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Overview

User Rating:
2.7/10   820 votes
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Director:
Larry Cohen
Writer (WGA):
Larry Cohen (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
3 February 1989 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Fantasy | Horror more
Tagline:
Beware of these "Bette Davis eyes"! more
Plot:
A mother/daughter pair of witches descend on a yuppie family's home and cause havoc, one at a time since... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Horrendous more (17 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Bette Davis ... Miranda Pierpoint
Barbara Carrera ... Priscilla

Colleen Camp ... Jenny Fisher
Lionel Stander ... Sam

David Rasche ... Steve Fisher
Shawn Donahue ... Mike
Tom Bosley ... Lt. MacIntosh
Richard Moll ... Nathan Pringle
Evelyn Keyes ... Witch Instructor
James Dixon ... Detective Flynn

Seymour Cassel ... Feldshine, Magick Shop Owner
Susie Garrett ... Mandy

Laurene Landon ... Vanilla
Bob Goen ... Game Show Host

Robert Frank Telfer ... Game Show Producer
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Additional Details

Runtime:
90 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Iceland:LH (video rating) | UK:PG | USA:PG-13

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
According to actress Colleen Camp, when Bette Davis walked off production several days into shooting, filmmakers reportedly considering recasting role with either Lucille Ball or Bea Arthur, before deciding on bizarre rewrite in which Davis' cat morphs into seductress played by Barbara Carrera. more
Quotes:
Miranda Pierpoint: Call me mama! more
Movie Connections:
References "Wheel of Fortune" (1975) more

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1 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Horrendous, 27 March 2002
1/10
Author: Jay Stuler (stuler.1@osu.edu) from Ohio

Inane, ridiculous, boring, stupid, hilariously bad. This movie is all these things and more. "Leonard: Part 6" was Oscar-worthy compared to this. I feel fairly confident that I could have come up with a better movie by having no script at all and just telling the actors to improvise their lines. At least Bette Davis had the sense to realize how beneath her this movie was. The thing is, this movie is beneath the acting skills of most of the people in it. Including the cat.

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was it good? tomnic1980
An unfortunate shame summerfields
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