''Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework'' is a 1997

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film by Stephen Williams, the second film based on a

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book.

Plot

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as Mrs. Fink * Gregory Smith as Jesse * Dara Permutter *

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* Karen Robinson as Mrs. Marco

Reception

A retrospective review places the film in the veins of ''

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'' but has a very mixed assessment of the overall production in terms of children's horror achievements Another recent review states: "There’s a decent spooky feel to it as far as these kid horror movies go. There’s a nice attempt here to combine the goofy horror with more of an interesting story." The same review, comparing the film with the original book and another film adaptation of a book from the same series, finds it is a step up from ''

: Undead Express''.

References

External links

* https://rottentomatoes.com/m/my_teacher_ate_my_homework/ * 1997 films 1997 comedy horror films Films about personifications of death Films about dolls Films set in schools {{comedy-horror-film-stub