Release Date: Dec 31, 1995 Wide
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This groan-inducing would-be camp from the director of Leprechaun boasts some good makeup by Kevin Yagher but is still easily the worst of the '90s crop of fairy-tale horrors. Kim Johnston Ulrich plays a widowed mother who buys a jade rock at an antique store. When she cries on it, she releases Rumpelstiltskin (Max Grodenchik), a soulless hunchbacked gnome who grants wishes, demanding newborn babies as his price. He also spews a lot of bogus Freddie Krueger wisecracks, dons sunglasses to ride a
Dec 31, 1995 Wide
Dec 14, 1999
Republic Pictures Home Video
All Critics (2) | Fresh (0) | Rotten (2)
very very bad
As horror's limply grasp at "new" characters to turn into icons, here we find a rather appropriate fairytale character given the horror makeover. Rumpelstiltskin has always been a rather fucked up story. A small goblinl like geezer taking babies just doesn't sound like family entertainment. This film is really 90's.
March 31, 2009Super Reviewer
Saw the poster and I was curious as to what kind of bad this film was. My verdict: the kind of bad that one should always avoid. I had more fun writing the content advisory of the film for IMDB than watching the actual film itself. Acting/characters: Pretty horrible. The female lead was irritating, the baby was...a
October 21, 2011
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