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Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam is a american film of genre Science fiction directed by John R. Cherry III released in USA on 9 april 1986 with Jim Varney
Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam (1986)
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Add to a movie listDr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam is a 1986 science fiction comedy film starring Jim Varney. It was written and directed by John R. Cherry III. It is the first film to feature the Ernest P. Worrell character. However it takes a slightly darker tone than his future films. The film was released on video in 1992 by GoodTimes Home Video. It was shot in Fall Creek Falls State Park, Boxwell Scout Reservation, and Nashville, Tennessee.
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Dr. Otto is a mysterious villain with a hand growing on top of his head. He is plotting world domination using his gloom beam, which can delete matter or memory and has the power to destroy the world. The bumbling hero Lance Sterling is the only one who can stop him, but his only clue is a riddle which reads: "When the money is scrambled to the very last cent, riots and hatred soon will commence. When all the world's commerce will be put in a bind, from the evil that lurks where the sun never shines. It is I, Dr. Otto von Schnick -ick-ick-ick, who has played on you this trick-ick-ick-ick." "But who's Dr. Otto?" you may well ponder, while all your magnetic cash is squandered. It's he who had an eye, and yet couldn't see. It's he who served bouillabaisse, when he was a she. It's he who gambled with brains, and a gun. It's he who had all, and yet had none. And to stop this horrible twisted trick, just exchange the poles of old Saint Nick. And if that doesn't do to save the day, put another quarter in and try another play.Actors
Jim Varney
(Dr. Otto VonSchnick / Rudd Hardtact / Laughin' Jack / Guy Dandy / Auntie Nelda / Ernest P. Worrell)
Bill Byrge
(Gas Station Attendant)
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, 1h31Directed by John R. Cherry III
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Comedy horror films, Children's films
Actors Jim Varney, Shay Astar, Eartha Kitt, Bill Byrge, Ernie Fosselius
Rating57%
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Ernest Goes to Jail (1990)
, 1h21Directed by John R. Cherry III
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment, Children's films
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Rating53%
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Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)
, 1h35Directed by John R. Cherry III
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Christmas films, Buddy films, Children's films, Santa Claus in film
Actors Jim Varney, Douglas Seale, Oliver Clark, Gailard Sartain, Bill Byrge, Billie Bird
Rating56%
A man who claims to be Santa Claus (Douglas Seale) arrives at the Orlando International Airport in Florida. Ernest P. Worrell (Jim Varney) is working as a taxi driver. He takes a passenger to the airport, but speeds and the passenger falls out of the taxi. Ernest later picks up Santa Claus, who tells Ernest that he is on his way to inform a local celebrity named Joe Carruthers (Oliver Clark) that he has been chosen to be the new Santa Claus. Carruthers hosts a children's program named Uncle Joey's Treehouse in the Orlando area similar to Mister Rogers' Neighborhood with emphasis on manners and integrity with the catchphrase "They never get old. They always stay new. Those three little words, Please and Thank You.
Ernest Goes to Camp (1987)
, 1h32Directed by John R. Cherry III
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Transport films, Road movies, Children's films
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Rating54%
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, 1h33Directed by John R. Cherry III
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Sports films, Basketball films
Actors Jim Varney, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Stevie Vallance, Cylk Cozart, Miguel A. Nunez, Jr., Jay Brazeau
Rating46%
Ernest (Jim Varney) takes a job with a cleaning service at the local mall, and he soon seeks to join his co-workers' basketball team, "Clean Sweep", as they compete in the city league tournament. He is reluctantly accepted by the team, but given only a minor role as their cheerleader and mascot. In his despair, he is visited by an angel (played by basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), and given a pair of magical shoes, but is warned, "Don't misuse the shoes." As a matter of fact, the shoe store's owner, Zamiel Moloch happens to be a demon in disguise. He would eventually prevent Ernest's sportsmanship with the basketball players by luring Ernest to arrogance.
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, 1h36Directed by John R. Cherry III
Origin USA
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Rating47%
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, 1h30Directed by John R. Cherry III
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Jim Varney, Linda Kash, Jamie Bartlett, Frank Opperman, Eric the Actor
Rating46%
Ernest P. Worrell (Varney) has been fired from his job due to accidentally crushing a lady's car. He goes to a local restaurant and asks his crush, Rene Loomis (Kash) to go on a date with him. He is turned down by her because she wants to date somebody more adventurous. Ernest decided to buy her a gift to show that he really cares for her. He goes to a flea market where he buys two jewels, unaware that they are the "Eyes of Igoli" stolen from the Sinkatutu tribe in Africa by a runaway man named Mr. Rabhas who is being chased by two henchmen of Prince Kazim. He is cornered by the men but rescued by a man named Thompson (Bartlett) and his strong African bodyguard, Bazu.
Ernest in the Army (1998)
, 1h25Directed by John R. Cherry III
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Jim Varney, John R. Cherry III, Daniel Kash
Rating44%
Ernest (Jim Varney) is working as a golf ball collector at a golf range in Valdosta, Georgia, but fantasizes about being a war hero. A friend tells him that if he joins the Army, he will get to drive large vehicles and never have to go into actual combat. He enlists, but is deployed to the fictional Middle Eastern country of Karifistan, where his unit has to save the country from being invaded by an evil Islamic dictator named Tufuti of Aziria. Once he began, Ernest and his team investigates a dictator who was responsible for the wars in the nearby village. Suddenly, he finds a lost boy and has to keep him safe until his father is found.
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Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Social science fiction, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Adventure, Animation, Romance, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, Comic science fiction
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Actors Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard, John Ratzenberger, Kathy Najimy
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, 57minutesDirected by John R. Cherry III
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