Film · Prime Video · 1991
Ernest Scared Stupid
Ernest is ridiculous and brave. The troll is not a friend. A Halloween yes, with the lights on.
A troll turns children into wooden dolls, which is a child's nightmare of being made not-alive. Ernest, the town joke, is the descendant appointed to stop it. The film is broad and cheap and on the children's side. The adults who mock him are wrong. The troll is not given a sad speech.
For a family that wants a scare with a happy, loud ending. Not art. Not cruel. The fool goes under the tree because the children cannot.
The eight
Industry
4/10
A sanitation man. The work is showing up.
Household
5/10
He cares about the kids the town finds annoying.
Piety
3/10
An old curse, a milk-and-love remedy played straight enough.
Courage
7/10
He is terrified and he goes.
Republic
5/10
A town that will not believe him until the dolls pile up.
Temperance
6/10
The troll's hunger is the vice.
Truth
6/10
The children were right that something was under the tree.
Stewardship
7/10
The charge is the children, and he keeps it.
Live historicallyThe useful person may be the embarrassing one. Let them help.