Jack The Bear Details

This heavy-handed modern fairy tale was directed by Marshall Herskovitz, who cut his teeth on TV's Thirtysomething. The idea that real and imaginary terrors are often indistinguishable in the mind of a child is hardly an original one and this contrived tosh draws no startling conclusions, which is all the more disappointing as it's supposed to be a chiller. Danny DeVito hurls himself into the role of the widowed father, whose job as a horror show host does little to ease the fears of his son, who is impressively played by the film's major plus factor, Robert J Steinmiller Jr.

Oklahoma, c. 1972. The house that 12-year-old Jack lives in looks like it was abandoned by the Addams family. Mom's... read more on Time Out