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Ian A. Stuart (writer)
Release Date:
23 October 1981 (USA)
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Jamie wouldn't kill anyone...unless Teddy told him to! more
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An autistic boy wreaks revenge on the people who harasses him when he discovers something weird in the forest. full summary | add synopsis
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Strange horror film...but rather good.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Sammy Snyders | ... | Jamie Benjamin | |
| Jeannie Elias | ... | Sandy O'Reilly | |
| Sonja Smits | ... | Mrs. Lynde | |
| Laura Hollingsworth | ... | Marg Livingstone | |
| John Auten | ... | Library Janitor | |
| Laura Press | ... | Mrs. Benjamin | |
| Paul Grisham | ... | Freddy | |
| Wendy Schmidt | ... | Christina | |
| Andrea Swartz | ... | Abergail | |
| Edith Bedker | ... | Louise | |
| Lillian Graham | ... | Mrs. Oliphant | |
| Richard Alden | ... | Mr. Benjamin | |
| Gerard Jordan | ... | Allan | |
| Cindy Auten | ... | Library Clerk | |
| Patrick Patterson | ... | Butcher |
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97 min | Denmark:92 min
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The director's wife refused to let him shoot the nude scenes, so the screenwriter shot them instead. The only shot involving nudity that the director was allowed to film was the "skinny dipping" scene and only because the actress was his daughter.
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Jamie Benjamin:
Abergail's missing and so is Mrs. Oliphant, aren't they? And Freddy and Christina... They don't eat chocolate bars. You know what they eat?
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Why the plot outline says the boy here was autistic is beyond me. A bit strange and maybe a little introverted, but he just was not autistic. This movie is about a rather unique boy who has conversations with his teddy bear. This is really one of the more stranger aspects of this movie. You are led to believe he is just having imaginary conversations with the bear, but in one scene the teddy actually turns its head. This aspect of the film is never explained in any kind of detail. For the most part it is about the boy having a crush on a woman. This boy also has a rather dark secret. He knows of a pit of monsters near where he lives and he feeds these monsters. What does he feed them you ask? Why people that tick him off of course. It is rather funny seeing him find ways to feed the monsters the best being the football scene. After awhile though the kid actually frees the monsters from the pit where they then go on a rampage. A good movie as long as you don't take it to seriously and the ending is good too.