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Munchie (1992)
Directed by Jim Wynorski
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Overview
No friends. The new school sucks. And Mom is in love with a sleazy research doctor. Pretty bleak. That’s how life looks to ten-year-old Gage when suddenly, into his world pops the magical Munchie. Munchie is the ever-hungry and hilarious mysterious creature from another world who delivers flying pizzas and brings on the parties! With the help of Munchie and loony Professor Cruikshank, Gage evens the score on his school’s bullies as well as his mom’s boyfriend and has the greatest summer ever!
Rated PG | Length 80 minutes
Actors
Loni Anderson | Andrew Stevens | Jamie McEnnan | Arte Johnson | Dom DeLuise | Jennifer Love Hewitt | Toni Naples | Mike Simmrin | Monique Gabrielle | Ace Mask | Lenny Juliano | Jay Richardson | Fred Olen Ray | George Buck Flower | Becky LeBeau | Peter Spellos | Robert Bullock | Pamela Pond | Angus Scrimm | Paul Hertzberg | Brinke Stevens | Linda Shayne | Chuck Cirino | Raven De La Croix
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/08/2013 | TV | DVD | Rented | 3.5 stars |
| (Average) 3.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Roger Corman resurrects the MUNCHIES franchise, handing the reigns over to master sequelizer Jim Wynorski and filling the frames with stock New Horizon/Concorde actors. The shotgun-obsessed hellions from the first are replaced with a terrifyingly non-expressive toddler sized puppet that pops out of a box found at the bottom of a bottomless pit.
Speaking of that box and that pit… The film starts with a “Lost”-caliber WTF bending of space-time as things kick off with a man speeding in a car with a talking box moments before a wipe and “1970” title-card imply a shift in time. But since we’re still with the same guy in the same car heading towards the same bottomless-pit-with-a-bottom with the intention of tossing the same talking box, I can only assume this is some sort of flash-INWARDS into the same time-space. The continuum is unbroken and unchanged but the damage is already done.
Anyways, so a kid with a fivehead finds the puppet, Munchie, who helps him fight off bullies and also assists in his mother’s love life. Loni Anderson is perfect in the role of Loni Anderson as “Loni Anderson”. Andrew Stevens seems to be having the most fun with his role and Dom DeLouise as the voice of Munchie is every bit of DeLouisy as you’d expect. A bonus trailer on this DVD reveals he was under contract with Corman as well, providing the voice of a skateboard in THE SKATEBOARD KID.
This is the the most entertaining of the series, the fun levels indicated quite clearly by Munchie riding a pizza on the poster.
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