Scott Valentine

Nicole Picard

Matt Mitler

Cathryn de Prume

Melissa Leo

Kathy Fleig

Phyllis Craig

Michael Mesmer

Brian DePersia

Kevin Hannon

Timothy Rule

Anne Redfern

Casper Roos

Barbara Seldon

Leigh Kilton-Smith

Fran Lopate

Michael Berlinger

Jeffrey Delman

J. Edward Kiernan

Charles F. Shelton

Jorge Luis Toro

Steven D. Mackler

Mark Pruess

Bill Paul

Joan Lopate

Edward French

Daniel B. Canton

Jim Rivera

William Szarka

Edwin Picker

Bryant Tausek

Bernard E. Goldberg

William J. Links

Comedy

Horror

Deadtime Stories

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United States of America

I think the people who don't like movies like these are the people that expect well done high quality films every time they sit down to watch something... and not just stupid fun.

Deadtime Stories walks the like, it isn't exactly adult and it isn't exactly child friendly either, but so went most of the movies from the 80s, I mean Robocop was a huge hit with kids back then, they even made toys and cartoons and by today's standards CPS will take your kids away if you watch it.

But back then, sticks and stones broke bones, now words, and kids where less sensitive, tougher, less influenced, and more able to separate reality from entertainment... that or we just Molly Coddle too much these days

The problem here though isn't so much the content as it is the humor.  It needed to choose if they were going to make the jokes more geared for adults or more geared for kids for them to really land.  The mixture between the two is a little weird and off-putting and, though it is entertaining and has it's funny moments, it clearly couldn't decide which it wanted to appeal more towards.

But in the end, however, it doesn't matter, it's still a cheap fun movie to watch, and is all it was ever supposed to be.

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Deadtime Stories (1986) - Trailer