Cheap Monsters Be Gone - Bedtime Survival Kit (Video) Price

For a bedtime survival kit that is little more than a marketing strategy, Monsters Be Gone at least offers a good message: monsters aren't real and children can control their fears by knowing the difference between real and make-believe. The kit's chief component is a 40-minute video, Magic Al and the Mind Factory, which combines a live-action movie with a behind-the-scenes peek at monster moviemaking. The best that can be said of this B-rated short is that it will entertain, if not inform, 5-year-olds. The plot begins when a dream machine gets into the wrong hands (professor Claudius Crawford Cloot) and wreaks havoc on Tazz Foster and his friends, who suddenly find themselves overrun with ghoulish visitations, monster nightmares, and spooky sounds. Magic Al, a kind-hearted magician, shares a little secret with Tazz: Professor Cloot's sinister machine will lose all its power when children choose to confront their fears rather than give in to them. A brief how-to on monster moviemaking follows, explaining makeup, special effects, and camera tricks, empowering children to be able to sort reality from imagination. The movie has a sprinkling of star power, namely Butch Patrick, famous for his role of Eddie in television's The Munsters; pop sensation Mandy Moore; and Criss Ruiz, of Boyz-n-Girlz United. Other survival kit gimmicks include a Monsters Be Gone night-light, fragrance room spray (with which to zap lingering monsters), and a door sign that reads No Monsters Allowed! All in fun, certainly, but effective? It depends on your imagination. --Lynn Gibson

CATEGORY:	Video
THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE:	2000
MANUFACTURER:	Brentwood Home Video
MPAA RATING:	NR (Not Rated)
FEATURES:	Color, NTSC
TYPE:	Anime / Japanimation, Children's Video, How To - Parenting/Baby Care, Movie
MEDIA:	VHS Tape
# OF MEDIA:	1
UPC:	090096096131