Did you really think that we don't know about a certain 1960s show?
Picture this premise:
A witch moves to a suburban area. The family patriarch is a corporate exec. Meanwhile, the nosy neighbor keeps noticing odd goings-on but her clueless husband doesn't believe any of it.
You've no doubt deduced that I was describing "Bewitched". Hell, Gladys Kravitz is the paradigm of a nosy neighbor.
Well it turns out that this premise is also Fred Olen Ray's 1998 movie "Little Miss Magic". The difference is that the witch is a teenage girl placed with a human couple, and the mom is essentially the Endora character.
Ray is best known for horror flicks with a comedy element, namely 1992's "Evil Toons" (basically "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" by way of John Carpenter). This movie has one or two funny scenes, but mostly seems like a cheap way to entertain the tykes for ninety minutes. The most recognizable cast member is Russ Tamblyn, best known as Riff in "West Side Story" (he more recently appeared in "Django Unchained" as the son of a gunfighter). Tommy Kirk (the nosy neighbor's clueless husband) was a Disney star in his teens. Michelle Bauer (the mom) has appeared in a number of Ray's movies.
All in all, this is something that you'd only put on to entertain the little ones.
A witch moves to a suburban area. The family patriarch is a corporate exec. Meanwhile, the nosy neighbor keeps noticing odd goings-on but her clueless husband doesn't believe any of it.
You've no doubt deduced that I was describing "Bewitched". Hell, Gladys Kravitz is the paradigm of a nosy neighbor.
Well it turns out that this premise is also Fred Olen Ray's 1998 movie "Little Miss Magic". The difference is that the witch is a teenage girl placed with a human couple, and the mom is essentially the Endora character.
Ray is best known for horror flicks with a comedy element, namely 1992's "Evil Toons" (basically "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" by way of John Carpenter). This movie has one or two funny scenes, but mostly seems like a cheap way to entertain the tykes for ninety minutes. The most recognizable cast member is Russ Tamblyn, best known as Riff in "West Side Story" (he more recently appeared in "Django Unchained" as the son of a gunfighter). Tommy Kirk (the nosy neighbor's clueless husband) was a Disney star in his teens. Michelle Bauer (the mom) has appeared in a number of Ray's movies.
All in all, this is something that you'd only put on to entertain the little ones.
- lee_eisenberg
- Aug 6, 2024