Pray it's not too late.
Three young children accidentally release a horde of nasty, pint-sized demons from a hole in a suburban backyard. What follows is a classic battle between good and evil as the three kids struggle to overcome a nightmarish hell that is literally taking over the Earth.
- Animal harm
- Body horror
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Earnest, unpretentious, resolved and grave.
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- resolvedopen-ended
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
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Cast
- Stephen DorffGlen
- Christa DentonAl
- Louis TrippTerrence "Terry" Chandler
- Kelly RowanLori Lee
- Jennifer IrwinLinda Lee
- Deborah GroverMom
- Ingrid VeningerPaula
- Linda GoransonTerry's Mom
- Scot DentonDad
- Sean FaganEric
Crew
- Tibor TakácsDirector
- Michael NankinScreenplay
- Thomas VámosDirector of Photography
- Michael HoenigOriginal Music Composer
- J. Peter RobinsonOriginal Music Composer
- Rit WallisEditor
- John KemenyProducer
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Pairings
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Both earnest, classical in form, grave.
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Damien - Omen II 197875% alikeBoth earnest, grave, classical in form.
Return of the Phantom 199380% alikeGame · Both earnest, grave, resolved.
It 199078% alikeSeries · Both earnest, resolved, unpretentious.
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