Raffill. The sequel was dubbed as "one of the worst follow-ups ever made." The second film featured different main characters but with the same department store setting and with Meshach Taylor reprising his role. Andrew Hill Newman, who played the Compactor Room Janitor in the first time, returns in the sequel as a security guard named Andy Ackerman. It is not explicitly said whether this is a new character entirely or is the original character (who was not named), now working in a different capacity for the same store. In 2010, Gladden Entertainment executives were said to be in the "early development" stage of the remake, envisioning a plot of the man crushing on a "laser display hologram" as opposed to a mannequin. However, no further details were made public about its development. Home media Mannequin was released on VHS, Betamax, and digital stereo LaserDisc format in September 1987 by Cannon Films through Media Home Entertainment. The film was released on DVD by MGM Home Entertainment on October 7, 2004, in a widescreen Region 1 DVD, and was later re-released to DVD on January 16, 2008, in a new double feature edition with Mannequin Two: On the Move as the second disc. Mannequin was released on Blu-ray for the first time by Olive Films (under license from MGM) on November 3, 2015. Legacy Despite being savaged upon release by critics, Mannequin has been cited as a romantic-comedy cult classic and has managed to garner an ardent and strong cult following who have praised the film's sets, costumes, supporting cast and script as well as the romantic chemistry between lead actors McCarthy and Cattrall. The film is also considered one of the many popular comedy films from the golden age of 1980s Brat Pack films since it features actors Spader, Cattrall and McCarthy who all starred in other movies of that era. Songs from the movie's soundtrack, including "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" by the American rock band Starship and "In My Wildest Dreams" by the Go-Go's lead vocalist Belinda Carlisle, have achieved commercial success and the former in particular has attained continued notoriety throughout the years, and has often been cited as a defining and iconic sentimental power ballad. Retrospective reviews have also even commended the provocative and progressive portrayal of Hollywood for being an unashamedly positive homosexual character who befriends the main character and manages to be heroic in