Open Season: Scared Silly (a.k.a. Open Season 4) is a American computer-animated comedy film, the fourth and final film in the Open Season franchise and a prequel to Open Season 3. It was directed by David Feiss and animated by Rainmaker Entertainment.[1]
Plot[]
Elliot telling a campfire story about the legend of the Wailing Wampus Werewolf that lives in Timberline National Forest. Domesticated Boog is terrified by the story and decides to "chicken out" of their annual summer camping trip until he knows the werewolf is gone.
Determined to help Boog overcome his fears, Elliot, Mr. Weenie and their woodland friends band together to scare the fear out of Boog and uncover the mystery of the Wailing Wampus Werewolf.
Also, Shaw, now a tour guide, witnesses an unseen creature in the forest and begs Gordy to allow open season and Shaw is determined to hunt down Boog and Elliot and catch the werewolf. To do so, he recruits his old friends Ed and Edna. Meanwhile, Elliot is heartbroken and catches the werewolf by himself alone after Boog angrily breaks up with him. A starving Mr. Weenie believes he is the werewolf. At Dead Bear Gulch, Elliot and Mr. Weenie are both caught by the werewolf with it reveals Shaw inside, but Boog and his friends leaped to the rescue. Shaw is defeated (in which he is revealed to be allergic to hornets) and arrested for impersonating a monster and creating a general panic, and open season is permanently shut down.
In the end the werewolf turns out to be real, but Elliot befriends him by dancing with him as he joins their camp out.
The next morning, Bobbie and Bob return to the R.V. and Bobbie tells Mr. Weenie that today is his birthday. Mr. Weenie says to the audience, "And so everybody did live happily ever after, including Mr. Weenie. The End".
Before the credits roll, the werewolf wants Boog to become a werewolf lady one more time, but Boog refuses.
Cast[]
- Donny Lucas as Boog
- Will Townsend as Elliot / Mr. Weenie
- Melissa Sturm as Giselle
- Brian Drummond as Ian / Reilly / Tree-Hugger Man
- Lee Tockar as Buddy / McSquizzy
- Peter Kelamis as Serge
- Trevor Devall as Shaw / Werewolf
- Lorne Cardinal as Gordy
- Garry Chalk as Ed
- Kathleen Barr as Bobbie / Edna / Tree-Hugger Lady
- Shannon Chan Kent as Rosie / Marcia
- Michelle Murdocca as Maria
- Frank Welker as Animals vocal effects
Additional Voices[]
Production[]
Open Season: Scared Silly was first announced on June 11, 2015. The first trailer was released on November 1, 2015
Release[]
Like its predecessors, Open Season 2 and Open Season 3, the film was released theatrically in different countries:
- Turkey – December 18, 2015
- Hungary – December 31, 2015
- Romania – February 5, 2016
- Russia – June 2, 2016
- Ukraine – June 2, 2016
- Slovakia – September 1, 2016
- Czech Republic – September 8, 2016
Home media[]
- Main article: Open Season: Scared Silly (video)
The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the United States on March 8, 2016, by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
Reception[]
Renee Schonfeld from Common Sense Media gave it a positive review, saying, "Talented voice actors, along with a clever story and script, make this very funny film a cut above most direct-to-DVD fare for kids and families. four years later renee schonfeld liked that silly goof. It was renee’s Favorite of all time.
Trivia[]
- While the film acknowledges the events depicted in the original film, it ignores the continuity seen in Open Season 2 and Open Season 3, as characters, such as the Domesticated Dogs, Elliot's fawn, and Ursa, are completely absent in this movie.
- Although it was released after the third film, it is considered a prequel because the absence of certain characters from the third film indicate it takes place before the events of the third film.[2]
Videos[]
Gallery[]
References[]
External links[]
- Official website
- Open Season: Scared Silly on Wikipedia
- Open Season: Scared Silly on IMDb.
- Open Season: Scared Silly on Rotten Tomatoes.
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