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13th Child (2002)
Nothing To Do With Anything in the Title
Started out with some promise with documentary style of the Curse of the 13th Child and/or the Jersey Devil, but after that starting with the pot smoking hunter it reminded me of a 1974 style , made for TV monster movie. A lot of blurry images of the monster and a camera man's eye view of the victims. This stinker had absolutely nothing to do with the Jersey Devil or the 13th Child (whatever that is). The low budget Devil's choppers had one look to it. A close-up, corn syrup sticking , hard plastic stiff, opening of the jaws. Cheap. The only decent part of this bomb was Cliff Robertson aka Mr. Shroud. He did look like Bela Lugosi in White Zombie. I think Cliff was just having some fun and had the high powered friends to get this onto the shelves and get a writer's credit.
Babes in Toyland (1934)
CLASSIC Children's Movie
Let's face it,Toyland, Santa, Mother Goose, this is a children's movie not a Laurel and Hardy movie. I saw this movie, it seemed every Easter time, on TV in the late 60's and early 70's as a child(nee 1956).It was in color,too. Now I bought a copy at an estate sale and it's all my 4 kids ask for(ages 2-8).The movie title in the film is "March of the Wooden Soldiers". Laurel and Hardy star as Stannie Dum and Ollie Dee.The singing is somewhat lost in the recording levels but the sets and colorizing are OZ-like. Barnaby is a truly wonderful villain and the special effects as used showing an endless invasion of Bogey-men is good-looking. The song,"TOYLAND", is a classic and the Santa Claus is especially jolly even in the Boys'mayhem all around.They lived happily ever after and only this movie has introduced the great Laurel and Hardy to a new generation of kids with any success.This film is over 70 years old now and as popular as ever thanks to video......(THE GOV)