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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Cast
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| Peter Liapis | ... | Jonathan Graves | |
| Lisa Pelikan | ... | Rebecca | |
| Michael Des Barres | ... | Malcolm Graves | |
| Jack Nance | ... | Wolfgang | |
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Peter Risch | ... | Grizzel |
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Tamara De Treaux | ... | Greedigut |
| Scott Thomson | ... | Mike | |
| Ralph Seymour | ... | Mark (Toad Boy) | |
| Mariska Hargitay | ... | Donna | |
| Keith Joe Dick | ... | Dick | |
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David Dayan | ... | Eddie |
| Victoria Catlin | ... | Anastasia | |
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Charene Cathleen | ... | Robin |
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Bobbie Bresee | ... | Temptress |
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Jamie Bronow | ... | Jonathan Graves, as a child |
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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.
Plot Keywords:
supernatural power | strangulation | sunglasses | levitation | first part |Taglines:
They'll get you in the end!Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
18 January 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 »Edit
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Budget:
$1,000,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$35,000,000Company 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
Subliminal Music 1982
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Trivia
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 triangle and circle drawn with chalk on the floor differs. 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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Alternate Versions
12 seconds of footage were removed from the American release of Ghoulies in order to achieve a PG-13 rating. See more »Soundtracks
Dancing With A MonsterWritten and Performed by Fela Johnson
Subliminal Music 1982
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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.