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Admirable film.

Absolutely the worst movie.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

What a weird film. Really more disgusting then scary. Case in point: a deep fried rat in a bucket of fried chicken!, a poodle put in a microwave by a demented old senile lady to "dry" him off! A poor old man scared to death in a amusement ride! Wow, so scary...NOT! Sean Astin with his brother and cousin take turns telling so-called scary stories, but they are anything but. The two main stories include a variety of stars.Dana Ashbrook was wasted in his brief cameo a customer wanting a bucket of chicken. Bill Erwin, Kimmy Robertson and Doug Benson are also totally wasted in a brief mini-story about a old man scared to death in a poor man's Haunted Mansion amusement ride.In story one, Kathleen Freeman did real good as a mean teacher, Ian Fried also did okay as a little boy being bullied and crying monster and no one believes him. of note: one of the bullies that tormented Ian, was none other than Jeremy Miller, 'Ben Seaver' of "Growing Pains" fame. James Karen had a nice part as the mysterious janitor with a very deadly secret. Clu Gulager was completely wasted as the principal of the school. I was really disappointed with that because when I saw his name and James Karen in the credits, I was expecting the funny chemistry they both had in the cult "Return of the Living Dead" film where they both had great parts. Here, even though they both were in Story One, did not have any scenes together.In Story Two, Michael Bower was cast very well as the strange and weird over-weight boy no one likes. His parents were good also especially Mike Pniewski as his mean and tough dad. A interesting pair of cameos were done by none other than Kirk Cameron and Tracey Gold, also of "Growing Pains" fame, in a nightmare scene that Michael has in which he is watching Kirk and Tracey on TV in their "Growing Pain" roles of 'Mike and Carol Seaver'! Story Two was a very weird and disturbing sequence that seem to go on for too long and with a very predictable (and unsatisfying) ending.All in all a very disturbing and weird little film. Could have been way better but it was low-budget at it's best. Still, if you can "stomach" it, (there's even a very disgusting and disturbing scene where a asthma inhaler is full of worms! YUCK!) I recommend you at least watch it once. It's that weird and disturbing.

"The Willies" is sort of an "Urban Legend" for kids trying to gross each other out. Sean Astin and two other boys are camping out and tell each other a bunch of nasty stories. This was actually the first time that I'd ever heard of the woman microwaving her dog; I was surprised when I later learned that it's a fairly common urban legend. The movie itself first portrays a school where the janitor (James Karen) turns out to be a hideous monster...fortunately, not totally malevolent. The next half portrays a boy who gets a little too obsessed with bugs.Yes, it's probably one of the sillier movies out there. But it knows that it is just that, so there's no problem. Sean Astin shows the same flair that he'd shown in "The Goonies" and would later show in the "Lord of the Rings" movies. Worth seeing.PS: In case you don't recognize James Karen, he most recently starred in "The Pursuit of Happiness". He also starred in "All the President's Men", "Poltergeist" and "Return of the Living Dead" 1 and 2.

