Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam (1986)

97 min · Komödie, children's film, science fiction comedy, science fiction film

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Directors

John R. Cherry III

Cast

Jim Varney, Myke R. Mueller, Jackie Welch, Esther Huston, Tina Goetze, Daniel Butler, Glenn Petach, Leslie Potter, Irv Kane, Jennifer Wood

The story

Ernest P. Worrell is showing off a new device he has bartered from a guy off the street. He called it a "changing coffin" that transforms the user into any disguise.

Catalogue themes and tags

Chaos, Hospital, Mad Scientist, Produktionsassistentin, Strahlenpistole, Weltherrschaft, Children's, Indie, Comedy, Slapstick

Genres

Komödie, children's film, science fiction comedy, science fiction film

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