jacobjohntaylor1
This is not a very good movie. Gholies 2 is a great movie. Gholies go to collage is a great movie. Gholies IV is a great movie. But this is not very good. It is not very scary. The story line is awful. The ending is awful. Do not see this awful movie. It had great sequels that have nothing to do which this movie. Do not waste your time. And do not waste your money do not see this movie. It is awful. It is not scary. I need more lines and I am running out of things to say. This movie is awful. Do not see it. It is awful. It not scary. It is just pooh pooh. Do not see it.
jessegehrig
Do you know how hard it is to refinance your home? How hard it is to get a business loan? An estimated million dollars was pooled together to make this movie! What the f*ck? This movie could have become five remodeled homes, or a dentist office or a burger joint, instead it became Ghoulies. I mean, what does that mean? Is that a knock against the human race, y'know like proof that we're all a bunch of pieces of sh*t? If you had a million dollars would you spend it on Ghoulies, I mean you could buy a house and pay off your student loans and still have a fortune left to put into savings for retirement, does this movie seem like a BETTER idea? Are you sure?
James Bourke
Yes indeed the 1980's when I was but a very impressionable teenager, it felt like my every waking hour was spent in my local videostore, and when I was in school, I was always thinking about what movie I was going to watch next.As was the case back then, a cool looking cover was always the catalyst for me to hire the movie regardless of whether or not I enjoyed the movie.So Ghoulies was to be my introduction to the cinematic world of a certain film producer Charles Band, and his company Empire Pictures. Having just recently revisited the world of Ghoulies, and just about to embark on my fortieth year on this earth, I have hand on heart began to realise that what I liked when I was a teenager, has not remained the case as I've gotten older.No matter what the detractors think of Charles Band's riff on Gremlins, the movie does have more plus points than negatives. The overall acting is pretty spot on, Peter Liapis as Jonathan Graves truly devours his part as Jonathan Graves, heir apparent to the supernatural throne left to him by his late demented father Malcolm, Michael Des Barres.Des Barres has never been an actor that I've been to keen on, maybe it's his accent that I find somewhat off putting, but then again if you've ever watched him in Diary Of A Sex Addict, the title pretty much summed that movie up, but let us not forget his turn in Nightflyers.You know when your a teenager, and you just watch copious amounts of nonsense, you tens to forget what you've watched and just who was in it, back in 85, I had no idea who Jack Nance was, but then I still hadn't watched Eraserhead, but Nance participation was a bit of a shock to me, I did find myself doing a double take when I spotted him hiding behind that fake beard, but you never forget that crazy eyed stare.But what about the movie itself. Like I've mentioned previously, viewing the movie as an adult, you still sensed the atmosphere, those pesky Ghoulies, still look as cheap and cheerful and not quite scary as ever, but Luca Bercovici does capture some pretty good stuff on camera.Of particular mention was the scene when Malcolm rises from his grave, quite striking and very well lit.Ghoulies was my first introduction to Charles Band, but it wasn't until I watched Trancers, that my interest in Band's output truly took hold of my teenage years, and throughout the next two decades.Ghoulies 2 was a smart little follow up three years later, ignore the next two sequels, as really you can't hold a candle to the original.My rating is 6/10
Critters1986
This must be the worst 80s movie ever. Because the acting is bad, the Ghoulies don't do much and its another Gremlins rip off. Let me give you a quick summary of the movie. Its about a young man who moves into his fathers house. Who somehow died, {we don't really know}. As he lives with his girlfriend. Later in the movie he goes down to his basement to clean up as he finds something strange in the basement. As he has a look into the box he finds some cloths I don't know. Then he takes it out of the basement he puts it on he starts to turn evil as he later on summons the Ghoulies, then turns into a bad guy summons his dad back to life as Wolfgang safes him. In the end everyone lives happily ever after. so I give this movie * out of ***** and also please no more gremlin rip offs.
