Somewhere I read that this was Steven’s first project after wrapping ‘Schindler’s List’. He and his pals were in the mood for some levity. I just viewed it again after many years and found it far more delightful than the first time. Maybe this time I was just in the mood for levity. The ending was a train-wreck though. Why oh why didn’t they cast Malachi Pearson for Kat’s big date instead of the mannequin boy model stand-in? Huge mistake!
- The first scene features boys on bikes. Big bike chase after Amber to Marshwood Junior High. Bikes in attic. All Steven’s way of staking a claim. See See E.T. , Munich, Adventures of Tintin, Amistad, 1941, Always, Super 8, War of the Worlds, Empire of the Sun,The Goonies, Sugarland Express, Jaws, Inner Space, Used Cars, Poltergeist, Memoirs of a Geisha
- Note the haunting of Carrigan Crittendon and Dibbs is rife with cyclonic activity. See Super 8, Twister, Raiders of the Lost Arc, War of the Worlds
The design in the haunted house’s floor is a dead ringer for the yellow brick road except yellow is brown.- The curtain blows inward toward the dwarf-beds. Breeze is always a defining moment of plot change. See Empire of the Sun, Catch Me if You Can, Hook, Twilight Zone the Movie Kick the can Episode, Joe Vs. the Volcano, Poltergeist.
- “I’m melting Auntie Phlegm. What a world!” cry the ghostly brothers when sun shines on them.
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