Any fans of this movie back then ?

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Hyperion1144@reddit

My wife was terrified by this movie and hates it to this day.

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Tylerdurden389@reddit

Wonder Years was my favorite show as a kid, so this and "Vice Versa" got many viewings back then. Somehow "The Wizard" eluded me and I never even heard of it until I was 22.

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jason360@reddit

Little Monsters was my JAM when I was a kid

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Whimsy_and_Spite@reddit

I don't think you're supposed to give the name of the movie. Apparently we're meant to guess it.

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jason360@reddit

Really? We just talk about this movie which shall not be named?

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u0xee@reddit

I am personally thanking you for naming it.

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Born-Agency-3922@reddit (OP)

I asked if any of you were fans. If you were a fan, you wouldn’t have to guess the name of the movie.

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FeePsychological6842@reddit

That movie definitely had a way of sticking in your memory long after you outgrew it.

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lucidspoon@reddit

It still holds up, and my kids love it.

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MyBestCuratedLife@reddit

This movie gave me nightmares for ages! I used to have to run and jump in my bed because I was afraid monsters would grab me!

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spanishpeanut@reddit

It scared me. I never made it past the first few scenes as a kid once we had it on video.

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I warms given this by my sister, she worked in a video shop and it was an ex rental that was being tossed out. This movie flew so far under the radar in the UK, it was damn near sea level. And it.....sucked. I watched it so many times though. Loved it, despite it being awful.

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Not_a_werecat@reddit

I used to have a vhs my grandma recorded for me off cable that was a short animated version of Little Monsters. I don't remember much except at one point they were at a baseball game and at another point they were sneaking past the sister monster and her boyfriend "necking" on the couch and they were literally twisting their long necks together.

I've never found anybody else who remembers it.

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Fools_Errand77@reddit

Im trying to imagine Howie Mandel, the infamous germaphobe, sitting in a makeup chair for hours with a stranger touching his face.

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GeetarEnthusiast85@reddit

Piss! Who put piss in my apple juice?!

My sister and I were almost banned from watching this movie because we kept quoting that line.

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Salty-Housing-7547@reddit

I didn’t drink apple juice for at least a decade after this movie

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Similar_Ad2094@reddit

On a similar note, my mother hated that my brothers and I used to quote "it's nothing like that penis breath" from et.

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despideme@reddit

IIRC that line was added to ensure it didn’t get a G rating

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MrdnBrd19@reddit

It's crazy knowing that Howie has OCD looking back at this. He must have been in absolute hell everyday on this set.

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buckut@reddit

i never knew the name of the movies, it was the one with the little kid monsters, i was soo close.

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pop5656@reddit

My knees.. they hurt!!!

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Born-Agency-3922@reddit (OP)

Someone in the comment section brought that up and I can’t get it out of my head.

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marginwalker55@reddit

The commercial is burned into my brain. Little monsters, on video!

Also, chocolate-ah!

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Thick_Book_6233@reddit

Favorite movie for several years.

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LittleBitOfStarshine@reddit

This movie and Drop Dead, Fred 🥰

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Spicy_Potato_Person@reddit

RIP Rik Mayall

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chronicnerv@reddit

Legend, rip.

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MoonlitBlossoms@reddit

I love Drop Dead Fred! I watched it on Tubi recently again.

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StarGraz3r84@reddit

Is it still good?

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sulaymanf@reddit

Yes it is. “How did this get made?” Podcast had a ton of fun reviewing it.

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MoonlitBlossoms@reddit

I still laughed and enjoyed it. I understood the “cobwebs” comment this time around.

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semidivineone@reddit

Drop dead Fred damn near gave me an anxiety attack as a kid lol

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Willakhstan@reddit

Team Fred.

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Foxtrot_Supatwat@reddit

"Drop dead, Fred"

"Right", said Fred

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ScarecrowOH58@reddit

So sexy it hurts

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spicymaverick@reddit

What a pile of shit😉

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Rampasta@reddit

Yes! This was a specific time in my childhood

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retired_tender@reddit

Yes!!!

