Weird Movie of the Week

Last time on Weird Movie of the Week, we covered Dr. Seuss’s self-described debaculous fiasco. This time, we’ve got The Peanut Butter Solution:

So this kid has a “fright” and loses all of his hair, but some friendly hobo ghosts give him a recipe to regrow it. The secret ingredient: Peanut Butter! But if you use too much, things get hairy… Ostensibly a heart-warming children’s movie, it seems to have inadvertently scarred an entire generation of kids. I get the impression that adults would just find it silly, but it apparently taps into a lot of fears for kids. Alas it was never made available on DVD (with the speculation being that the soundtrack includes two Celine Dion songs, her first English-language release, and that the rights to clear those songs would never be recouped by sales for such an obscure movie). Oh well, I guess we can always hope for a streaming solution someday…

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