Drop Dead Fred [Blu-ray]

Overview

Phoebe Cates stars in this bizarre comedy that wants to be the kind of stylish comic fable the likes of Tim Burton's Beetlejuice and Pee-wee's Big Adventure but ends up looking like a shabby burlesque about schizophrenia. Cates is Elizabeth, who has recently separated from her philandering husband Charles (Tim Matheson) and moved back home with her harridan mother Polly (Marsha Mason). Back in her old little-girl haunts, she regresses into childhood and recalls her imaginary childhood friend Drop Dead Fred (Rik Mayall), a nasty, ill-tempered sociopath. As a child, Elizabeth created mayhem with her imaginary pal, but Polly locked him up tight in a jack-in-the-box. But now, Elizabeth mistakenly liberates him from the jack-in-the-box, and the newly freed Drop Dead Fred proceeds to wreak more havoc than the Id Monster from Forbidden Planet -- taking vengeance upon all the people who have made Elizabeth miserable -- and then some.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/29/2022
UPC:	0814456024738
Original Release:	1991
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	Vinegar Syndrome
Language:	English
Time:	1:39:00
Sales rank:	10,798

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Phoebe Cates	Elizabeth Cronin
Rik Mayall	Drop Dead Fred
Marsha Mason	Polly
Tim Matheson	Charles Cronin
Carrie Fisher	Janie
Keith Charles	Murray
Ashley Peldon	Young Elizabeth
Daniel Gerroll	Nigel
Ron Eldard	Mickey Bunce
Eleanor Mondale	Attractive Customer
Lynn Kressel	Actor
Bob Reid	Judge Dubben
Peter Thoemke	Arsonist
Sjoukje DeJong Douma	Grandma Bunce
Paul Holmes	Man in Speedboat
Steve Cochran	1st Waiter
Robert Meyzen	2nd Waiter
Daniel Buchen	Doctor Ryland
Marie Mathay	Concerned Mom
Peter Breitmayer	Go To Hell Herman
Clark Niederjohn	Velcro Head
Tom Bethke	Graggy
Elizabeth Gray	Namby Pamby
Cheryl Hawker	Nurse
Michael Welker	Waiter at Wine Gala
Kelly Benson	Natalie
Cathy Lind Hayes	Ms. Fuzzock
Bridget Fonda	uncredited cameo

Technical Credits

Ate de Jong	Director
Tim Bevan	Executive Producer
Bob Cooper	Special Effects
Carlos Davis	Executive Producer
Anthony Fingleton	Executive Producer
Paul Gentry	Special Effects
Christopher Johnson	Special Effects
Kevin Kutchaver	Special Effects
Ky Michaelson	Stunts
Paul Webster	Producer