Dangerous Squirrel 3: The Darkness Village

Dangerous Squirrel 3: The Darkness Village is the 1996 spoof (and fake) animated movie, which is 2nd sequel and the 3rd installment of the "Dangerous Squirrel" movie series. The movie was produced by Cannon Films & Regency Enterprises, and is distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film was directed by Tom Ruegger and written by Sam Pillsbury & Jean MacCurdy.

Plot
Picking up where the previous film left off, Sophie, Corey, and the squirrels, Oswald and his parents bid farewell to Nurse Annabelle Ashley. Now, the kids and the squirrels were lost in the Wolper forest. However, Oswald can sense his way out of the Wolper forest. Oswald runs faster, so his parents and friends follow him quickly so they won't get separated. As they escaped the Wolper forest, they entered the darkness village... and they met Oswald's girlfriend named Kata...and her parents. They introduced each other. Kata and her parents show their friends about three houses... house 1 is speak no evil (it has one roof, two windows and no door), house 2 is hear no evil (it one door, two windows and no roof), and house 3 is see no evil (it has one door, one roof and no windows). Behind them, there are five bad houses, each one has two angry eyes. Long ago, people built three houses in the Kinney village, until one terrible day, people are arguing and fighting too much, can cause all five bad houses are mysteriously built, and put their dark spell on three houses with the slogan "speak no evil/hear no evil/see no evil". And everyone fled and abandoned the Kinney village for their lives. To this day, the Kinney village remains in darkness. They tried to be nice but it's currently useless, because it remains in darkness. That's how Kata explained to her parents and friends. Now, at the palace, Princess Dragongirl, Sophie's stepmom, survived from the machine accidents, though she coughed and has a raspy voices, due to her accidental injuries from the previous battle with his nemesis, Oswald. As soon as her voice clears up, she'll build the third monster named Mecha-Creature, since Oswald destroyed two previous mechanical monsters. At Vitaphone Town Hall, Deputy Tom has just informed to Tristan and Mayor Davis that Sheriff Mike retired recently.

Back at the Kinney village, as Sophie and Corey shall go to the Lorimar lake for swimming, Oswald and his parents have a private conversation. The problem was Oswald escaped from the Vitaphone Animal Hospital and didn't listen to his parents. They forced him to look in their eyes and listen to them. Every generations, parents worked hard to raise children. Anyways, as he and his parents need to find another location, his parents will ground Oswald for two weeks. And they want Oswald to stay on this spot and they tell Oswald not to move, so his parents need to talk alone. A short time later, Oswald quietly escaped... and as they came back for him, he's already gone and his parents begin arguing. Meanwhile, Kata has a crush on Oswald, but they're too young to cuddle up with each other. And as she and her parents need to find another location, her parents will ground Kata for two weeks. And they want Kata to stay on this spot and they tell Kata not to move, so her parents need to talk alone. A short time later, Kata quietly escaped... and as they came back for her, she's already gone and her parents begin arguing. Now, as Oswald ran away from his parents, Kata did the same from hers, and then... they met each other again, in person. Oswald told Kata that her parents are worried sick about her, but Kata told Oswald that her parents already argued with each other and his did the same, also. They told each other that they and his parents move out to any different location separately and will never see each other again. For now, Oswald and Kata shall find acorns to eat and then, Kata will teach Oswald to dance with her. As they started to dance, Kata sings "Be My Baby" and "Tell Me That You Love Me" (both performed by Alyssa Milano). Corey and Sophie enjoyed swimming in the Lorimar lake. She wanted to know is it Summer and Corey answered to Sophie's question. It's Summertime. And so, they're having a great time swimming. Now, they're all wet, so they hide in the bushes without looking at each other...or the squirrels. A short time later, Sophie and Corey are not allowed to peek at each other, because it might be too dangerous and too embarrassing for themselves to see each other being bald. They got dressed and were dried up without seeing each other. After that, Corey and Sophie shall go look for Oswald and his girlfriend, Kata.

