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14 July 1988 (USA) moreTagline:
Be careful what you wish for... You just might get it!Plot:
A young security guard must track down diminutive aliens who kill people even as they make their fantasies come true. full summary | add synopsisNewsDesk:
(4 articles)
Rick Sloane Talks Hobgoblins (From Dread Central. 22 June 2009, 6:00 PM, PDT)
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(From Dread Central. 7 May 2009, 11:20 AM, PDT)
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Can you catch a venereal disease from a movie? moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Tom Bartlett | ... | Kevin | |
| Paige Sullivan | ... | Amy | |
| Steven Boggs | ... | Kyle | |
| Kelley Palmer | ... | Daphne | |
| Billy Frank | ... | Nick | |
| Tamara Clatterbuck | ... | Fantazia (as Tami Bakke) | |
| Duane Whitaker | ... | Roadrash | |
| Jeffrey Culver | ... | McCreedy | |
| Kevin Kildow | ... | Dennis | |
| Kari French | ... | Pixie | |
| Daran Norris | ... | Club Scum M.C | |
| James Mayberry | ... | Sergeant Parker | |
| Ken Abraham | ... | Thug | |
| Don Barrett | ... | Comstock | |
| David Teague | ... | Lowlife |
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During McCreedy's flashback, he can be seen looking at information for The Visitants (1986), a previous movie by director Rick Sloane, in which Jeffrey Culver, who plays McCreedy, also starred. moreGoofs:
Continuity: Daphne has a pair on sunglasses hanging from the waist of her skirt. Between many shots, especially noticeable in the Club Scum scene, the sunglasses alternate from hanging on her left side to her right. moreSoundtrack:
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This movie is not just bad, not just corny, it is repulsive. Something about Daphne, about the creepy call-girl, about the whole damn (and I use the word literally) film radiates a grotesquery that would offend a brothel mistress. This film makes my skin crawl, makes me regret having reproductive organs, and makes me feel unclean.
One of the things that bothers me most about this movie is that they used such a good concept. A creature that makes fantasies with disastrous results, rather than the cliché Worst Nightmare and the overdone Twisted Wish, is a truly fascinating film idea.
Thought: The reason why hobgoblins need to be killed before day is that they are attracted to bright lights. During the day, bright lights don't show up well, so they could go anywhere.
Count the Hobgoblins: Four hobgoblins drive out of the film studio, and yet at least nine of the pernicious plush-toys are killed throughout the course of the movie.
Discussion Question: If you had a frigid, demanding, unappreciative girlfriend, would you enter garden-tool-combat with a military chunkhead? Explain.