reddragonhero17 Of all the Ernest movies, this one is my personal favorite. Everything all comes together beautifully. I love the intro as it mixes a nice mixture of old horror movies, creepy sound effects, and jaunty creepy music. Ernest's comic genius really pulls out all the stops in this one especially one scene where he plays a variety of different characters trying to convince a kid to build a tree house. I will admit the Troll is very frightening from a kid's perspective, but thankfully the humor and action offset that very well. I even like the fact they added Eartha Kitt for good measure and she adds some depth to this. Add in a great message about parental love and this one is a winner. RIP Ernest P Worrell.

Terryfan Ernest P Worrell is one of the many beloved characters of my childhood.The Guy just made me laugh and created many good comedy moments that I like so much.Ernest Scared Stupid is both funny and scary while it is still a family film there are moments that might be too much for children.However with the comedy that is strong in this film, there are moments that you will be replaying over and over that still remain as funny as they did back then. Ernest just has that comedy timing that knows when it works.Plus the intro for Ernest Scared Stupid with Ernest reacting to classic horror film scenes just set the mood for the film along with a original story that will make you never look at a film like this ever again.Mixing comedy and scary films is always risking but lucky this film does a good job with that. It has both humor, scary to it a long with emotion. Ernest Scared Stupid just proof how you're suppose to make something like this just work while there are moments in the films that might be not be wise to let younger eyes see it the film is just one that the family will enjoyI give Ernest Scared Stupid an 8 out of 10

bug76 "Boy, I sure hope you're from Keebler". That line had me cracking up every time. I have to say: Trantor was and still is the ugliest thing I've ever seen. I remember this movie fondly as a kid and as an adult I still appreciate Varney's clean brand of humor. The moral: "Unconditional love is the strongest weapon of them all." Phineas Worrell managed to bury Trantor, having the roots of a tree be its prison but before they bury him in dirt, he curses the Worrell blood line by having them get dumber and dumber. Enter Ernest P. Worrell, not very bright but full of heart. When the bullies tear down the kids' playhouse, Ernest helps them find a tree so they can have the 'high ground'. Unfortunately, he goes and picks the one tree that has the imprisoned troll, Trantor. Old Lady Hackmore(Kitt) finds out and flees from the place and Ernest goes after her. Having returned, Ernest explains to the children about what Lady Hackmore has told him about the curse. Being Ernest, he says the one thing he shouldn't have: "Yay, I call thee forth Trantor" and knocks on the tree 3 times, thus releasing the evil troll. After being released, he starts going after the children to turn them into wooden dolls to 'feed' his army of trolls that begin sprouting from the tree. But only a Worrell can stop him. Lady Hackmore shows Ernest a book that tells him how he can rid the town of this troll. "Thoust can destroyeth a troll with MI_K". The only thing Ernest can think of is MIAK, which we know doesn't work. Kenny finds out that it is actually milk that can destroy the trolls. And how clever, the brand of milk used is Purity, the brand Ernest hawked in his commercials. Ernest becomes angry after Trantor turns Rimshot into a wooden doll and vows to kill Trantor. After arriving, the pods started to drop and many more trolls started 'hatching'. When the kids arrive, they begin shooting these trolls with milk from toy guns. Eventually, Trantor is left but he managed to summon the demons to make him stronger and therefore, milk would not kill him. Thankfully, Ernest figures out that unconditional love would be the only thing to kill Trantor. He goes from angry to happy in the blink of an eye. He tells the troll, "Aw, you're so cute" and kisses old Booger Lips with all the love in the world, which makes Ernest pull an 'Ewwwww' and I had to pull an 'Ewww' myself. That loving little smooch ended up destroying the troll and all the kids and Rimshot turned back to normal. This is a great Halloween movie for the whole family to enjoy. It's good, wholesome fun. No foul language and no innuendos. The trolls are scary but not enough to scar a child for life. They'll have plenty of time for that if they watch the movies Hollywood is putting out today.

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.