A businessman and his friends are captured by a sadistic judge and his equally odd family in a bizarre mansion in the backwoods.A businessman and his friends are captured by a sadistic judge and his equally odd family in a bizarre mansion in the backwoods.A businessman and his friends are captured by a sadistic judge and his equally odd family in a bizarre mansion in the backwoods.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 6 nominations
James Staszkiel
- Dealer #2
- (as James Staskel)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaBased on Dan Aykroyd's personal experiences. In 1978 he was pulled over for speeding in a rural town in the Northeastern United States. The police officer took him to the local Justice of the Peace in the middle of the night for a trial.
- GoofsFausto and Renalda claim to be from Brazil, but their passports state that they are from Argentina.
- Quotes
Miss Purdah: [Chris is chained and Eldona is trying on outfits before him] Eldona, you know he's not supposed to see you this special day?
Chris Thorne: Special day? What is it--Halloween?
- Alternate versionsIn a deleted scene Demi Moore can be seeing smoking the cigar of the Judge, the same one that Chevy Chase smoke in front of him at their first approach in the court.
- SoundtracksThe Good Life
(La Belle Vie)
Music by Sacha Distel
French lyrics by Jean Broussolle
English lyrics by Jack Reardon
Performed by Ray Charles
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Featured review
Finally watched this movie last year after finding a DVD copy out in the wild.
My last attempt was in the late 90s when I was 13 years old and I caught an airing on TV. I was a huge fan of John Candy, Chevy Chase AND Dan Aykroyd, so I was pumped about this one, but it ended up being too weird for me and I tuned out after about 30 minutes.
This time however, I understood it much more and ended up really enjoying it from beginning to end. Chevy Chase is just killing it with the one-liners, John Candy stealing the show as a by-the-book cop AND his sister, and let's not forget Dan Aykroyd being the jack-of-all-trades as co-writer, producer, director and actor (also in a dual role, in heavy make-up no less).
Shame it bombed at the box-office, but I can understand why audiences didn't get it in '91, probably the same reason my 13-year-old self turned it off 30 minutes in: we weren't expecting those comedians we love so much to be in such a DARK comedy. It definitely was ahead of its time...
I can't help but wonder what Aykroyd's original cut was like, before any studio interference, and back when it was still titled "Valkenvania". He had planned for it to be more of a horror film with comedic elements, until Warner Bros demanded he make it a comedy with horror elements.
Either way, I enjoyed the final product, and recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen it.
A review by Jex Russell.
My last attempt was in the late 90s when I was 13 years old and I caught an airing on TV. I was a huge fan of John Candy, Chevy Chase AND Dan Aykroyd, so I was pumped about this one, but it ended up being too weird for me and I tuned out after about 30 minutes.
This time however, I understood it much more and ended up really enjoying it from beginning to end. Chevy Chase is just killing it with the one-liners, John Candy stealing the show as a by-the-book cop AND his sister, and let's not forget Dan Aykroyd being the jack-of-all-trades as co-writer, producer, director and actor (also in a dual role, in heavy make-up no less).
Shame it bombed at the box-office, but I can understand why audiences didn't get it in '91, probably the same reason my 13-year-old self turned it off 30 minutes in: we weren't expecting those comedians we love so much to be in such a DARK comedy. It definitely was ahead of its time...
I can't help but wonder what Aykroyd's original cut was like, before any studio interference, and back when it was still titled "Valkenvania". He had planned for it to be more of a horror film with comedic elements, until Warner Bros demanded he make it a comedy with horror elements.
Either way, I enjoyed the final product, and recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen it.
A review by Jex Russell.
- Jex_Russell
- Mar 30, 2022
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Desviación: Valkenvania
- Filming locations
- Greystone Park & Mansion - 905 Loma Vista Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA(Interior scenes of Chris Thorne's New York apartment)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $40,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $8,479,793
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,966,240
- Feb 18, 1991
- Gross worldwide
- $8,479,793
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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