August 23rd, 2010
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. (more…)
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August 23rd, 2010
In Ernest’s first holiday feature, the do-gooder protagonist finds himself as a cab driver in Orlando when he encounters a portly, grey-bearded passenger claiming to be none other than Santa Claus. When Ernest inquires what brings Santa so far south of the North Pole, he finds out that Santa is in town to inform Joe Carruthers, an Orlando based Mr. Rogers clone, he has been chosen as the heir apparent to the jolliest job on the planet, the role of Santa Claus. While riding with Santa, the pair offer a lift to a young teenage girl who claims her name is Harmony Star. (more…)
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August 23rd, 2010
In this classic camp tale, Ernest begins the summer not as a highly revered counselor ready to teach young campers about life in the wilderness, but as a lowly handyman with menial tasks to fix this and tighten that. Of course, Ernest has his sights set on earning a counselor position and, never lacking the courage to give something a good natured try, sets out to do just that. Through showing off his hard work, plus taking on additional tasks, such as learning to translate for camp owner Indian Chief St. Cloud, Ernest is eventually rewarded with the counselor position he has long desired. In a twist, however, Ernest is assigned to a group of juvenile delinquents who try to get under his skin through a series of pranks. Though initially they do not respect him, Ernest is earnest in his attempts to take the boys under his wing, and stands up for them when mocked by more well-to-do campers and counselors. (more…)
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