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Title: Ghoulies (1984)
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A young man and his girlfriend move into an old mansion home, where he becomes possessed by a desire to control ancient demons.
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
2 March 1985 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Beasties See more »Filming Locations:
Wattles Mansion - 1824 N. Curson Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Box Office
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$1,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$35,000,000 (USA)Company Credits
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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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Written and Performed by Fela Johnson and The Johnsons
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According to Charles Band's 2012 audio commentary for the British 88 Films Blu-Ray of Puppet Master 2, someone else came up with the idea of the Ghoulie popping out of the toilet. Band actually thought it was a bad idea at first. See more »Goofs
The bulbs of the black lights used to make Jonathan's eyes glow can be seen reflected in his sunglasses when Rebbecca first returns to the house after Grizzle and Greedygut are summoned. See more »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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SurrenderWritten and Performed by Fela Johnson and The Johnsons
Good Guy Music 1983
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This is an mid-1980s horror comedy indeed, except it was lacking both ingredients actually. It is, however, a very typical Charles Band movie, for good and worse. Was "Ghoulies" a memorable movie? No, not by a long shot. It was just too silly and empty to really be entertaining.
"Ghoulies" is about a young man who inherits an ancestral home. A house where black magic was used to conjure forth demonic creatures. Lured in by the dark magic, the young man unleash the demonic beings once again.
The characters were lacking personalities and depth, but fitted right into the rest of the movie though. The acting performances were nothing impressive either.
As for the creatures, well they were probably impressive back in 1984, but by todays standards not so much. It was puppets, blatantly obvious, and again typical for Charles Band. And the special effects, well let's not even go there.
This movie wasn't particularly entertaining, and I will never watch it again, that much is certain.