An archaeologist is haunted by a nightmare in which his family is murdered.An archaeologist is haunted by a nightmare in which his family is murdered.An archaeologist is haunted by a nightmare in which his family is murdered.
Maja Sabljic
- Dr. Petrovic
- (as Maja)
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Did you know
- TriviaFilmed in April, May, and June of 1989, but not released until going straight-to-video on 20 September 1990.
- Quotes
Roman Hart: Last stop - Hell!
- Alternate versionsThe Dutch Excalibur VHS release of the film features an alternate ending of the film, with Jenny now committed into a mental institution, suspected of the deaths of Chris, Paul, Marcy, Roman and Jelko. This ending is omitted from the U.S. Republic Pictures VHS and the Canadian Alliance/MCA VHS.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Rewind This! (2013)
Featured review
Calling Dr. Giggles! Calling Dr. Giggles to the playroom!!
After having seen the gory and over-the-top silly "Dr. Giggles" hundreds of times and loving it more with every viewing, it's rather difficult to accept that Manny Coto's debut film "Playroom" is such an ambitious and serious-minded psycho thriller. I surely wasn't expecting to see an attempt for intellectual horror, set in Eastern Europe and focusing on topics like archeology and child-psychology, so "Dr. Giggles"-fans beware!! It's not even an admirable attempt, as the screenplay is very uninteresting, tedious and a total bunch of nonsense. An obtrusive reporter convinces his girlfriend-editor to travel to Yugoslavia, more particularly to an ancient abbey where he and his archaeologist-father searched for the tomb of a fella named Ilok. After a couple of days of digging with no results, Chris goes completely nuts, has visions of his former imaginary childhood friend and kills the rest of the expedition crew. Big deal! "Playroom" is boring, mainly because you never care for Chris or his bad case of split personality syndrome. This is only the first time I see Christopher MacDonald in a lead role (he usually plays supportive characters) and he already fails to convince us of his acting capabilities. There's absolutely no tension, although Coto seemly tried hard to create some, and the supportive characters are all insufferable. Well, except for the great Vincent Schiavelli but his role is regretfully brief. There also is an irritating lack of gore and there seemly weren't enough budgets to buy a couple of extra light bulbs, as entire sequences are filmed in the dark. One final piece of advise for young scriptwriters: there's NOTHING even remotely scary about kids' imaginary friends! Especially not if these imaginary friends are ordinary looking kids as well.
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- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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