The Willies starts late one night as brother's Josh (Joshua Miller) & Kyle (Jason Horst) are camping outside with their cousin Michael (Sean Astin), they decide to pass the time by telling scary stories...First up is Michael with a story entitled 'Bad Apples' in which a young boy named Danny Hollister (Ian Fried) is bullied at school, however the sinister new janitor Mr. Jenkins (James Karen) decides to help him out...Next up is Kyle as he tells a strange story called 'Flyboy' in which an overweight bully with a worrying fascination with dead flies gets what he deserves in a horrible twisted way...Written & directed by Brian Peck The Willies didn't do much for me & I doubt it'll do much for you either. The script is strange as far as episodic anthologies go, instead of the usual three or four stories it only has two main tales & a few bizarre 'urban myth' type mini scenes at the start, these consist of the person who orders food from a fast food restaurant only to find a dead rat in her chicken, a man who dies of a heart attack on a ride & someone who tries to dry her poodle off in the microwave only for it to explode. I have no idea what the purpose of these scenes are but they add nothing to the film, as for the two main stories they are both weak. For a start they are too long which is a huge mistake in these types of films, usually the stories in anthologies are short, sharp & quick with a nice twist at the end usually involving people getting what they deserved. However in The Willies the stories last for the best part of 40 minutes each which is longer than the average TV episode & I must admit I found both stories very boring, they have very little going for them & seem to be aimed at children. The first story is the better to watch as a whole but it has no twist ending as far as I could see while the second one has a nice 'just deserts' ending but the build up to it is weak & drawn out for no good reason. I really like horror anthology films so The Willies comes as a disappointment, frankly it lets the genre down.Director Peck was obviously working on a low budget & as a whole The Willies is pretty tough to sit through, there's plenty of continuity errors & it's poorly made. There's no atmosphere, there's no scares, there's no gore, the special effects are poor & it features unnecessary shots of a dirty toilet several times. Overall it's a pretty unappealing film to sit through.Technically The Willies is rough around the edges to say the least, the effects are far from special & it has an extremely drab & grainy look to the picture. The acting is poor, no ones going to win any awards thats for sure.The Willies is a poor film, it's not scary, it's not fun, it's not entertaining & it only features two overlong stories. Definitely not recommended.

I have the feeling that this movie was supposed to be bad. And, like the cult classic Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, it revels in being a bad movie. It has fun with it. As a result, the viewer has fun with it.B-movie or not, this is the second best horror-comedy I've ever seen, between Ghostbusters and Blithe Spirit (1945).It feels like the entire Growing Pains cast and crew were bored one weekend and decided to make a movie. As a Growing Pains fan myself (the show was full of tongue-in-cheek jabs at sitcoms), I spotted dozens of GP guest stars. If you liked the Growing Pains Halloween episodes, you will enjoy this.Jeremy Miller is the reason I wanted to see this movie. His "Ben Seaver Scream" always cracked me up (in fact, it was my favorite part of Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star). Unfortunately, he did not scream the entire movie.SPOILER WARNING, but it really doesn't matter anyway.... you know what's coming, but you'll still like it.Kids are sitting in a tent telling stories. Sean Astin and Josh Miller (looks like he might be Jeremy Miller's little brother) are mostly credible, though it looks like they could have used a few more takes.The better stories are the shorter ones. My personal favorite is the dog in the microwave story. The music as the dog is being dried in the microwave is wonderfully inappropriate and is the viewer's first demonstration that the movie is a very good comedy - a low-budget spoof on low-budget horror movies. The clock we watch to show time elapsing is the ultimate in campy kitsch - I searched long and hard to find one just like it for my own kitchen. And there was attention to detail - the props guys hacked a couple of panel lights onto the microwave; as an electrical engineer, they reminded me of a nuclear power plant's control room. The whole scene is like a surreal combination of live-action Simpsons episode mixed with Eerie, Indiana.There's a deep-fried rat at Tennessee Fricassee Chicken. The camera work is a beautiful homage to amateur video - you'll see what I mean. The next story involves an insufferable brat who is bullied, finds a monster in the school bathroom, and starts feeding it the bullies. Jeremy Miller is one of the bullies. In the midst of silly B-movie, we see a glimpse of Miller's powerful but underused acting talent as he meets the monster - big, wide eyes, frozen in fear, no trace of the "I-can't-believe-we're-doing-this" humor otherwise justifying the entire production. For that one second of screen time, you really believe in the monster. And then cut to feathers flying out of the bathroom stall as the monster chews through his down-filled jacket.Finally, the boy with the flies. Disturbing, horrible, awful. And it works only because of things like the shameless Growing Pains plug, Spivey's Miracle Manure, dioramas of a different world, and my personal favorite: a mic boom reflected in a window, reminiscent of the little trollies under the tomatoes in Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.This movie is absolutely horrible. And that's why you'll love it. When (if) it's released on DVD, sign me up for a copy.