The ’90s was a transitional time for fantasy films. Before Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones brought the genre to mainstream popularity, filmmakers were experimenting with how to insert magical plots into films with big and small budgets. They fell across the spectrum, from family films to dark comedies and everything in between. Before superhero films and wizardry revolutionized big-money movies in the 2000s, there was a bevy of experimental films dabbling in how to incorporate fantastical plots into stories about everyday characters.