Meanwhile, Oswald and Kata noticed their parents are gone and they don't know where they at, so they have to look for them, when suddenly, Oswald has traumatic memories of nightmares (daymares, that is), that will soon become a reality. And Oswald knows where their parents at while having daymares, so he and Kata must rush to them. While they look for their parents in a hurry, Dragongirl built her third mechanical monster named Mecha-Creature. Dragongirl has an idea. Mecha-Creature can take down all the squirrels and Dragongirl can capture Sophie once more. And so Dragongirl rides on Mecha-Creature to go faster, looking for the squirrels. And speaking of that, the parents of Oswald's and Kata's arguing each other in the middle of the road, when suddenly, Mecha-Creature attacks most of the squirrels, especially the parents of Oswald's and Kata's. They died. And now it's too late for Oswald and Kata to show up. They cried and screamed, grieving over their parents' death. A short time later, Oswald and Kata dig a hole, though they put their parents in the hole, fill the dirt back in as they're burying them and turning the big rocks into the graveyard by scratching it. Oswald explained to Kata about Dragongirl and her mechanical monsters from his nightmares. And now, Corey and Sophie found Oswald and Kata, and noticed their parents' homemade grave. Oswald and Kata explained to Corey and Sophie about their parents have under attacked by Dragongirl and her mechanical monster, Mecha-Creature. Speaking of that, they're both here.

Oswald knows what Mecha-Creature has done to his parents and his girlfriend's parents, but Mecha-Creature knows Oswald and Kata will be next. After this, Dragongirl will capture Sophie once more and take her back home to her stepmom's palace... and Sophie will be grounded for four weeks. Corey has to defend Sophie, but Dragongirl will take Corey to her palace with Sophie, too. Furious, Oswald and Kata have had enough, so they avenge their parents... and told Corey and Sophie to run away for safety. Mecha-Creature will attack those two squirrels, but Kata has an idea, so she and Oswald go the five bad houses... starting at the beginning. Thinking they're surrounded, Oswald and Kata decide to jump higher onto the roof of a first bad house... and succeeded... and so Kata taunts Mecha-Creature, and the chase was on. While Dragongirl and Mecha-Creature chase Oswald and Kata, they destroyed a bad house one-on-one, after Oswald and Kata run and jump onto the next four bad houses... and they run for their lives. All five bad houses are destroyed. Oswald and Kata stopped at the end of the cliff. And Dragongirl and Mecha-Creature decides to run faster. With nowhere else to run, Oswald and Kata had no choice but to split up from each other separately... and Mecha-Creature can't stop. Instead, she and Dragongirl run off the cliff, screaming, falling onto the ground and Mecha-Creature crashed and Dragongirl blasts off. In Oswald's mind during the super-duper slow motion, Dragongirl used Melissa Duck's possessed catchphrse... from "The Duxorcist" (1988). And Dragongirl flies away... back on the ground. Oswald learned a true meaning of stampede... and Kata's laughing for him. Now, Oswald and Kata went to see Dragongirl, who is lying unconsiousness, thinking she's dead. Oswald and Kata decide to leave for good (but not without Corey and Sophie). And speaking of that, they noticed all three houses turn back to normal, because each house has two windows, one roof and one door. And the Kinney village has restored once again, because the curse is broken. Now, they need to find Oswald and Kata. As a reward for getting rid of Dragongirl and Mecha-Creature, Kata becomes Oswald's girlfriend and decides to come along with Oswald, Sophie and Corey. And they found Oswald and Kata. They wanted to see the funeral of Oswald's parents and Kata's parents one last time. Even though they died, Oswald and Kata tell them the good news, especially they got rid of Mecha-Creature who attacked their parents. And no matter what happens, Kata will take good care of Oswald for them and will help him overcome his fears. Sophie and Corey, also do the same for Oswald... and Kata.

