Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss as my parents' generation did. Also starring Jeffrey Tambor.
If I may add one thing, the last few months of 1981 saw some varied but fine cinema: aside from this movie, there was "Das Boot", "Gallipoli", "Mommie Dearest", "Mephisto", "The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie", "Ragtime", "My Dinner with Andre" and "Reds". Impressive.