Comedy · Fantasy
Saturday the 14th
Just when you thought it was safe to look at the calendar again.
After his family moves to a new house, a young boy discovers a mysterious book that details a curse hanging over the date of Saturday the 14th. Opening the book releases a band of monsters into the house and the family must join together to save themselves and their neighborhood.
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Top Cast
Richard Benjamin
John
Paula Prentiss
Mary
Jeffrey Tambor
Waldemar
Severn Darden
Van Helsing
Kari Michaelsen
Debbie
Kevin Brando
Billy
Rosemary DeCamp
Aunt Lucille
Carole Androsky
Marge
Directed by
Howard R. Cohen
Production
New World PicturesReviews
Wuchak
5/103/23/2020
***Fun horror spoof, albeit one-dimensional and underwhelming*** A normal family (Richard Benjamin, Paula Prentiss, et al.) inherits a creepy mansion in Erie, Pennsylvania, but a centuries-old vampire & his bride (Jeffrey Tambor & Nancy Lee Andrews) are also interested in the house. Severn Darden shows up as Van Helsing. Fun shenanigans ensue. “Saturday the 14th” (1981) is comedy-horror that _doesn’t_ spoof, “Friday the 13th,”, as the title implies, but rather Dracula flicks, “Jaws,” “The Creature from the Black Lagoon,” “The Birds,” and various other creature features. The movie has a good heart and is amusing in a silly way, but the setting is limited to the mansion and the story’s not compelling enough. The potential of the script needed further milked. Nevertheless,
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