The concept of Ernest may seem alien to those below a certain age demographic, but for children of the 1980s and '90s, he was his own little phenomenon. Nashville-based advertising executive John R.

Every October the same handful of Halloween kids’ movies dominate television schedules and social media. Hocus Pocus will air roughly 37 million times this month. I will also be reminded ever day I’ve ...

The whole premise of Trantor, this ancient troll who kidnaps children to turn them into wood, is pretty serious to a kid. You can go ahead and admit that Trantor himself is pretty gnarly looking, but ...

The late Jim Varney made a career out of playing a lovable goof called Ernest. An entire generation grew up renting his movies at the video store. I seem to recall wearing out the tape of several ...

Thirty years after it came to theaters, Ernest Scared Stupid deserves its place among the greatest kids’ Halloween movies ever made. Every October the same handful of Halloween kids’ movies dominate ...