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Amazing Stories (1987)

Director: Steven Spielberg, William Dear, Robert Zemeckis

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From Time Out Film Guide

Three short stories based in '50s comic book lore. Spielberg's World War II yarn of a doomed cartoonist saved through the power of imagination is the worst by far: it begins as pulp and sinks into pure slush. The second segment, in which a horror actor dressed as a mummy is mistaken by rednecks for the real thing, is almost worth the price of admission alone: directed by Dear with the speed, flash and wit of Raiders-era Spielberg. The Zemeckis contribution is a heavy-handed but enjoyable spoof, with two pupils terrorised by a headless English teacher spouting Shakespeare. There's salt enough to the popcorn, but as with Romero's Creepshow, the whole is never more than the sum of its parts.

Author: DW 0000-00-00 00:00:00

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Cast & crew

Director: Steven Spielberg, William Dear, Robert Zemeckis

Producer: David E Vogel

Cast: Kevin Costner, Casey Siemaszko, Kiefer Sutherland, Jeffrey Jay Cohen, Gary Mauro, John Philbin full cast

Genre(s): Horror

Duration: 110 mins


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