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.
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.