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Hex0811@reddit

I had the VHS for DDF that Pizza Hut gave out. Watched it on repeat until it couldn’t be read anymore.

I watched it last year with my kids, fuck… still funny, But the ending hits the feels so much harder now that I’m old.

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WaterFrogSnail@reddit

OMG loved this movie!

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MOSbangtan@reddit

My two favorites!!

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LH99@reddit

Alas, I only have one upvote to give

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thugdaddyxtopher@reddit

Phoebe Cates looked her best in Drop Dead Fred 💗

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WishaBwood@reddit

Yes! My faves too.

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PoolGuyUnfiltered@reddit

Agreed, Snot-Face😂

Honestly the world building and effects of Little Monsters was the perfect blend of the times, but Drop Dead Fred had a lot of heart.

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mattjf22@reddit

Little monster is amazing. Got my daughter into it too

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spaceganja420@reddit

Loved this movie as a kid! So glad you reminded me of this. Going to show it to my kids now.

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GravyPainter@reddit

I watched it 100 times or so

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DaddyAndSalope@reddit

My daughter loved this movie and princess Bride. For her these were conically the same world/universe.

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CheeseburgerLocker@reddit

Oh hell yeah. I remember it having some scary parts in it too. Been years since I watched it last, probably a good 30.

One eyed, one horned, flying, purple people eater... This is another movie I have weird scattered memories of. My mom said I used to love renting this one, but I don't remember shit!

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couch_to_bed@reddit

+1 to scary parts. The character Boy really terrified me!

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Born-Agency-3922@reddit (OP)

Damn you just brought back some memories I had forgotten.

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dunnkw@reddit

I’m a fan of it now, even. Actually knowing what I know today about Howie Mandel and his phobia of germs I can’t believe he shot some of these gross scenes.

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crowbar151@reddit

Thump thump..thump thump..

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maryjanexoxo@reddit

This was my best friends favorite movie when we were growing up, so I watched it, but it always creeped me out.

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OhhNoYouNintenDidnt@reddit

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BulimicMosquitos@reddit

Peanut butter and onion sandwich, anyone?

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Hellament@reddit

I first tried one as a kid specifically because of this movie. It tastes about like you’d expect.

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brokenman82@reddit

The villain in this movie is also the limo driver in Blank Check

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LazerShark1313@reddit

We’re on a road to nowhere…

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plumbusinsuranceltd@reddit

Got it, got it, got it, got it, want it, need it, got it, got it, got it....

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StrangeCrunchy1@reddit

I've been told I watched Little Monsters when it came out, but I do not remember it AT ALL.

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HalfElvenPakiNinja@reddit

Oh hell ya! Always remembered the ending and then running on a beach to The Talking Heads

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brainvheart143@reddit

I was so in love with that puny little Fred Savage. I mean Teen Beat pages on the walls and everything.

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Sweaty_Advice_4980@reddit

I absolutely loved this movie when I was a kid!

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Jarvis-Savoni@reddit

CHOCO-LAT-Ahhhh

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wetnaps54@reddit

This was my favourite movie!

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Umbroz@reddit

Wasnt that Howie Mandell? Never cared for him.

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MartinMerten@reddit

Shut up. Everyone loved him during the Bobby era.

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TheRayGetard@reddit

That was a glove? I always thought it was a 5-dicked condom.

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MartinMerten@reddit

I should call him

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WarhammerRyan@reddit

This terrified me with the head swapping

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ScarecrowOH58@reddit

Im on the younger side and remember finding it kind of disturbing.

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LogensTenthFinger@reddit

Same, it felt like watching a nightmare to little me

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iamthealpha384@reddit

A huge part of my childhood. One of a few dozen vhs my grandma had, but it always seemed to float to the top on those long days when we couldn’t do anything else.

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dustractor@reddit

Basically the only thing I ever knew about Howie Mandel was that he was in that movie. Then there was the hilarious anal prolapse cake stuck to butt clip a couple years ago and I realized being gross was his entire thing.

