Just when you thought it was safe to look at the calendar again.
After his family moves to a new house, a young boy discovers a mysterious book that details a curse hanging over the date of Saturday the 14th. Opening the book releases a band of monsters into the house and the family must join together to save themselves and their neighborhood.
- 5.0
- 1981
- Released
- 1h 16m
Richard Benjamin
John
Paula Prentiss
Mary
Jeffrey Tambor
Waldemar
Severn Darden
Van Helsing
Kari Michaelsen
Debbie
Kevin Brando
Billy
Rosemary DeCamp
Aunt LucilleCarole Androsky
Marge
Roberta Collins
Cousin RhondaStacy Keach, Sr.
AttorneyAllen Joseph
Uncle BertNancy Lee Andrews
Yolanda
Paul "Mousie" Garner
The Major
Annie O'Donnell
Annette MuldowneyThomas Newman
Cousin PhilCraig Coulter
DeliverypersonRenee Braswell
StuntpersonElizabeth Charlton Davey
French Maid
Michael Miller
Ernie MuldowneyPatrick Campbell
Mailman (uncredited)Bob Esensten
Attorney Delivering Boxes #1 (uncredited)
Released
en
- #monster
- #alcohol
- #haunted house
- #clowning
- #search
- #spoof
- #creature
- #shark
- #will
- #attic
Reviews
***Fun horror spoof, albeit one-dimensional and underwhelming*** A normal family (Richard Benjamin, Paula Prentiss, et al.) inherits a creepy mansion in Erie, Pennsylvania, but a centuries-old vampire & his bride (Jeffrey Tambor & Nancy Lee Andrews) are also interested in the house. Severn Darden shows up as Van Helsing. Fun shenanigans ensue. “Saturday the 14th” (1981) is comedy-horr