Evil Toons
Evil Toons is a 1992 American live-action/adult animated comedy horror B-movie written and directed by Fred Olen Ray.[1] The film is a light spoof of traditional haunted-house films.[2]
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Directed by | Fred Olen Ray |
Written by | Fred Olen Ray |
Produced by | Fred Olen Ray Victoria Till |
Starring | David Carradine Monique Gabrielle Madison Stone Stacey Nix Dick Miller |
Cinematography | Gary Graver |
Edited by | Greg Shorer |
Music by | Chuck Cirino |
Production companies | American Independent Productions Curb/Esquire Films |
Distributed by | Prism Entertainment Corporation |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $140,000 |
Plot
A quartet of teenage girls spend the night in an old house. On the night of their arrival, a strange man named Gideon Fisk arrives at the house, delivering an old book. Once he is gone, the girls examine the book, finding it full of sketches of bizarre monsters.
When an incantation in the book is read, one of the drawings emerges from the book and becomes a living cartoon who takes the form of Roxanne, one of the girls, after killing her. The monster begins murdering two of the girls but not before doing the same to Roxanne's arriving boyfriend, Biff, and the girls' superior, Burt. Gideon returns to vanquish the monster and the only surviving girl, Megan, throws the book into the fireplace, incinerating it and erasing the monster from existence. As Gideon departs and the monster's victims are revived the next morning, Megan screams in terror when the neighbor, Mr. Hinchlow, stops by and brings his portable television set so that the girls can watch Saturday-morning cartoons.
Cast
- David Carradine as Gideon Fisk
- Monique Gabrielle as Megan
- Madison Stone as Roxanne
- Barbara Dare (credited as Stacey Nix) as Jan
- Arte Johnson as Mr. Hinchlow
- Dick Miller as Burt
- Suzanne Ager as Terry
- Don Dowe as Biff
- Michelle Bauer as Burt's wife
- Fred Olen Ray as the voice of the monster
Production
The film was shot in eight days.[3]
Release
On May 4, 2010, Infinity Entertainment Group released the 20th Anniversary Edition on DVD.[4]
Reception
The film has received a number of negative reviews. Rotten Tomatoes reports a score of 29% based on 7 reviews, with an average rating of 3.29/10.[5] Creature Feature gave the movie two out of 5 stars, stating that it was a sorry excuse for a movie, wasting the talents of Carradine and Miller. [6]
References
- "Evil Toons DVD Review Kritik | GruselSeite.com". Archived from the original on 2010-10-17. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
- Motion Picture Purgatory: Evil Toons
- Topel, Fred (27 October 2014). "After Midnight: Fred Olen Ray on Strip Clubs & Chainsaw Hookers". Crave Online. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
- Evil Toons - 20th Anniversary Edition
- Evil Toons at Rotten Tomatoes
- Stanley, J. (2000) Creature Feature: 3rd Edition
External links
- Evil Toons at IMDb
- Evil Toons at the TCM Movie Database
- Evil Toons at AllMovie
- Evil Toons at Rotten Tomatoes