| Ernest Scared Stupid | |
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| Directed by | John Cherry |
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| Produced by | Stacy Williams |
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| Cinematography | Hanania Baer |
| Edited by | Craig Bassett |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution |
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Running time | 89 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $9.6 million[2] |
| Box office | $14.1 million[3] |
Ernest Scared Stupid is a 1991 American comedy horror film directed by John Cherry. It stars Jim Varney and Eartha Kitt. It is the fifth film to feature the character Ernest P. Worrell, and the fourth film in the Ernest series, after Ernest Goes to Jail (1990). In the film, Ernest unwittingly unleashes an evil troll upon a small town on Halloween night and helps the local children fight back.
It was released on October 11, 1991, and grossed $14.1 million. It marked the final film to be released by Touchstone Pictures as the end of a four-film deal. The next film in the series, Ernest Rides Again was released in November 1993. In recent years, the film has a cult following and thus became a Halloween classic and top family Halloween movies.
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With numbers like that, it's no surprise Disney was ready to okay another $9.6 million budget and give their approval to the script for Ernest Scared Stupid, written by Cherry, Coke Sams and Dan Butler
- ^ "Ernest Scared Stupid (1991)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved June 4, 2016.