| 1 | * AngstWhatAngst: People seem remarkably calm about the fact that children around town are vanishing. Billy mostly seems irritated, and Connie only mentions that his sister was kidnapped in passing. |
| 2 | * CultClassic: While it was barely released outside of Canada theatrically (par for the course for the ''Tales for All'' films), it received a fair deal of VHS and pay cable exposure, and it's now fondly remembered by children of the 1980s -- [[SoBadItsGood if ironically.]] |
| 3 | %%* DancingBear: It's just... [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs so weird...]] |
| 4 | * MoralEventHorizon: There are signs earlier in the film that The Signor is a sketchy man, but the surest sign is when he abducts Michael (and the other kids) to work in his sweatshop. |
| 5 | %%* NightmareFuel: For some children of the 1980s. |
| 6 | %%* QuirkyWork: The movie's claim to fame is just how ''weird'' it is. |
| 7 | * RetroactiveRecognition: |
| 8 | ** A young Music/CelineDion sings the two main themes. |
| 9 | ** Billy, the father, is played by Creator/MichaelHogan, who would become more familiar after his turn as Saul Tigh on ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003''. |
| 10 | %%* {{Wangst}}: There are cancer patients who angst less about being bald than this kid. |
| 11 | * WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Homeless people burning to death, kidnapping, child slave labor, a prepubescent boy with rapidly growing pubic hair; y'know, regular kids' movie stuff. |
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