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Director:
Lew Lehman
Writer:
Ian A. Stuart (writer)
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Release Date:
23 October 1981 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror | Mystery more
Tagline:
Jamie wouldn't kill anyone...unless Teddy told him to! more
Plot:
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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Pleasing B-Rate Horror more

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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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Teddy
Teddy, la mort en peluche (Canada: French title)
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Runtime:
97 min | Denmark:92 min
Country:
Canada
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Norway:16 | Australia:M | Norway:18 (video) (1982) | UK:18 | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, USA

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
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. more
Quotes:
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? more

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
Pleasing B-Rate Horror, 9 July 2000
Author: nothingman82 from Crosby, MN

I totally agree with Mike from K.C. This film is obviously bad, but you will definitely find yourself enjoying it. I am lucky enough to have a local video store that carries loads of obscure horror movies quite like this. I am spending much of my free time in the summer watching eccentric horror movies at night and this time I wasn't let down. I personally believed Jeannie Elias (Ms. O' Reilly) was a total babe. The funniest thing about this film was the fact that the little trolls resemble the stage costume of Rob Zombie. G'day, eh!

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