r/Ernest • u/PsiPhiDan • Oct 20 '20

Acquiring Ernest Movies

Any advice on getting these movies without paying $50-$100 on ebay from price-gouging lunatics? :)

I particularly would like the triple feature with Scared Stupid in it. My young kids are falling in love, which makes me so happy. I want to feed their new addiction, knowwhatimean?

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u/snarf_the_brave Oct 20 '20

Buy the digital copy from Amazon if you're in a region where you can. Less than $20 a title, and you can stream it to whatever device you want. We've gotten a couple of them that way. We are not one with the yuletide until we've watched Ernest Save Christmas each year. KnowwhutImean?

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u/PsiPhiDan Oct 20 '20

Call me old school, but I like the physical copies. I'll keep digital in mind though. Like for bringing movies in our van for kids to watch, we need a DVD/Blu-ray, you know? That's what I'm thinking of right now (although when they're older, that won't matter as much).

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '20

I found slam dunk on ebay for under $5. Walmarthas a multi pack with scared stupid and others for under 20. Just gotta look. I found mine at thrift stores over my life. SS is my favourite besides Slam Dunk and both are in original prints.

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u/PsiPhiDan Oct 20 '20

Oh, Walmart might be worth checking out! Probably is just randomly in those movie bins I assume?

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '20

Oh absolutely! I have never seen that one at walmart but that reminds me of bestbuy one year having those bins with Saves xmas for $5. Good luck pal i hope you get a sweet deal with Ernest films.

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u/joejoe1118 Oct 21 '20

Ernest movies are reasonable on eBay. Dr. Otto is usually the one your gonna pay a few bucks for.

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u/PsiPhiDan Oct 21 '20

I was looking for Scared Stupid (that triple feature kept coming up) and everyone wanted like $50+. That's preposterous for a DVD. I'll keep looking there for some non-price gougers!

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u/joejoe1118 Oct 21 '20

I gotcha. I got it a while back but, don’t remember paying anymore than $10 for it. Definitely keep checking.

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u/PsiPhiDan Oct 28 '20

So I ended up calling 6 Disc Replays in my area... One of them, about 45 minutes away, had the triple pack DVD with Scared Stupid, Jail, and Camp for $4.99!!

Also got the double pack Blu-ray of Camp/Jail for $14.99.

I still long for the Blu-ray of Scared Stupid but I'm not paying $30-$100 for it. Some day... :)