Saturday the 14th (1981)
- Directed by
- Howard R. Cohen
- Genre
- comedy horror
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 5.1 of 10 from 110 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A family inherits a house and a magical book from a deceased uncle. Their son reads the book and accidentally releases monsters. The family deals with a vampire and a Van Helsing wannabe who both try to steal the book.
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What happens
Saturday the 14th is a 1981 American comedy horror film starring real-life husband and wife Paula Prentiss and Richard Benjamin, co-written and directed by Howard R. Cohen and produced by Julie Corman. Despite the implications of the film's title, it is a spoof of classic horror movies from the 1930s and 1940s, and not a parody of the Friday the 13th series or of slasher films of that type from the 1980s. It was followed by Saturday the 14th Strikes Back in 1988. In the film, the Hyatt family inherits the house of a deceased uncle, and its magical book. The family's son reads the book and unwittingly unleashes monsters from its pages. The family has interactions with the vampire Waldemar and the would-be world-conqueror Van Helsing, who each want to acquire the book. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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