Ghoulies (1985)

A young man and his girlfriend move into an man's old mansion home, where he becomes possessed by a need to control ancient demons.

Director:

Luca Bercovici

Writers:

Luca Bercovici, Jefery Levy

Stars:

Peter Liapis, Lisa Pelikan, Michael Des Barres

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Peter Liapis	...	Jonathan Graves
Lisa Pelikan	...	Rebecca
Michael Des Barres	...	Malcolm Graves
Jack Nance	...	Wolfgang
Peter Risch	...	Grizzel
Tamara De Treaux	...	Greedigut
Scott Thomson	...	Mike
Ralph Seymour	...	Mark (Toad Boy)
Mariska Hargitay	...	Donna
Keith Joe Dick	...	Dick
David Dayan	...	Eddie
Victoria Catlin	...	Anastasia
Charene Cathleen	...	Robin
Bobbie Bresee	...	Temptress
Jamie Bronow	...	Jonathan Graves, as a child

Storyline

A young man and his girlfriend move into an man's old mansion home, where he becomes possessed by a need to control ancient demons.

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Plot Keywords:

demon | tongue | splatter | ritual | sunglasses | 

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Taglines:

They'll get you in the end.

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Genres:

Comedy | Fantasy | Horror

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Certificate:

PG-13

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 March 1985 (USA)

Also Known As:

Beasties

Filming Locations:

Wattles Mansion - 1824 N. Curson Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$1,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$35,000,000 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Empire Pictures, Ghoulies Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

81 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jeffrey Combs auditioned for the role of Jonathan Graves.

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Goofs

There is one scene where Jonathan is chanting and he begins to "levitate" you can see the shadow of the lift on the floor.

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Quotes

[Mike falls over while trying to breakdance]
Mike: I think I broke my head.
Eddie: [standing over Mike] Oh, thank God. I thought that you actually hurt yourself.

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Connections

Featured in Boglin 1: Book of Boglins (2002)

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Soundtracks

"Surrender"
Written and Performed by Fela Johnson and The Johnsons
Good Guy Music 1983

User Reviews

What a great ad campaign can do.

This movie made a nice sum of 35 million at the box office, yet many consider it a poor movie at best. So how did it make this much money? With a good ad campaign, that's how. This movie was the first small creature attack movie to come out after the very successful Gremlins the previous year. Critters, which most consider the better film, came out a year later and made a lot less than this one. Then there was the famous scene of the creature coming out of the toilet. It made it look like a Gremlin type movie...funny with a bit of charm to it. It fooled my parents and we saw this dog in the theater when I was ten. We knew it wasn't quite what it was advertised as though as soon as it started as it has a scene where a guy rips out a woman's heart. It isn't all bad though as there are some scenes here and there that are good, but overall this one is just bad as it is not just about little creatures, but a bunch of other satanic stuff as well as this guy throws a party and does rituals and accidentally raises this one evil guy. Sounds better than it is though as there are no stars in this one and none of the actors in this one can act. You do though get to see the little person who played ET.