Freckled Max And The Spooks
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1h 40m
Directed by Juraj Jakubisko • Drama • With Gerhardt Karzel, Eddie Constantine • 1987 • 100 minutes
A bittersweet, slapstick cross between MONSTER SQUAD, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN and the Island of Misfit Toys, FRECKLED MAX is a nostalgic Gothic fairytale from acclaimed Slovak director Juraj Jakubisko about a young orphan Max who runs away and hides out in the ruins of nearby Frankenstein's castle. There he meets a rogues' gallery of monsters: Frankenstein, Dracula and more, all longing to be loved.
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