A poor pauper boy stumbles upon a magic lamp and a genie that promises to give him everything he’s ever dreamed of, but he’ll have to outwit an evil magician if he hopes to succeed.
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The Willies (1991)
A group of boys sit in their tent and tell scary stories to one another in an effort to out-spook or gross out their friends.
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Munchies (1987)
A group of mischievous creatures are let loose on a small desert town, and it’s up to a young man, his girlfriend, and a bumbling deputy to stop them before they multiply out of control.
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Invaders from Mars (1986)
A young boy realizes that a group of aliens are slowly trying to take over his town. The problem is trying to get anyone to believe his warnings about the danger before it’s too late.
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Sonic: Christmas Blast (1996)
Sonic: Christmas Blast The titular speedy blue hedgehog just wants to go out and buy his girlfriend a Christmas present. But unbeknownst to him, Dr. Robotnik has kidnapped Santa Clause and taken his place, so that instead of handing out presents, he can use his army of robots to demand them from stores and people […]
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TerrorVision (1986)
TerrorVision is about an alien garbage heap/pet/ball of slime, that in the process of being destroyed gets dematerialized and accidentally gets broadcast into some poor yuppie’s satellite dish. Chaos and slimy deaths ensue. Actually the characters were already pretty slimy to begin with. The monster just helped them along into their more natural state of being. […]
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Neverlake (2013)
Jenny, a young English woman, takes some time away from school to visit her father, Dr. Brooks, in Italy. Brooks is a former doctor turned archeologist, and his current obsession is the Lake of Idols, a lake previously worshipped by the ancient Etruscans and said to have held magical powers. While there she inadvertently discovers […]
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Frankenweenie (2012)
The plot to Frankenweenie is deceptively simple: Boy loves dog. Dog loves boy. Dog dies tragically. Boy brings dog back to life. Neighbors remember being forced to read Frankenstein in High School and FREAK. Let’s be fair though, when your neighbors look like this “Mad Sciencing” shouldn’t be that much of a surprising hobby. I […]
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Believe (2000)
This cover is very misleading. Ben has been kicked out of several boarding schools thanks to his love of pulling pranks. With few other options open to them, his parents send him to live with his estranged, paternal grandfather, a man Ben hasn’t seen since he was five years old. Not long after arriving at […]
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The Gate (1987)
The recent removal of a tree in Grant’s back yard unearths a geode and a giant hole. Grant’s friend Terry, clearly on the look for a quick buck, convinces him to dig further into the now covered hole in search of more geodes. The deep cavern gives Grant the heebie-jeebies, but he’s not sure why. […]
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