but it finds its way back into the boy's house. But before the monkey's cymbals are struck again, Merlin shows up and takes the toy back to his shop. Cast Ernest Borgnine - Grandfather Mark Hurtado - Grandson First Subplot George Milan - Merlin Bunny Summers - Zurella John Terrence - Jonathan Cooper III Patricia Sansone - Madeline Cooper Nicholas Noyes - Nicholas Hillary Young - Nicholas' Mother Julia Leigh Miller - Antique Store Clerk Ben Sussman - Jake Cosgrove Randy Chandler - Burglar Richelle Hurtado - Baby The Devil's Gift Bob Mendelsohn - David Andrews Struan Robertson - Michael Andrews Bruce Parry - Pete Vicki Saputo - Susan Madelon Phillips - Adrianne the Psychic J. Renee Gilbert - Grandma Olwen Morgan - Elmira Johnson Barry Chandler - Man In Car Ángeles Olazábal - Girl On Bike Production The second segment of the film is a recut version of The Devil's Gift, a 1984 film made by the same director. Large elements of the original film's storyline are missing, and segments with Merlin are added to show him pursuing the toy monkey. The original film's dark ending, in which the monkey kills the entire family, is replaced with Merlin arriving just in time to stop it. Legacy Mystery Science Theater 3000 version The film was one of the last works to be featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000s original run (although its airing was delayed due to rights issues). The hosts and writers of the show used the sloppy editing on the second subplot, the disconnection between the two halves of the movie, and the wildly varying tone of the film as the basis for many of the jokes. The film's presentation as family friendly fantasy, juxtaposed against its dark narrative is also used as the basis of numerous jokes. The framing story of the Ernest Borgnine character telling these as stories to his grandson is also used for humor. A wraparound segment depicted host Mike (Michael J. Nelson) and his robot companions taking a look at an (invented) range of Ernest Borgnine children's books, whose benign titles and presentation belied the frightful nature of the stories therein, with the exception of one which has a macabre appearance but features an innocent story. Another host segment depicted Mike turning into a baby due to his disbelief in magic. RiffTrax On December 29, 2020, RiffTrax released a VOD version featuring Mystery