Peanut Butter on Head

March 21, 2006 1:40 PM

Any idea on the title/details of a movie released in the early '90's about a kid who puts peanut butter on his head and his hair won't stop growing?

I remember my mother renting this movie that was extremely frightening at the time - apparently so scary that I forgot most of the details about it. God, I think it involved this boy going to a house and putting peanut butter on his bald head since an older guy told him it would grow his hair out. He did, and the hair wouldn't stop growing.

Perhaps I'm completely wrong on the details, but part of me would like to watch it again to see if it is, in fact, as terrifying as I remember.

posted by amicamentis to media & arts (15 comments total)

The Peanut Butter Solution
posted by (alice) at 1:43 PM on March 21, 2006

I could provide plot details, btw, but I don't want to ruin anything in case you do see it again.
posted by (alice) at 1:45 PM on March 21, 2006

It scared me when I was a kid too.
posted by Brainy at 1:55 PM on March 21, 2006

It's the first result when you search IMDB for "Peanut Butter".
posted by glenwood at 1:59 PM on March 21, 2006

My gods, yes! I was trying to remember this very movie just the other day. Scared the hell out of me back in the day. For some reason I think I've also had it confused with The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T, though.
posted by Faint of Butt at 2:00 PM on March 21, 2006

I loved this movie when I was a kid. I had no idea that people outside of Canada had heard of it!
posted by Robot Johnny at 2:23 PM on March 21, 2006

We watched that in french class. CREEEEEPY.
posted by stray at 2:36 PM on March 21, 2006

Freaky, freaky, freaky. Peanut butter and magical, moving paintings. I think it showed on the Disney channel at some point.
posted by brundlefly at 6:28 PM on March 21, 2006

Sheesh, I'd totally forgotten that. I think it was french-canadian, possibly set in Montreal.
posted by pullayup at 7:02 PM on March 21, 2006

That movie scared the shit out of me as a kid, and I could never figure out why.

And yeah, I had no idea that anyone outside Canada even knew it existed.
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 9:05 PM on March 21, 2006

Yick Yu was in that shit.
posted by Big Fat Tycoon at 9:23 PM on March 21, 2006

Yick Yu was in that shit.

Apart from the main plot, my only substantial memory of the movie is when he tries the hair-growth formula on his little Yick Yu.
posted by Robot Johnny at 9:48 PM on March 21, 2006

Wow, thanks for asking this. I watched the movie as a kid as well, but had completely forgotten about it. This thread needs a torrent! :)
posted by paulychamp at 10:33 PM on March 21, 2006

Terror. I was terrified by this movie as a child. *shudders*
posted by eleyna at 11:36 PM on March 21, 2006

I'm with everyone else - scared the shit out of me and I couldn't remember what movie it was. Now I need to watch it again to see how scary it really is. Thanks, amicamentis.
posted by denimflavored at 11:53 AM on March 22, 2006