Deadtime Stories [1986]

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Added: 2021-07-05

Deadtime Stories (1986)
Your Most Terrifying Nightmares Come to Life. You'll Pray for Dawn.
As it is now, so it was then... For everthing good there is an evil thing And with every happy-ending, so a tale of horror begins.
Just when you thought it was safe to hide
You made your bed... now die in it!

Rating: 4.7

Movie Details:

Genre: Comedy (Horror)

Length: 1 h 23 min - 83 min

Video: 1280x688 (23.976 Fps - 1 150 Kbps)

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MOVIE TRAILER WEBLINK

Actors:

Scott Valentine

Nicole Picard

Matt Mitler

Cathryn de Prume

Director:
Jeffrey Delman

Complete Cast:
Scott Valentine (Peter)
Nicole Picard (Rachel (Red Riding Hood))
Matt Mitler (Willie (Werewolf))
Cathryn de Prume (Goldi Lox)
Melissa Leo (Judith 'MaMa' Baer)
Kathy Fleig (Miranda)
Phyllis Craig (Hanagohl)
Michael Mesmer (Uncle Mike)
Brian DePersia (Little Brian)
Kevin Hannon (Beresford 'Papa' Baer)
Timothy Rule (Wilmont 'Baby' Baer)
Anne Redfern (Florinda)

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A babysitting uncle tells his nephew three horror stories about killer witches, Little Red Riding Hood and a werewolf, and "Goldi Lox" and the three bears.
Plot Synopsis:
------------------- A babysitting uncle tells his charges three horror stories--about a killer witch, Little Red Riding Hood and a werewolf, and a story about "Goldi Lox" and the three bears.
Written byWritten by: frankfob2@yahoo.com

Some of the more explicit gore in the first segment had to be toned down in order to secure an R rating from the MPAA.
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A sizable amount of the first segment was shot in director Jeffrey Delman's backyard.
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Director Jeffrey Delman makes a cameo appearance as a hanging corpse in the first segment.
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Melissa Leo had to wear a bulky orange sweater in order to cover up the fact that she had a cast on her arm that she had broken prior to the shooting of the third segment.
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The house used in the third segment burned down a few years later.
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The song "Looney Tune" was recorded in a single take.
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Jeffrey Delman, Melissa Leo, and Kevin Hannon were all living together in the house that was used as Goldi Lox's home.
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The cops depicted in the third segment were actual NYPD police officers, using their own equipment (their service guns with blanks) and uniforms (minus the patches). All their roles were uncredited and they were not financially compensated due to production undermining and mishandling.
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The film's wraparound is loosely based on "The Boy Who Cried Wolf."
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Uncle Mike was named in tribute to Michael O'Donoghue.
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Scott Valentine's limp in the first segment was real. He had acquired the limp after he had been hit by a truck prior to the shooting of the segment.
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Star Mike Mesmer and director Jeffrey Delman were friends in real life.
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"Red Riding Hood" was initially going to be the first segment.
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Director Jeffrey Delman originally wanted to have the song "Li'l Red Riding Hood" by Sam the Sham and The Pharaohs play over the opening credits, but was unable to use the song because the clearance rights were too expensive.
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The first segment was initially intended as a full length feature film.
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All the special effects were done in camera.
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The monster seen at the end of the wraparound segment was based on a drawing done by a little boy that director Jeffrey Delman knew.
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Co-star Cathryn DePrume and director Jeffrey Delman lent their voices as the commentators on the pageant that's on TV in the wraparound story.
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Kevin Hannon based his performance as Papa Baer on character actor William Hickey
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Kevin Hannon shaved his head for his role as Papa Baer.
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Director Jeffrey Delman originally wanted the songs "Surfin' Bird" and "Walkin' on the Rain" for use in the film's third story, but the rights to the songs were too expensive.
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Goldi states that she was born during the Six-Day War, aka the June War, 1967 Arab-Israeli War or Third Arab-Israeli War, which was fought between the 5th and 10th of June, 1967 by Israel and the neighbouring states of Jordan, Syria, and Egypt and sparked by a series of border disputes.
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In the third segment, when they find goldilocks in the shower, mama baer is holding a toy stormtrooper gun from star wars.
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A modern fire extinguisher is seen briefly in Old Parliament House.
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Right before Uncle Mike starts telling the story of Little Red Riding Hood, a boom Mic can be seen above his head.
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In many of the bedroom scenes, daylight appears to be streaming in through the window. Uncle Mike previously complained how late it was.
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When Miranda is thrown against the cave wall after being cornered by the witch, the whole wall moves.
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