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Goddess_Kelsie@reddit

This and drop dead Fred were my favorite childhood movies 🤣

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Scissorsguadalupe@reddit

This movie was amazing and introduced me to Talking Heads!!!

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DJJazzyTanner@reddit

Because of this movie Road to Nowhere is my favorite Talking Heads song.

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Jayman44Spc@reddit

I came here to say this too! Loved that movie and song

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HankHillMyHero@reddit

I tell people my favorite is movie is a number of respectable titles, but in truth it's Little Monsters. And if I had to pick one all time favorite song, it's Road to Nowhere.

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Scissorsguadalupe@reddit

Well I guess I can say my friend. We know where we're going, but we don't know where we been

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Jayman44Spc@reddit

I like your style

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OG_Cryptkeeper@reddit

Was going to say this too. Begged my parents for that album after hearing it over the credits.

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DerpDerpys@reddit

Peanut butter and onion sandwich!

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MysterStrange@reddit

Because of this movie I was really suspicious of apple juice and tuna sandwiches. I couldn't eat a tuna sandwich without taking it apart for years. I dont know why that part freaked out my young mind so bad, but it stuck.

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Firm-Boysenberry@reddit

At the time, I loved this movie. Another world right under my bed and no parents allowed? I was all in, right up until saw Chucky in Child's Play. Then I jumped from my bed to the door for almost 2 years.

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Captain_Tauren@reddit

But Andy, we're friends till the end

This is the end..friend

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Born-Agency-3922@reddit (OP)

So glad to see I wasn’t the only one !

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OldRancidSoups@reddit

You think it’s good, but it’s snot.

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BitEnvironmental283@reddit

Got it got it got it need it got it want it got it

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schoolisuncool@reddit

Apple Juice

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SPo0KieCo0Kies@reddit

Classic, core childhood movie memories

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ChangeAroundKid01@reddit

Need em, got em...

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16Shells@reddit

loved it as a kid but i think it’s one of those movies that i won’t revisit because it probably doesn’t hold up. i’m also pretty sure that i had the novelization of it and the parts with Boy were pretty scary because it was pretty descriptive and left things to your imagination.

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ComfortableShirt2014@reddit

Is it just me or does this movie have some dark undertones related to child kidnapping and trafficking.

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Hot-Baseball-1722@reddit

This is fucking awesome. Watched this with my kids. Fred savage did great in it. Weird as fuck though

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Otherworldy_Tips@reddit

Me! Now I have a complex where just like to see people react to set-up's. It was calvin and hobbes though, that turned me furry. So I'm a prank pulling furry, thanks guy with weird laugh. ❤️ I also tried to go through the floor under my bed often.

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SlackerDS5@reddit

I don’t say it out loud, but when I go to get pizza I still hear Howie’s “Zaaa, I love Zaaa..”

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-HHANZO-@reddit

Loved it, but it also scared me pretty good

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jackfaire@reddit

I wanted to go live under the bed. I also thought I was Fred Savage's age. Didn't realize until Boy Meets World that I'm actually Ben's age.

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TerribleCustard8366@reddit

Hell yes! Love this movie.

"Your mom's over the shoulder boulder holder!"

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Smoky1279@reddit

I watched it a couple weeks ago on Peacock and it's still funny.

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Technical_Captain_15@reddit

Too bad this movie is an obvious allegory for child trafficking, loved it as a kid.

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RadTimeWizard@reddit

I agree, but why is it too bad?

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Technical_Captain_15@reddit

I just mean it's too bad in the sense that when I was a kid I loved this movie.

I could never watch this one for entertainment, or share if with my kids like I do all my other old faves (we just finished watching Problem Child 1 and 2 and I had a blast watching that with my adult lens and seeing it through my inner child lens and also sharing it with my own!); I would be too disgusted knowing what I know now. There's a few other movies in this "ruined nostalgia" category too.

