The Inside Track

A failed treasure hunter tricks his girlfriend into going on a vacation to Mallorca, hoping to both fix the relationship and find the legendary Ghost Dagger, with deadly consequences.

Mihai Tepes kept it from his vampire family as long as possible, but prepared the defense of his half-human baby son Franz, a rare cross just suited as successor for the Transsylvanian queen of the black castle, Antanasia. Alas, his budding junior daughter's clumsy first attempts to use magic turn him and his wife Elvira into babbling idiots. So the queen can easily steal the boy, leaving only daughters Dakaria and Silvania to rescue him, leaving their human knave protectors Ludo and Jacob to babysit their parents. Dakaria flies thereto and teams up with befriended vampire rock star Murdo, but starts doubting if Franz wouldn't be well off as adopted heir to the throne. Silvania seeks help from vampire nurse Ursula, but she's pregnant and deputizes her unsuspecting devoted husband, clumsy vampire hunter Dirk van Kombast, who ignores he's helping a vampire family. At least the castle staff are fools.

Andrea, daughter of Glinda, who dresses like Ozma, accidentally sends Toto 2 to New York in a hot air balloon made by Frank, the Wizard's son. The other kids must follow the course set by Frank's computer to take them to him. When they arrive, their balloon is trashed, and they meet Rick, a homeless man who has adopted Toto. The strange appearance of some of the kids keeps plans to return from going smoothly, but are affected much more so by a clash of cultures.

In a change from previous Ultraman movies, this one takes place in our own universe, in which Ultraman is just a popular kids' TV show. A young boy (and Ultraman addict) named Tsutomu finds a mysterious glowing ball that tells him it can make wishes come true. The one thing Tsutomu wants more than anything else is to meet Gamu, Ultraman's human counterpart, so he can give the boy some pointers on standing up to the school bully. Unfortunately, the bully finds the wishing ball and wishes for a giant monster to appear and start stomping around their suburban Tokyo neighborhood. Gamu and the Science Patrol team must then find a way to open a gateway between the two universes to stop the monster and try to help Tsutomu with his personal problems.

After being implanted with a microchip that gives him special powers, a dog engages a young boy in conversation and adventure. Befriended by a local police officer, the dog, the boy and his friend go on a quest to save the world by undoing the insidious plot of an evil scientist to turn all kids into mindless robots.

The four friends reunite once more after the witch Hellga (Sunshine Cruz) vows to eliminate the non-magical beings with help from other evil forces.