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Charles Fleischer has 11 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2000s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including A Nightmare on Elm Street.
Kirikou and the Sorceress
1998
Fantasy · Adventure

Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...
Dir. Wes Craven · With Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp, Robert Englund

as Roger Rabbit / Benny The Cab / Greasy / Psycho (voice) · Voice
Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime suspect.
Dir. Robert Zemeckis · With Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy

Over the course of a decade, editors of the San Francisco Chronicle entice themselves in the murders of the Zodiac Killer. However, as time runs its course, interest in the case dwindles in the eyes of the professionals. The Killer stops interacting with the public. However, believing he has the answers, an amateur cartoonist from the initial sightings races against time to prevent what he believes is another murder.
Dir. David Fincher · With Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards

Ex-soldier Frank Brayker is the guardian of an ancient key that can unlock tremendous evil; the sinister Collector is a demon who wants the key so he can initiate the apocalypse. On the run from wicked mercenaries for almost 90 years, Brayker finally stops in at a boarding house in New Mexico where — with the help of its residents — he plans to face off against the Collector and his band of ghouls, preventing them from ever seizing the key.
Dir. Ernest R. Dickerson · With Billy Zane, William Sadler, Jada Pinkett Smith
When tragedy strikes his remarkable robot and the beautiful girl next door, lonely teenage genius Paul tries to save them by pushing technology beyond its known limits into a terrifying new realm.
Dir. Wes Craven · With Matthew Labyorteaux, Kristy Swanson, Michael Sharrett

After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll in a government detox program. Their efforts are hampered by seemingly endless red tape, as they are shuffled from one office to another while being chased by drug dealers and the police.
Dir. Vondie Curtis-Hall · With Tim Roth, Tupac Shakur, Thandiwe Newton

as Boris / White Mountain Postmaster (voice) · Voice
Balto and the other sled dogs are feeling dejected because the mail that used to be delivered by dogsled is now being delivered by airplanes. But when a mail plane crashes in the mountains, the dogs come to the rescue.
Dir. Phil Weinstein · With Maurice LaMarche, Jodi Benson, Sean Astin
Balto and his daughter Aleu embark on a journey of adventure and self discovery.
Dir. Phil Weinstein · With Maurice LaMarche, Jodi Benson, Lacey Chabert
Long ago in a land with an ailing king, there was a pair of boys who looked exactly alike, a pauper called Mickey and the other, the Crown Prince.
Dir. George Scribner · With Wayne Allwine, Arthur Burghardt, Bill Farmer

Juggling increasing career success and a growing heroin habit, a television comedy writer attempts to go down a path of improvement.
Dir. David Veloz · With Ben Stiller, Elizabeth Hurley, Maria Bello

Captain New Eyes travels back in time and feeds dinosaurs his Brain Grain cereal, which makes them intelligent and non-violent. They agree to go to the "Middle Future" in order to grant the wishes of children in New York City. They are to meet Dr. Bleeb of the Museum of Natural History, but get sidetracked with their new children friends and run into the Captain's evil brother, Professor Screweyes.
Dir. Ralph Zondag, Simon Wells, Phil Nibbelink, Dick Zondag · With John Goodman, René Le Vant, Felicity Kendal
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