Diagonaldi Very well executed

TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

Haven Kaycee It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

Lee Eisenberg If you've come of age in the 21st century, then you know Melissa Leo for her roles as tough-as-nails women. She played a down-on-her-luck woman transporting illegal immigrants in "Frozen River", the hardboiled matriarch of a boxing family in "The Fighter" (for which she won an Academy Award), and Laura Poitras - who filmed Glenn Greenwald's interview with Edward Snowden, resulting in the Academy Award-winning documentary "Citizenfour" - in "Snowden".Some of these future roles get hinted at in the horror flick "Deadtime Stories". The movie features unusual twists on stories told to children. The first two vignettes are authentic horror stories, but the third one is a comic spin on Goldilocks and the Three Bears, with the bears depicted as a human family that escapes an institution (Melissa Leo plays the mom). The family reminded me of the Three Bears from Chuck Jones's cartoons (which themselves sort of predicted "All in the Family").Anyway, it's nice brainless fun. I suspect that they had fun filming it. I wonder if any of Melissa Leo's co-stars (Sean Penn, Tommy Lee Jones, Amy Adams, Bryan Cranston, Joseph Gordon-Levitt) from her more famous movies have ever seen it.

Red-Barracuda In this anthology movie a shady uncle tells three stories to his irritating nephew to get him to go to sleep. In the first, called Peter and the Witches, two witches want to resurrect their dead sister. They need a young woman for this, so they task their nephew to find one. They intend to boil her in their cauldron; however, they don't take into account their nephew's attachment to the girl. The second - Little Red Running Hood - is about a fitness fanatic who wants to lose her virginity. Meanwhile a werewolf pursues her grandmother who has accidentally being given his anti-lycanthropy medication. In the final instalment - Goldi Lox and the Three Baers – a lunatic family of criminals escape from an asylum and come into contact with a female serial killer.I'm usually a fan of portmanteau movies. Even if the quality is not great, the short running time of each story means they are rarely boring. However, occasionally this general rule fails to hold true. Deadtime Stories is certainly a case in point. All of its stories try your patience to varying degrees but perhaps worst of all it tries to be funny. But like most cheap horror comedies it fails miserably at being humorous. As a result it isn't scary nor is it funny and this is not good. It's not clear to me who would enjoy this but if you do then congratulations, you've got one over me.

tiffjanis -If you base what you like in horror from what you have seen released within the last 10-15 years...then you wont like this movie.-If you enjoy the style, humor, and campiness of the 80's horror, then this is a must watch!i remember watching this when I was a kid. We grew up in an eccentric horror fan family household. I loved this movie the first time I saw it. It is told in 4 stories. Main story is the premise for which the other 3 are told. Even though this movie is over 20 years old, I still wont post spoilers for it. It takes away from being pleasantly surprised. My favorite has to be the movies take on "Goldilocks and the 3 Bears". That was funny. The movie overall wasn't what you would call scary. Not that type of horror film. It also didn't take itself too seriously. Watch it! Just make sure to remember how horror was sometimes approached with humor and a bit cheesiness back then and you wont judge this film to harshly but rather end up enjoying the nostalgia.

Woodyanders Sleazy Uncle Mike (a perfectly cranky Michael Mesmer) tells his bratty nephew Brian (the supremely annoying Brian DePersia) a trio of macabre variations on classic fairy tales. First and most ghoulish yarn, "Peter and the Witches" - Hapless nice young guy Peter (a likable performance by Scott Valentine of "Family Ties" fame) has to abduct sweet fair maiden Miranda (the lovely Kathy Fleig) so she can be used as a human sacrifice by a pair of ugly, bickering old hag witches (broadly essayed by Phyllis Craig and Anne Redfern) who want to resurrect their long dead sister Magoga. This segment offers plenty of creepy atmosphere for the audience to relish. Second and trashiet tale, "Little Red Runninghood" - Nubile young lady jogger Rachel (delectable brunette hottie Nicole Picard) gets stalked by predatory werewolf Willie (a pleasingly smarmy Matt Mitler). The punchline for this one is obvious, but still uproarious just the same. Third and funniest vignette, "Goldi Lox and the Three Baers" - The deranged Baer family -- Grouchy dad Beresford "Papa" Baer (an amusingly cantankerous Kevin Hannon), screwball mom Judith "Mama" Baer (the hilarious Melissa Leo) and their doltish son Wilmont "Baby" Baer (affably goofy Timothy Rule) -- escape from an asylum and join forces with daffy psychic murderess Goldi Lox (luscious blonder looker Cathryn DePrume). This episode goes for broke with the hysterically over-the-top lowbrow silly humor. Director/co-writer Jeffrey Delman maintains a steady pace throughout and does a solid job of creating an enjoyably campy tongue-in-cheek tone. Daniel B. Canton's plain, but acceptable cinematography, the groovy opening credits theme song, Ed French's shoddy, rubbery make-up f/x, and Taj's funky score round off the schlocky goodies to be savored in this entertainingly tacky treat.