Also, if you happened to watch An Open Secret, and see that hidden camera scene with Ben Savage, who played the little brother in this movie(and is the real life little brother to Fred Savage which you probably already know), it's clear he was groomed by Hollywood pedophiles and is still on their leash.

So yeah, it's too bad.

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pop5656@reddit

I dunno. I take it as being cautionary.

A family torn apart by quarrelsome parents who lose sight of their children for other aspects of life. Pay attention to your fucking kids so they don’t fall through the cracks.

Makes it even scarier to me. Boy and Snick are probably the most frightening antagonists I’ve seen in a children’s horror film.

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Technical_Captain_15@reddit

I can definitely agree with your take. It's not at odds with what I'm saying.

I also found this, which I'll share with those curious. I could probably add much to the breakdown of the allegory. I kight make a point to rewatch and add to it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/FanTheories/s/UT2Anuh1ch

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jason360@reddit

😂😂 what the fuck?? I bet you're a blast at parties

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Technical_Captain_15@reddit

Its possible to have fun and enjoy innocent entertainment. This is not that. It's not possible to unsee what is essentially an inside joke between Hollywood pedophiles.

And I bet you have no moral compass yourself if you're commenting things like that in response to what I wrote.

Reddit ain't a party dude. Go touch grass.

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pop5656@reddit

I dunno. I take it as being cautionary.

A family torn apart by quarrelsome parents who lose sight of their children for other aspects of life. Pay attention to your fucking kids so they don’t fall through the cracks.

Makes it even scarier to me. Boy and Snick are probably the most frightening antagonists I’ve seen in a children’s horror film.

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jason360@reddit

I don't have a moral compass, but I do have a psycho alert and it's definitely alerting. Maybe take a break from the internet for a bit?

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Technical_Captain_15@reddit

Says he doesn't have a moral compass

Calls me a psycho

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Both_Armadillo_2775@reddit

Someone pissed in my apple juice

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MaintenanceNearby168@reddit

Loved it

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EggsceIlent@reddit

Are you serious?

Hell tf yeah. On the plex server homey.

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EvanGooch@reddit

Still am.

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Dast_Kook@reddit

Amd Flight of the Navigator.

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wiserTyou@reddit

Those and Explorers.

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dementio@reddit

And still rewatch it annually

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ReactionJifs@reddit

free HBO weekends 😎

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spunzy_hops@reddit

To this day, when someone asks me if I’m ready (like if we’re about to leave to go somewhere or whatever) I will occasionally reply with “Maurice, I was BORN ready.”

No one ever gets the reference but Ima keep at it.

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CelticSith@reddit

No shit.. where’d ya park the squad car Dick Tracy

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TheRayGetard@reddit

Just watched it a couple weeks ago. Love all the practical effects, love all the not-so kid friendly 80s humor. Love the late night smut parody TV show he watches in the beginning (same actor as Snik). Anyone ever hear of the fucked up fan theory that it might be an allegory for child abuse? https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/7x1ex9/is_little_monsters_1989_about_child_abuse/

https://www.reddit.com/r/FanTheories/comments/46jqkp/little_monsters_ugh_i_now_think_this_childhood/

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rovitus@reddit

Yes, and watched it many times, but I always found it kind of unsettling and sad. Scary the first time, too.

Thought it was very cool they walked to California, though, and called their parents.

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ex_gratia_@reddit

Loved it. Used to check it out from the library.

Maurice was so cool.

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BogmanCTC@reddit

1-900-89-MAURICE

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Commercial-Shoe-5051@reddit

82’ baby, I was so scared of that movie…. Not sure why

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More-read-than-eddit@reddit

If by fan you mean "child consumed by intense body horror" then I'd like to raise my hand.

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Fairfall@reddit

I was super excited for it, then it came out and I hated it

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Tapper420@reddit

Fucking loved this movie.

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Born-Agency-3922@reddit (OP)

I have not watched it in ages, but I do recall possibly wearing out the VHS with my siblings.

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