Cast
Me (imitating so many voices as dubbed version for my unreleased homemade animated movies).
 * Camilla Belle as Sophie (Sophie McCole)
 * Bradley Pierce as Corey (Corey Morrison)
 * Joe Alaskey as Oswald (a squirrel faces dangerous perils based on his own nightmares)
 * Alyssa Milano as Kata (Oswald's girlfriend)
 * Eartha Kitt as Princess Dragongirl (Dolores Drachma; Rae reprises her voice role)
 * Rex Everhart as Tristan (Tristan Thomas; Everhart's final film before his death in 2000)
 * Justine Bateman as Oswald's Mom
 * Greg Lee as Oswald's Dad
 * Britta Phillips as Kata's Mom
 * Kevin Schnick as Kata's Dad
 * Earl Boen as Deputy Tom (Zachary Tom)
 * Haviland Morris as Nurse Annabelle Ashley (Vitaphone Veterinarian)
 * Bruce Campbell as Mayor Davis (Edward Davis)
 * Candi Milo as Mecha-Creature.
 * Kelsey Grammer as the Narrator

Production
I'm (JamesTherHAMPMaster) ready to tell you a story about the Dangerous Squirrel movie level 3, I made, which is called "Dangerous Squirrel 3: The Darkness Village" (1996). I made an original movie on July 9, 2016. I use so many voices... just like the late, great man of 1,000 voices named Mel Blanc (1908-1989). I drew and colorized some characters on sketch pads and cut out them with scissors to make characteristic paper figures on my room on June 20, 2016. Also, I've drew some 4-way background sequences on sketch pads on June 29 - 30, 2016. I also made a book on May 5, 2010. Now, I use a DVD camcorder, with a tripod, to face my laptop. At the beginning of the movie, first of all, the 1984 Warner Bros. Pictures logo appeared with a byline "A TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY" (1992-2001). Followed by the Cannon Films logo (1985). And the Regency Entertainment logo (1994). Although Cannon Films is owned and distributed by MGM and Regency Entertainment is owned and distributed by Fox, those Dangerous Squirrel movies are from Warner Bros. After three logos (Warner Bros., Cannon & Regency) have shown, there's the prologue from "Dangerous Squirrel 2: Squirrel's Injury" (1991), along with the rainstorm and lightning sequences. That musical theme was last part of "Runaway Ambulance", from "The 'Burbs" (1989), "Dangerous Squirrel 2: Squirrel's Injury" (1991), "Son of Lord Darkar" (1991) and "Beetlejuice at the 'Burbs" (2008), "Dangerous Squirrel" and (2018). You think "Dangerous Squirrel" means a squirrel is dangerous? Actually, a squirrel named Oswald is in grave danger. He has nightmares about mechanical monsters that soon turn out to be a reality. Also, the name of the title is a parody of Danger Dog, which cartoon created in the early 2000s. If you think the title "Dangerous Squirrel 3: The Darkness Village" will be in UK, perhaps this title will be "Dragongirl 3" (1996; UK) and therefore "Dangerous Squirrel 3" will only be in USA. I made some of the fake movies, though. That Dangerous Squirrel Level 3 Book I made makes me follow the paragraph as I snapshot the sequence. I took a lot of photos of the drawings I made on a DVD camcorder with an SD card in my room. First of all, I use my DVD Camcorder to face those cut-out characters & objects and background drawings I made. Anyway, I insert the SD card to the laptop. I put these photos I took onto "Photo/Video Timeline" in Windows Live Movie Maker. Now I edited these photo clips and added photos to it from each folder. Anyway, I recorded a lot of voices from the homemade book I made, removed it from narration timeline, and reimport it to the music timeline, trimmed off some mixed-up words and some goofs. I put some clips of music onto "Music timeline". Now, I use Video Transitions and Video Effects onto some clips. It's a good thing I've got Windows 10 on my laptop, though I worked very hard to put good stuff on Windows Live Movie Maker. I saved some parts of the whole thing... until I finished. That's the hard part on July 6 - 8, 2016. I put my mini-DVD camcorder to face the laptop, plug up the audio/video wire from the mini-DVD camcorder to the DVD recorder. I put the TV set on mute so it doesn't have feedback screeches. I can only imitating sound effects... and not allowed to do some commentary talking. I saved the movie, and two special features into videos. Anyway, I started recording on DVD by July 9, 2016.

