Ernest Scared Stupid

Starring: Jim Varney, Eartha Kitt, Austin Nagler, et al.

Product Description

Kids help goofy Ernest fight off a hairy troll he has freed from a tomb at Halloween.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 786936188257
• Release Date: March 2002
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Publisher: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
• Director: John Cherry
• Starring: Jim Varney, Eartha Kitt, Austin Nagler, Shay Astar, Jonas Moscartolo, John Cadenhead, Bill Byrge, Richard Woolf, Nick Victory, Alec Klapper
• Runtime: 1 hour, 32 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: Multiple Formats; Closed-captioned; Color; NTSC
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

A Halloween tale and a warning not to go out tonight.

Jim Varney made a series of films based on his “milk commercial” character, “Ernest.” This series of “Ernest” movies is mostly slapstick humor with some “Varney” faces and resembles a live cartoon. This is considered one of the best of the series. The opening credits let us know what we are in for. How many of the spooky movie clips do you recognise? I have had the privilege of watching and reviewing nearly all of them. I am still alive. I think. In the town of Biarville, Ernest, in the process of building a tree house, accidentally lets loose Tranto the Troll (with a face that only a mother can love). Trantor may be from Keebler, likes to snack on children. Let the snacking begin. Oh, no worse than snacking is changing brats into wooden effigies for nefarious purposes. Talk about name recognition, the police station has a Dunkin Donuts box. Tranto, “You’re going to pay for the sins of your forefathers!”, Ernest, “I didn’t have four fathers.” Will Ernest be able to re-intangle the troll before all the children in the world become troll bait? Watch and see; if you dare. Next Halloween, if you are trolling for a good movie, this is the one.

Highly Recommend! Great Forgotten Halloween Classic!

This movie always gets left off of online lists of "Halloween Movies for Kids", and that's a shame! I hadn't seen it since I was a kid and was surprised at both how well it held up and how genuinely funny it was! Eartha Kitt is hamming it up in her role to keep up with the titular Ernest's energy, and Jim Varney is a master at facial expressions and physical gags. Some kids might get scared, especially during scenes when the troll is hunting the kids, but it's ultimately a fun kind of scary. After all, the troll's ultimate weakness turns out to be miak....er...milk. So heck, as long as you've got some of that on hand you should be good! Know what I mean?