Sometimes on this website I really disagree with what the rating is for a movie on here. I understand though some movies that many other people like I don't or vice versa. But, this is one of those movies.
I suppose I should get to the story. It all takes place in the town of Pitchford Cove and near the beginning Phil Grenville (Lee Montgomery) shares with the audience and his classmates a bad history about the town that also includes his friend and classmate Melissa Cavender (Shari Belafonte). So the gang that also includes Melissa's man Vinnie (LeVar Burton), Mitch (Peter DeLuise) and Mary (Dedee Pfeiffer) go off to the local witchcraft museum in search of costumes for a Halloween party at Belafonte's place. Oh and if some of those last names seem familiar don't worry they are. They are either children or siblings of big stars like Harry Belafonte, Dom DeLuise and Michelle Pfeiffer. After they swipe some costumes they are then off to the graveyard where they accidentally awaken the dead and the terrible curse.
I found the characters in this movie stereotypical and felt I had seen these characters a hundred times before. For a movie with a rating so high I really did not find anything original or for that matter groundbreaking about this movie. I felt it was a tired old script, but perhaps I may be in the minority on that opinion.
The movie though does have some great classic songs though. And when I say classic I do not mean the 80s. I mean the 60s. The songs didn't really seem to 100% fit the characters or even some of the situations. The makeup effects though are really top notch and certainly a plus.
Also starring Kevin McCarthy as Judge Crandall or Mitch's dad. I really enjoyed McCarthy in this role, but it is a stereotypical 80s role for McCarthy. I just love seeing him angry and raging. Cindy Morgan also stars as teacher Vicky Jensen (who in fact is the same age as Shari Belafonte), Dick Van Patten as Phil's dad and Kurtwood Smith as Captain Warren Jensen.
