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 Release Date: 1984 Tagline: Surprise! Director: Kenneth J. Berton Writer: Kenneth J. Berton, Hayden O'Harra, José Vergelin
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| Plot Synopsis by Erik: Surprise! San Rafael local David Andrews is a good father, good neighbor, good son, and good boyfriend. He takes his boy, Michael, out for a day at the carnival while his benign girlfriend, Susan, shops in downtown San Rafael for Michael's birthday gift. She picks a smelly old toy monkey. Michael is so pleased by this gift, he ignores the mother lode of Star Wars toys his father and Pete the obnoxious and sexually ambiguous neighbor have bought for him. Watch out, Michael, that toy is league with Lucifer! Soon, little things start dying like plants, flies, the fish, the dog. At this point, Michael becomes suspicious and visits the local psychic (who does nothing but yell at him). Soon after, Susan, now in the thrall of the monkey, tries to drown Michael. David does the good thing and pushes her down the stairs. After the monkey locks David in the shower and tries to scald him with rounds of boiling hot water, blood, and human waste, David hatches a plan to rid his good family of the vile toy. Special appearances by bad imitations of Humphrey Bogart, Sigmund Freud, and others courtesy of Neighbor Pete. | |||||||||||||