If you loved Ernest Goes to Jail, try Ernest Scared Stupid

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by John Cherry, and they both carry the playful mood tag, and they sit in Comedy / Family territory. If that's the register that drew you to Ernest Goes to Jail, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Ernest Scared Stupid is

Briarville, Ohio — Halloween night, a shovel. A simple gravedigger unleashes the slumbering curse of an ancient creature. Trolls appear, menacing local children, as one man stands between the town and total pandemonium. Jim Varney's apotheosis.

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