in the flesh, carrying Laura in his arms. Perceived to be dead, it is later learned she was just sleeping. Jack and Gil arrive, having confronted Malavaqua, and explain Malavaqua's actions to the townspeople, that Malavaqua was legitimately trying to create normal lives for those seen as outcasts or freaks by the townspeople, who now welcome them with open arms. Finding out that the story is even bigger than what they bargained for, Gil takes enough pictures and both gather enough material to last weeks for the tabloid. They more than make up for their failures and Mac gets his banner headline. Cast Jeff Goldblum as Jack Harrison Joseph Bologna as Dr. Malavaqua Ed Begley Jr. as Gil Turner Carol Kane as Lupi Jeffrey Jones as Mayor Lepescu John Byner as Radu Geena Davis as Odette Michael Richards as Fejos Donald Gibb as Larry the Wolfman Norman Fell as Mac Turner Teresa Ganzel as Elizabeth Ellison Rudy De Luca as Lawrence Malbot Inge Appelt as Madame Morovia Božidar Smiljanić as Inspector Percek Production The film was first announced in 1980 under Krofft International, but no progress occurred. Rudy De Luca, Arnie Fishman, and Paul Lichtman unsuccessfully tried to sell the film to New World Pictures for five years. The studio only expressed interest after producers Mace Neufeld and Thomas H. Brodek entered the project. New World Pictures secured financing for the film from the Dow Chemical Company, a company rarely associated with filmmaking. Yugoslav law at the time prevented the company from repatriating funds that it had accumulated in the Yugoslav dinar. To free these frozen funds, Dow decided to use them to invest in a film production inside the country. According to the DVD commentary from director Rudy De Luca, most of the film was shot on location in Yugoslavia, using local actors. Filming locations included Zagreb, Samobor, and Mokrice Castle. De Luca also mentioned in the commentary that it was the tallest cast he had ever worked with, with Goldblum, Begley, Jones, Davis, Gibb, and Richards all standing over six feet tall. Release The film was released theatrically in the United States by New World Pictures on November 8, 1985. It grossed $2,507,542 for the weekend, finishing in fifth place. Overall, it grossed $7,196,872 at the United States and Canada box office against a $3 million budget, making it a modest box office success. It received mainly negative