Soundtrack

 * "Halloween II Theme" (1981) - John Carpenter & Alan Howarth (used for "Dangerous Squirrel" by Alexander Courage)
 * "My Skull/The Gurney" - Jerry Goldsmith (from "The 'Burbs" 1989 soundtrack; "The Gurney" is only played)
 * "Halloween 4" (1988; Downstairs Alone) - Alan Howarth
 * "Halloween 4" (1988; Horror Highway) - Alan Howarth
 * "Be My Baby/Tell Me That You Love Me" - Alyssa Milano

Opening Credits
WARNER BROS. and REGENCY ENTERPRISES Present

A CANNON PICTURES/ NEW REGENCY Production

Dangerous Squirrel 3 The Darkenss Village

Starring: EARTHA KITT

CANDI MILO

REX EVERHART

BRADLEY PIERCE HAVILAND MORRIS

EARL BOEN ALYSSA MILANO BRUCE CAMPBELL

And: CAMILLA BELLE as "Sophie"

Casting By: MIKE FENTON, CSA ALLISON COWITT, CSA SUSIE FIGGIS

Music By: SHIRLEY WALKER

"DANGEROUS SQUIRREL" Theme By: ALEXANDER COURAGE

Associate Producer: ALYSSA MILANO

Costume Designer: AGGIE GUERARD RODGERS

Production Designer: MARK HAIGH-HUTCHINSON

Edited By: KENT BEYDA, ACE

Art Director: GREG DEUTACH

Director of Photography: DANIEL FIRESTONE

Executive Producer: PAUL SABELLA

Based on Characters Created By: ROBERT WATTS and NICHOLAS MEYER

Written By: SAM PILLSBURY and JEAN MacCURDY

Produced by: ARNON MILCHAN and CHRISTOPHER NOLAN

Directed By: TOM RUEGGER

Closing Credits
Dangerous Squirrel 3 The Darkness Village

A NEW REGENCY Production

CAST

Sophie: CAMILLA BELLE

Corey: BRADLEY PIERCE

Princess Dragongirl: EARTHA KITT

Mecha-Creature: CANDI MILO

Tristan: REX EVEHART

Nurse Ashley: HAVILAND MORRIS

Deputy Tom: EARL BOEN

Kata (Oswald's Girlfriend): ALYSSA MILANO

Mayor Davis: BRUCE CAMPBELL

Oswald: JOE ALASKEY

Kata's Mom: BRITTA PHILLIPS

Kata's Dad: KEVIN SCHINICK

Oswald's Mom: JUSTINE BATEMAN

Oswald's Dad: GREG LEE

Narrator: KELSEY GRAMMER

Production Managers: KATE BOUTILIER ERYK CASEMIRO

1st Assistant Director: MARK RISLEY

2nd Assistant Director: KERRY ANNE ODEN

3rd Assistant Director: DANIELLE CONTE

Co-Producer: BRUCE CAMPBELL

Project Lead: SHIRAZ AKMAI

Lead Programmers: TIM DOYLE JASON HOERNER NEIL KA'APUNI DAN KOLLMORGER RYAN A. MAPES CHRISTOPHER MASTERTON

Artists: CHUCK CRIST ANDREW JONES RYAN POWELL LUIZ RAMIREZ ALEJANDRO ROURA LeROY STRAUSS

Animators: DEREK BONIKOWSKI DON HOGAN GENE KOHLER ELIZABETH PUGH DANNY RICHARDSON ELBEN SCHAFERS

Level Designer: GARY SPROUL

Operation Manager: COLIN WALTER

General Managers: LYLE HALL MARCEL SAMEK

Additional Designers: JUSTIN NORT RYAN KIRK JOHN WHITMORE KRIS JACKSON

Concept Artists: THOMAS SCHILLINGER DONALD YATOMI

Additional Artists: MORIBA DUNCAN ABDREW HOLDUN

Layouts: EDDY BENJAMIN DORRIS BERGSTROM ED CERULLO BOB CHIARITO LOU DELLAROSA

Backgrounds: EDWARD FAIGON HELEN KOMAR ALISSA MYERSON SONSA RUTA RICHARD WILLIAMS

Music Performed By: THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Music Editor: JOSEPH DeLUCA

