The Night of the Living Duck (1988)

Directed by

Terry Lennon, Greg Ford

Genre

monster film, crossover fiction

Country

United States

Runtime

7 min

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 24 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Daffy Duck gets chased by a mob of monsters in this short cartoon. It is a spoof of horror movies but stays silly and fun instead of scary.

whimsicalplayfulenergeticzanyfast-pacedslapsticknostalgiclightheartedcampy

What happens

The Night of the Living Duck is a six-minute 1988 Merrie Melodies cartoon starring Daffy Duck, directed by Greg Ford and Terry Lennon. It was released to theatres as a part of Daffy Duck's Quackbusters on September 24, 1988 and precedes the film in all subsequent releases, including in TV broadcasts and home media. The title is a pun on Night of the Living Dead, although the cartoon has nothing to do with said film's theme of a zombie apocalypse. This short was also one of Mel Blanc's final performances, as it was released less than a year before his death. The short was shown on the opening day of the 1988 New York Film Festival before Pedro Almodovar's Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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