Young Elizabeth Cronin (Ashley Peldon) has an imaginary friend called Drop Dead Fred.
Imaginary friends are usually nice little boys and girls. But not Drop Dead Fred (the late comedy genius Rik Mayall), who is selfish, destructive, foul-mouthed, filthy-minded and has a passion for mischief. But he’s terrific fun.
Together, he and Lizzie – who he calls “snotface” – get into all kinds of trouble, like redecorating the kitchen with chocolate cake.
As Lizzie grows older (and turns into Phoebe Cates) she forgets all about Fred after her parents lock him up in a jack-in-the-box.
But when her marriage breaks down and she loses her job, her car and her purse all in one day, she returns to her childhood home – and her overbearing mother (Marsha Mason) – and lets Fred loose to help sort out her life.
Cue loads of jokes about poo, bogies and doing it like pigeons, and everything descends into hilarious chaos once more.
The duo set out to win Lizzie’s cheating husband, Charles (Tim Matheson) back and Fred will stop at nothing to succeed – and have some fun along the way. But since nobody but Elizabeth can see Fred, she gets the blame for everything and soon her very sanity is called into question.
The interior sets were built and filmed at Prince‘s Paisley Park Studios in Minnesota.
Elizabeth “Lizzie” Cronin
Phoebe Cates Drop Dead Fred
Rik Mayall Polly
Marsha Mason Charles
Tim Matheson Janie
Carrie Fisher Murray
Keith Charles Young Elizabeth
Ashley Peldon Nigel
Daniel Gerroll Mickey Bunce
Ron Eldard Judge Dubben
Bob Reid Arsonist
Peter Thoemke Grandma Bunce
Sjoukje De Jong Douma Doctor Ryland
Daniel Buchen Go to Hell Herman
Peter Breitmayer Velcro Head
Clark Niederjohn Graggy
Tom Bethke Namby Pamby
Elizabeth Gray Natalie
Kelly Benson Ms Fuzzock
Cathy Lind Hayes
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As Lizzie grows older (and turns into Phoebe Cates) she forgets all about Fred after her parents lock him up in a jack-in-the-box.
