Dec 19, 2022
Ghoulies (1985)
"I think I busted my head."
"Oh, thank god, I thought that you really hurt yourself."
#ghoulies#1985#horror imagery tw#american cinema#comedy horror film#luca bercovici#jefery levy#peter liapis#lisa pelikan#michael des barres#jack nance#peter risch#tamara de treaux#scott thomson#ralph seymour#mariska hargitay#keith joe dick#david dayan#victoria catlin#charene cathleen#bobbie bresee#richard band#oh Ghoulies. made on a shoestring by Charles Band with his newly formed Empire Pictures‚ this was an inexplicable hit and made a metric#shit ton of money (freeing Band up to make some of the best and worst horror films of the late 80s and 90s). in production at the same time#as Gremlins (Dante sued‚ ig bc the names were similar?? he lost‚ rightfully) but production stalled when Band simply ran out of money and#so Gremlins beat it to release. went on to make a mint in the home video market‚ spawned three sequels and was arguably a major#factor in the existence of full moon productions... if only it were a better film. i mean it's fine. it's kind of fun kind of dumb very#crude and more than a little camp. but mostly I'm sad to say it's forgettable. some little creatures do some mischief and there's black#magic and then it's all resolved. for such a landmark in 80s indie horror movie history i wish this could have been about 20% better
