Playroom (film)

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Playroom
Directed by Manny Coto
Screenplay byKeaton Jones
Story by Jackie Earle Haley
Produced byLuigi Cingolani
Starring Lisa Aliff
Aron Eisenberg
Christopher McDonald
James Purcell
Jamie Rose
Vincent Schiavelli
Kimberly Beck
CinematographyJames L. Carter
Edited byBernard Weiser
Music byDavid E. Russo
Production
company
Smart Egg Pictures
Distributed byRepublic Pictures Home Video
Release date
  • September 6, 1990 (1990-09-06)(United States)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Playroom is a 1990 American horror film directed by Manny Coto in his directorial debut. The film stars Lisa Aliff, Aron Eisenberg, Christopher McDonald, and Vincent Schiavelli. The cinematographer was James L. Carter and the production designer was Vicky Jenson, who later went on to direct Shrek .

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Plot

Chris (Christopher McDonald) is an archaeologist who has nightmares about the murder of his family, which occurred when he was a child, while the family was living in the ruins of a European monastery, while his father sought the tomb of Prince Elok, a ten year old prince who was obsessed with torture and worshiped a Slavic demon. Chris decides to return to the site and continue the search with his girlfriend Jenny (Lisa Aliff), a magazine editor who funds the effort in order to cover the story. Chris quickly begins to experience delusions such as the return of an imaginary friend from his childhood, Daniel (Aron Eisenberg).

In the meantime, the mental patient who had been wrongly accused of the murder of the family, Roman Hart (Vincent Schiavelli) also shows up in the town near the ruins, seeking revenge. Ultimately Chris recovers his memories of the murder of his family and discovers Prince Elok's chambers, causing the demonic Prince to reappear as a monster.

Cast

Release

The film was released on VHS by Republic Pictures on April 15, 1997. [1]

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References

  1. Amazon.com: Playroom [VHS]: Lisa Aliff, Aron Eisenberg, Christopher McDonald, James Purcell, Jamie Rose, Vincent Schiavelli, Kimberly Beck, Maja Sabljic, Petar Bozovic, Sinisa Copic, Dragana Marjanovic, Ann Pesic, Manny Coto, Djordje Zecevic, Jason Clark, Luigi Cingolani, Paul Zecevic, Steven Gilder, Jackie Earle Haley, Keaton Jones: Movies & TV. ASIN   6301761464.