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      The Willies

      PG-13 Released Dec 27, 1990 1 hr. 32 min. Horror List
      Reviews 30% 250+ Ratings Audience Score Boys on a camping trip tell whoppers about a chicken-fried rat, huge flies, a bathroom monster. Read More Read Less

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      Sig It's the first time I've seen this movie and it's totally insane all the kids who turned out to be huge actors in this film! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/20/23 Full Review Audience Member The Willies has a cast that makes you keep into the movie. I mean, Sean Astin is one of three kids gathered around the campfire — Jason Horst and Joshua John Miller from Near Dark are the other two — telling urban legends like the old woman who microwaved her dog, a rat in fried chicken and death in an amusement park. Michael then says that he has a story that will give them all…The Willies. In "Bad Apples," Kathleen Freeman plays to type as the mean teacher and James Karen shows up as a kindly custodian, the only person who really cares about Danny, a bullied child. As things happen, Karen ends up being an alien who loves to eat bad kids. This segment as actually a short that writer and director Brian Peck (Victor from The Last American Virgin and Scuz from Return of the Living Dead) made in 1985. In "Flyboy," Gordy Belcher plays insect pranks on other kids before running into Farmer Spivey, who has super manure that can grow things faster. Of course, this all ends up with Gordy getting his arms torn off by super flies. At the end, Kyle and Josh claim that their uncle can prove the stories are true. Well, he ends up being James Karen and he reveals the monster face from the first story. The Willies also has cameos from Kirk Cameron, his wife Chelsea Noble, Tracey Gold and Jeremy Miller which almost makes this an episode of Growing Pains. Perhaps more exciting are appearances by Clu Gulager, Dana Ashbrook and even comedian Doug Benson. This movie was for kids and is dark in ways that modern horror is not. I think 1990 was the last gasp of things getting to be this weird. The poster is super high quality and really feels like the style of art that slip cases and Fright Rags use today. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Dylan P This feels like a couple of Goosebumps episodes stitched together with minor parts that are funny but for the most part its just boring. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 09/23/18 Full Review Audience Member This is the worst movie I have ever had the misfortune of seeing. Don't become another statistic. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/11/23 Full Review Audience Member no me gustó la historia de las moscas... las maltrataron de verdad... Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie was never meant to be good, which makes it the best goddamn kitsch movie ever. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis Boys on a camping trip tell whoppers about a chicken-fried rat, huge flies, a bathroom monster.
      Director
      Brian Peck
      Screenwriter
      Brian Peck
      Rating
      PG-13
      Genre
      Horror
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Dec 27, 1990, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Nov 15, 2020