CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Walter Sloane Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

Vomitron_G A strange urge took possession over me and encouraged me to re-watch this epic piece of fairy-tale terror with an attitude. I can't help it, but I'm still having fun with this one. Liked it the first time, and I still do. It's from the director who brought us that other masterpiece of little people's horror, the original LEPRECHAUN. Believe it or not, both movies are just about on par with each other and equally enjoyable. If it's not clear already: Yes, we're talking B-movie tongue-in-cheek horror. But at least it was shot on real film and doesn't suffer from a cheap shot-on-video look (like a lot of B-movies from the late 90's do).RUMPELSTILSKIN is a nonsensical take on a Grimm fairy-tale gone bad. After being imprisoned for about 500 years in a little statue made out of stone (at the bottom of the ocean, no less), Rumpelstiltskin gets set free by a grieving, young mother, who just bought the statue in some antique-store. Now our little devilish fiend wants the soul of mommy's baby, to render himself immortal.While most mediocre horror efforts from the 90's made the mistake playing it serious when not up to the task, at least there was nonsense like RUMPELSTILTSKIN that has its idiotic heart at the right place. Main attraction is, without a doubt, Max Grodénchik as the titular little bastard, spewing one ridiculous one-liner after another. At one point he even quotes Col. Hannibal from THE A-TEAM by saying "I love it when a plan comes together", while driving an 8-wheeler and puffing on a cigar. And that's by far not his best one-liner. But who would have guessed a 15th century troll-demon would know who George Peppard is…?If the first encounter between Shelley Stewart (the young mother) and freshly unleashed Rumpelstiltskin doesn't win you over, then I'm afraid the rest of the movie might be lost on you too. When trying to protect her baby, Shelley - who appears to be so mild-hearted and very gentle at first - begins with kicking Rumpy in the balls, then suddenly pulls out a big knife and viciously shouts "When you take one more step, I'll rip your head off and shove it up your ass!" (and she said it like she meant it). She then proceeds cutting off one of his fingers, planting the knife in his forehead and even shoving a spike-shaped broomstick into his mouth. I mean, if that doesn't put a grin on your face, I'm not sure what will.The rest of the film is a ridiculously fun ride and the movie's pace even gets upped a bit by injecting that road-movie vibe, halfway through the film. To top it off, there's some fun make-up effects by Kevin Yagher (check out the man's resumé if you've never heard of him and you'll see he always delivers the goods).It's harmless fun, I tell you. But stay away from it if you feel like taking yourself too seriously.

disdressed12 i'm not sure i can rate this movie.i mean,on the one hand,it was very poorly made,not scary at all,with atrociously bad makeup effects,especially during the death scenes.it was however,horrendously amusing and even very funny,but not in any good way.i can only hope the geniuses behind this disaster were actually trying to make a comedy.if not,the world may just be coming to an end.i will say the creature was quite disgusting looking,if that means anything.anyway,you see the dilemma in trying to rate this thing.do we rate it for its comedic value(i use the term value very,very loosely),or based on how pathetic it is as horror movie?all i can say is,if you've seen more than a half dozen horror movies,you probably won't find this thing scary in the least.i see iv'e used up the required 10 lines.thank goodness

barbaricstruggle I just saw this film for the first time tonight, 9 years after it was made. I was pleasantly surprised, as I was not expecting it to be this good. The Rumpelstiltskin character looked great, and the plot line kept my interest throughout. The makeup was great, and it the minimal use of special effects made this movie much less outrageous than it could have been. It was almost over-the-top, but stopped just in time. It was not very true to the old fairy tale, but took a modern twist on it. Rumplestiltskin was re-awakened 500 years later in the 1990's, and needs a first-born son to steal its soul and set him free. I totally did not expect him to be driving a motorcycle or a semi-truck, but it happens, and it worked. There is a long chase scene where he is driving an oil tanker and spouting out humorous one-liners, until he wrecks it. The only way to kill him is to burn him with fire and straw, but before the protagonists discover this, he kicks some ass and takes a few wicked beatings. This film was hilarious, creepy, and a thoroughly enjoyable take on a classic fairy tale from our youth. I give it a 9 for originality and entertainment value.

Jon Mowjoudi (SweetLikeTropicana) ********SPOILERS AHEAD****************** Okay, where to start? the laughable opening scene, where a rubber Rumple burns on the floor? Removing a human eye that can still move? or perhaps the pathetic title appearing on screen? theres several scenes that made me cry with laughter. one such incident is where a little dwarf, Rumpy, is hanging on a window ledge then miraculously floats down onto a car window about 100 yards from where he was. any time something irregular happens such as this, it's accredited to "magic". Similarly, Rumple can shoot an empty gun, also "magic". some of the dialogue is great. i found myself reciting some of the lines for weeks after, which are still memorable to this day. But at the end of the day, after booking it out on a whim i can safely say that i would recommend it to anyone. in a similar vein to "Jeepers Creepers" the "Creature" is unlikely to scare anyone other than a fawn. i have re-hired it several times, and, believe me, there's nothing quite like the "Rumple" experience.