Saturday the 14th

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Movie Info

A suspense comedy spoof about a family that disregards a warning in a will, and decides to accept their inheritance of a cursed house. See "House on Haunted Hill" (1958), "Friday the 13th," "Halloween" and other slasher-suspense flicks for this film's targets.

Rating:

PG
Genre:

Comedy, Horror
Directed By:

Howard R. Cohen
Written By:

Jeff Begun, Howard R. Cohen
In Theaters:

Jan 1, 1981 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

Mar 27, 2001
Runtime:

75 minutes
Studio:

Concorde/New Horizons Home Video

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Cast

Richard Benjamin
as John

Paula Prentiss
as Mary

Severn Darden
as Van Helsing

Jeffrey Tambor
as Waldemar

Kari Michaelsen (II)
as Debbie

Kevin Brando
as Billy

Nancy Andrews
as Yolanda

Craig Coulter
as Duane

Roberta Collins
as Cousin Rhonda

Thomas Newman
as Cousin Phil

Rosemary DeCamp
as Aunt Lucille

Carol Androsky
as Marge

Anne O'Donnell
as Annette

Annie O'Donnell
as Annette

Michael B. Miller
as Ernie

Stacy Keach Sr.
as Attorney

Paul "Mousie" Garner
as Major

Patrick Campbell
as Mailman

Stacy Keach
as Attorney

Irwin Russo
as Truck Driver

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Critic Reviews for Saturday the 14th

All Critics (10) | DVD (1)

Goofy, stupid, and often quite strange. It's a blast.

Aug 25, 2004 | Rating: 4/5

Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)
Two great comic actors, one lousy movie.

May 20, 2003 | Rating: 2/5

Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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Audience Reviews for Saturday the 14th

Mar 26, 2012

I can't even begin to defend this silly movie. Saturday the 14th is considered a spoof of the various horror sub genres, but in fact it does its own thing while still being a bit of a spoof. It certainly isn't a spoof in the style of the Zucker comedies and it's more homage than anything. Besides the title, it's got lots to send up. Everything from Dracula, bats, a werewolf, a mummy, the Creature from the Black Lagoon... basically all of the Universal classic monster bits, are in there. Then it also takes knocks at slasher and haunted house movies like Halloween, Jaws and The Amityville Horror, or even the original House on Haunted Hill. It's comedy isn't all that funny, per se, but it's too lighthearted and harmless to be written off completely. It does feature a very early role for Jeffrey Tambor, and I also like the dad who doesn't buy into any of this ghouls and ghosts business... even when they're standing right in front of him. I'm not sure if that was the aim, but it's definitely in the performance. The movie isn't that good I guess, and it's more or less obscure nowadays, but it's enjoyable for what it is, which is a harmless (but mostly unfunny) horror comedy. Actually, now that I think of it, this and Ghost Fever would make a great double feature... or not. ;)

Tim S Super Reviewer
May 16, 2011

For a comedy, it kinda fails, for horror movie, it also kinda fails and for a fail movie it succeeds.

Cita W Super Reviewer
Nov 26, 2010

A good horror movie spoof but not as good as Student Bodies even though it almost comes close.The bath tub scene was hilarious

Brody M Super Reviewer
Oct 21, 2010

Not that funny to tell you the truth. Don't watch it. p.s: as I have to give it a half star, so that will be for the starting where the werewolf coughed. That was funny.

Dead A Super Reviewer