Fred Gwynne
Author
Series
Parable volume 2
Language
English
Description
The story of mankind is represented by a gardener, his son, the wicked one, and a world populated by ants. Drawing inspiration from the works of Fellini and Bergman, this is Forsberg's thought-provoking 1960s cinematic metaphor with breathtaking imagery and mind-blowing and photography by the distinguished macro-cinematographer Robert Crandall.
7) Pondlarker
Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1990
Language
English
Description
Not satisfied being a frog, Pondlarker seeks a princess' kiss to fulfill his princely ambitions.
8) Pet sematary
Language
English
Formats
Description
A patch of woods is discovered to rejuvenate the dead and a new doctor in town uses it to restore the life of his dead son. But it soon becomes clear that his son has changed.
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
One evening, soon after the death of her mother and a move to a new town, 14-year-old Millie sees her next-door neighbor, Eric, sitting precariously on his second-floor windowsill, arms outstretched as though in flight. Since the age of five, when his parents died in a plane crash, Eric has been mute, withdrawn from reality and absorbed in the belief that he can fly.As an awkward, magical first love grows between the two, Millie (Lucy Deakins) encourages...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004], c1964
Language
English
Description
In a spooky house at 1313 Mockingbird Lane, live the Munsters, a family that happens to look like monsters. A decent and loving family, they can't understand why the world reacts to them with shock and horror. Includes all 38 first season episodes.
13) My cousin Vinny
Language
English
Formats
Description
Two carefree pals (Macchio and Whitfield) traveling through Alabama are mistakenly arrested, and charged with murder. Fortunately, Vincent Gambini (Pesci) is the cousin of one of them and he is a lawyer. Vinny is a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who just passed his bar exam after his sixth try and has never been in court. When cousin Vinny arrives with his leather-clad girlfriend (Tomei) to handle his first case, it's a real shock - for both Vinny...
Publisher
Shanachie Entertainment Corp
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
The series follows the misadventures of NYPD officers Gunther Toody and Francis Muldoon in the fictional 53rd precinct in the Bronx, assigned to Patrol Car 54.Toody was short, stocky, nosy, not very bright, and lived with his loud, domineering wife Lucille. Muldoon, a shy bachelor who lived with his mother, was very tall, quiet, and more intelligent.
15) Shadows and fog
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Recruited by an inept mob of vigilantes, Kleinman, a cowardly clerk, is forced to search for a notorious murderer -- only to stumble upon Irmy, a sword-swallower running away from the circus and her clownish boyfriend. Determined to help her and eager to escape the vigilantes Kleinman abandons his search for the killer ... or so he thinks.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
After moving to an idyllic home in the countryside, life seems perfect for the Creed family...but not for long. Louis and Rachel Creed and their two young children settle into a house that sits next door to a pet cemetery--built on an ancient Indian burial ground. Their mysterious new neighbor, Jud Crandall, hides the cemetery's darkest secret...until a family tragedy brings the secret to life. Now, an unthinkable evil is about to be resurrected.
17) Ironweed
Language
English
Description
Albany, New York, Halloween, 1938. Francis Phelan and Helen Archer are bums. She used to be a singer on the radio, he used to be a major league pitcher. Death surrounds them. Helen is sick, one of their pals has cancer, he digs graves at the cemetery and visits the grave of his infant son whom he dropped. Visions of his past haunt him, including ghosts of two men he killed. One night, while drinking, Helen tries to sing at a bar. Next day, Fran visits...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The Munsters are America's first family of fright! There's Herman, devoted dad and 'working stiff'; Lily, the sassy homemaker; Grandpa, a former count who still loves to take a bite out of life; Marilyn, the 'black sheep' of the family; and Eddie, the little boy who loves to have a howling good time.
Author
Language
English
Description
In the small town of Hadleyburg, the smug townspeople stay honest by avoiding tempation, until a stranger (Robert Preston) arrives and plots revenge on the hypocritical residents by promising a fortune to the citizens who once showed him charity. Based on the Mark Twain classic.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Fourteen year-old Millie feels the pain of her father's recent death and the anxiety of a new neighborhood and school. She meets Eric, the strange mute boy next door who dreams of flying. They learn that if you wish hard enough, anything is possible.