Aug 23 10
Ernest Scared Stupid: Preview
After the box office success of Ernest‘s first holiday movie Ernest Saves Christmas, it wasn’t long before Ernest P. Worrell found himself in the midst of a spooky Halloween tale. While, as always, Ernest is the star of the film, this story dates back to Ernest’s early ancestor Phineas Worrell in 19th century Briarville, Missouri (a fictional town). Briarville is plagued by a troll who turns little boys and girls into wooden dolls, in turn, harvesting them for energy. The town enlists the help of their village elder, Phineas, to rid them of the horrible monster before the troll takes all their children. Led by Phineas, the Briarvillians band together to capture the troll and seal him beneath a giant oak tree, but before the seal is complete, the troll places a curse on Phineas, dictating that his descendants would become progressively less intelligent with every passing generation. The troll delivers a prophecy that some day one of Phineas’ own flesh and blood will be dumb enough to release the troll from its deeply rooted cell, at which point he will have his revenge.In the year 1991, Ernest is working a job as a sanitation engineer assigned to clean up a house in where else but Briarville, Missouri. The land is owned by Old Lady Hackmore, whose sister was one of the troll’s little girl victims long ago. Fearing the curse, Old Lady Hackemore orders Ernest to leave once she learns of his heritage, but her efforts prove fruitless. Ernest and his friends choose the very tree beneath which the troll is sealed to build a haunted tree house after their earlier ground-level attempt is the victim of bully vandals. When Old Lady Hackemore sees Ernest and friends up to no good near the tree she rushes to confront them. Ernest, of course slowed by generational de-evolution, decides to prove her wrong and perform the release ritual, unleashing the troll and a new legion of troll followers upon the town. It’s now Ernest’s job, with the help of his friends to stop the evil trolls and restore order to the sleepy Missouri town.