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1997 - 75m.

Full Moon "concept" horror flick (meaning it tries to twist horror movie conventions with minimal sucess) has mad scientist Bill Moynihan stealing the original manuscripts for such classic horror literature as Frankenstein and Dracula in order to use a machine he's invented to bring the villians of the books to life.

However it seems he's messed something up as the four creatures (Dracula, Frankenstein, Werewolf and The Mummy) all come back as midgets. It's up to librarian Rhonda Griffin (who's cute but a passable actress) and bumbling wannabe detective/video store owner Justin Lauer to try and stop them.

With a lightweight tone and silly premise this is certainly campy stuff and manages to be fairly entertaining despite the fact it's really hard to be menaced by pint-size creatures (I mean come on, just pust them out of the way and run!), Griffin's end speech is corny as Hell and it's generally a dopey effort. Phil Fondacaro does decent as Dracula and Moynihan is amusing as the nebbish scientist.

Directed by Charles Band, president of Full Moon and generally a guy who gets more excited about his films than the viewing public does.

Directed By: Charles Band.
Written By: Benjamin Carr.

Starring: Rhonda Griffin, Justin Lauer, Bill Moynihan, Kristin Norton.