Saturday, April 19, 2014

Evil Toons (1992)

How bad is it? It's in the running for worst animated film.
Should you see it? No.

Another Fred Olen Ray film, this time he was apparently wanting to ride the coattails of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" and blend animated characters with live ones. This required a larger budget than usual, which also explains how he got David Carradine to star, rather than his father John Carradine. Arte Johnson and Dick Miller also have roles. Here, toons from a magical book come to life and attack - an idea that has some possibilities, as how does one kill something that's animated? Unfortunately, the film meanders and is the usual lowbrow sludge Ray specializes in. The toons themselves are mostly derivative of Chuck Jones and look like they were merely painted onto the film.

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