A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
November 1, 1988
Original Title:
Lucky Stiff
Alternate Titles:
Le dindon de la farce
Mr Christmas Dinner
Genres:
Comedy | Horror
Production Companies:
New Line Cinema
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 82
Ron Douglas has no luck in women, and when his bride runs away on their wedding day, he goes on holiday up in the mountains, only to be reminded more of his misery when placed in the honey-moon wing of the hotel. However he finds love with Cynthia, a beautiful blonde, and his self esteem improves. Cynthia invites him for Christmas dinner, and he accepts, only to meet Cynthia's eccentric cannibal family, and finds out HE is the main course.
Art Direction:
Thomas A. O'Conor
Casting:
Annette Benson
Co-Producer:
Sara Risher
Costume Design:
Gloria Gresham
Director:
Anthony Perkins
Director of Photography:
Jacques Haitkin
Editor:
Tom Walls
Michael N. Knue
Executive Producer:
Laurie Perlman
Miles A. Copeland III
Pat Proft
Derek Power
Music Editor:
Earl Ghaffari
Original Music Composer:
Tom Jenkins
Michael Tavera
Producer:
Gerald T. Olson
Production Design:
C.J. Strawn
Script Supervisor:
Sharon 'Mae' West
Set Decoration:
James R. Barrows
Sound Mixer:
John Pritchett
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Jeffrey J. Haboush
Greg P. Russell
Special Effects Makeup Artist:
Bryan Moore
Still Photographer:
Michael Paris
Stunts:
Jennifer Watson-Johnston
Supervising Sound Editor:
Ron Horwitz
Kevin Spears
Writer:
Pat Proft
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