I remember seeing EVIL TOONS for the first time when I was about 13. It was on Joe Bob’s Drive In Theater on The Movie Channel, which was a home to many sleazy low-budget horror flicks of similar ill repute. Now the movie is 20 years old. Damn. Not even EVIL TOONS is safe from Father Time.
On the bright side, we’re getting a 20th Anniversary Edition on DVD MAY 4th. Special features include director’s commentary track; original trailer; original work-print; special “Making Of” video documentary; original Nite Owl Theater segment; and Evil Toons Suite by Chuck Cirino.
If you’re unfamiliar with the plot, let me break it down for you: To receive a large amount of money, four hot teenage girls must spend the night in an old haunted house. Soon after arriving, a strange man comes by to deliver an old book full of magic incantations.
Reading the contents aloud, the group accidentally brings a cartoon character (a wolf-like monster) to life which desires the blood of young ladies! In their struggle to survive, the girls do whatever it takes to return the creature back to the book.
Directed by legendary B-movie schlockmeister Fred Olen Ray, EVIL TOONS stars David Carradine (yup!), Dick Miller, Arte Johnson, Monique Gabrielle and Michelle Bauer (pictured below).