Hobgoblins (1988)

User Rating:

1.6/10   

Director:

Rick Sloane

Writer:

Rick Sloane (writer)

Release Date:

14 July 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Alien | Vault | Hobgoblins | Nightclub | Puppetry

Cast

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
Spit Spingola	...	Fontanelles--Vocal
Pat Bostrom	...	Fontanelles--Guitar
Mark Hodson	...	Fontanelles--Bass
Tony Cisero	...	Fontanelles--Drums
Cole Coonce	...	Fontanelles--Guitar

Directed by
Rick Sloane

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Rick Sloane		writer

Produced by
Rick Sloane	....	producer
Craig Turkel	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Alan DerMarderosian

Cinematography by
Rick Sloane

Film Editing by
Rick Sloane

Casting by
Kelley Palmer

Makeup Department
Kathleen Crawford	....	assistant makeup artist (as Kathleen Vandale)
Patti Haack	....	assistant makeup artist
Linda Nottestad	....	hair designer
Linda Nottestad	....	makeup designer

Production Management
Naomi Monk	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Teague	....	assistant director

Art Department
Craig Clark	....	production artist
David Teague	....	production artist

Sound Department
Don Teschner	....	sound recordist

Special Effects by
Kevin Francis 'Boomer' McCarthy	....	pyrotechnic effects

Stunts
Bob Ivy	....	stunt coordinator
Bob Ivy	....	stunts
Paul E. Short	....	stunts
Howard St. James	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Don Campbell	....	second assistant camera
Rudy Harbon	....	first assistant camera
Michael Stradling	....	second assistant camera

Editorial Department
Alison Howard	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Craig Clark	....	title designer
Kenneth J. Hall	....	creature fabricator
Henry Stanney	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Rick Sloane Productions

Distributors

• American Cinema Marketing (1988) (USA) (theatrical)
• Entertainment 7 (2000) (USA) (all media) (non-USA)
• Retromedia Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Retromedia Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Rhino Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Shout! Factory (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Trans World Entertainment (TWE) (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Vídeo Ban (????) (Brazil) (VHS)

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M | UK:18 | USA:R

Company:

Rick Sloane Productions

Trivia:

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.

Goofs:

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.

Quotes:

Roadrash: Must have been a rowdy crowd tonight.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Hobgoblins (#10.7)" (1998)

Soundtrack:

Love-Me-Nots

Can you catch a venereal disease from a movie?

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.