Orchestration: SHIRLEY WALKER

Technology Directors: SHIRAZ AKMAI CHRISTOPHER SANDERS

Testers: MARIA ANOMI SHIRLEY C. ALOVERA TYLER HOLMES

QA Technician: JASON ROBERTS

QA Database Administrator: MONICA VALLEJO

Script & Dialogue: DAN SLOTT

Voice-Over Recorded at: REPUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

Voice-Over Director: GORDON HUNT

Clean-Up Animators: LIN LARSEN FRANCESCA FREEMAN

Final Checkers: LAURA CRAIG MAXINE MARKOTA

Titles and Optical: WARNER BROS. STUDIO FACILITIES

Special Thanks to: JERRY GOLDSMITH WARNER BROS. ANIMATION REPUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT, INC. 21st CENTURY FILM CORPORATION

"BE MY BABY" & "TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME" Performed By: ALYSSA MILANO Courtesy of: PONY CANYON RECORDS

Memorable Quotes from "THE DUXORCIST" Courtesy of: WARNER BROS.

Read the Book from GOLDEN BOOKS

Film on Locations in BURBANK, CA (USA) and LONDON, ENGLAND (UK)

Play the SNES game from WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT

Re-Recorded at TURNER STUDIOS

Soundtrack Album on Warner Bros./ Warner Sunset Records, Cassettes & CDs

Color By: WARNERCOLOR®

DOLBY In Selected Theatres

I.A.T.S.E.

MPAA No. 32516

AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION Animals are monitored and animated by American Humane Association. No animals were harmed in the making of this film.

This Motion Picture ©1996 Warner Bros. and Monarchy Enterprises, B.V.

Story and Screenplay ©1996 Warner Bros. and Monarchy Enterprises, B.V.

All Original Music Compositions ©1996 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.

All material is protected by copyright laws of the United States and all countries throughout the world. All Rights Reserved. Country of First Publication: United States of America. Warner Bros. and Monarchy Enterprises, B.V. are the authors of this motion picture for purposes of copyright laws. Any unauthorized exhibition, distribution, or copying of this film or any part thereof (including soundtrack) is an infringement of the relevant copyright and will subject the infringer to severe civil and criminal penalties.

The story, all names, characters and incidents portrayed in this production are fictitious. No identification with actual persons, places, buildings and products are intended or should be inferred.

For MENAHEM GOLAN and YORAM GLOBUS

Dangerous Squirrel 3 The Darkness Village A CANNON PICTURE

DISTRIBUTED BY WARNER BROS

A TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY

Trivia

 * The name of the fictional city in Vermont, "Vitaphone" was named after the now defunct sound film system.
 * Princess Dragongirl made a costume and a mask that looks similar to Cruella De Ville (from 101 Dalmatians) and Harley Quinn (from Batman franchise).
 * Jerry Goldsmith has decided not to score the "Dangerous Squirrel 3" theme for Alexander Courage, so therefore, Shirley Walker decides to score the 3rd film for Courage and Goldsmith.
 * Tom Ruegger also directs Dangerous Squirrel 4 & 8 and Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
 * New characters have made, such as Kata (pronounce: keɪt-uh), her mother and father.
 * Heli-Crane has destroyed and is unable to be repaired for the second film, because Denholm Elliott died in 1992, so Candi Milo will play the voice of Mecha-Creature.
 * Alcor Films became defunct in 1995. And Le Studio Canal+ decided not to be in any more of the Dangerous Squirrel movies.

Release
Dangerous Squirrel 3: The Darkness Village has released in theaters in USA on October 18, 1996 by Warner Bros. Pictures.