Kattiera Nana I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Freaktana A Major Disappointment

PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Caryl It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

hellholehorror Not the most adventurous but nothing bad either. It is pretty silly and unimaginative. It is a children's film but it is quite fun for an adult. Ernest is the only memorable character, all the others are instantly forgettable. He's not even the best children's entertainment character in movies, Pee-Wee is my favourite!

kylesellars-33776 Okay, I'll be the first to admit that the Ernest films aren't exactly Oscar-caliber movies... okay, they aren't even good movies by most peoples standards. BUT, the Ernest P. Worrell movies sure are fun, something that you can just let go and laugh at.Ernest Scared Stupid is my favorite of these movies. It may be just because I used to watch it all the time when I was like 12 years old, but either way, I still like it. Right from the credits you can tell it is going to be hilarious. The troll makeup and costumes are very well done for an Ernest movie, and it keeps you entertained all the way through. I'm 20 years old and I can still watch this one until the very end. The real question is, when is somebody going to get off of their ass and put the late, great Jim Varney's entire Ernest collection out on DVD?We're waiting... I know I'm not alone here... right?

thesar-2 Oddly, Ernest Scared Stupid (or Part IV) was the movie in 1991 that made me stop watching Ernest movies and I was a huge Ernest fan. Today, October 2, 2013, watching it for the first time since that one viewing in the theatre in 1991, I actually appreciated it.Yes. It was silly beyond belief, and the opening credits filled with Ernest acting all-scared juxtaposed with old Bmovies that were probably featured on Elvira: Mistress of the Dark or Mystery Science Theater 3000 or both, should tell you immediately what you're in for. Since I wanted to give this, and Ernest films, another shot during the correct month – October – I continued. And, I was glad I did.There were actually a lot of funny moments and lines from Ernest. Despite being strictly a children's "scary" comedy, he had some genuinely hilarious lines. Again, the movie got more and more silly and the finale, though it worked, contained the goofiest scenes of the entire movie.The movie begins with the background story of a troll over a hundred years prior that stole children and turned them into wooden figures for his powers and the townsfolk trap the creature and bury him. Never seems to occur to them to chop up or kill the troll before burying it alive, but then again, this is a children's PG movie.Fast forward to present (1991) day, it is said the descendants of the person who doomed the troll, would get stupider and stupider and, well, we have Ernest, the garbage man in the same town. He's friends with the kids, as he always is, and he helps them make a tree house in the same tree that sits over the buried troll from ages past. Ernest does wake the troll, who wastes no time to collect more children and create an army of evil trolls.Ernest doesn't sleep, stop or cease being silly to bring to an end to the troll and protect the town. The kids help, as does the fantastic little dog of Ernest's, Rimshot, who reminded me of the Wallace & Gromit animation series. Though, the dog has a suspiciously odd name for kid's movie…Overall, it's a fun movie and, of course, never to be taken seriously. I did find myself laughing out loud because (RIP, God bless his soul) Jim Varney was a great comedian despite his lowbrow character with a vest.* * * Final thoughts: "Remember, if anyone of us gets separated, there's an old pioneer way of finding north. The bark always grows on the outside of the tree." – Ernest P. Worrell. God, I love Ernest.

eddie_elevens Looking back into my memories as a child, I remember this movie being the best of the Earnest series, which was often too absurd to warrant my full-full attention. Though I was perhaps three or four at the time, my tastes had already been refined by films like Beetlejuice and Peewee's big Top. But what makes this film memorable, and perhaps all the films that I've listed, are their balanced transitions from funny to morbid-freaky. As for this film, I think the device of children being attacked by a leprechaunish troll, only to have their twisted faced immortalized in the wooden dolls they have now become. Once collected, they rest, powering the Gothic tree, lovingly tree-housed by our goofy friend Earnest for all of his friends.