Ghoulies Go to College (1991)

A college teacher brings the little creatures back to his campus, where they proceed to terrorize the faculty and students.

Director:

John Carl Buechler

Writers:

Luca Bercovici (characters), Jefery Levy (characters)

Stars:

Evan MacKenzie, Kevin McCarthy, Eva LaRue

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Evan MacKenzie	...	Skip Carter
Kevin McCarthy	...	Professor Ragnar
Eva LaRue	...	Erin Riddle (as Eva La Rue)
John R. Johnston	...	Jeremy Heilman (as John Johnston)
Patrick Labyorteaux	...	Mookey
Billy Morrissette	...	Wes
Hope Marie Carlton	...	Veronica
Andrew Barach	...	Harley
Jason Scott Lee	...	Kyle
Griffin O'Neal	...	Blane
Marcia Wallace	...	Miss Boggs
Stephen Lee	...	Barcus
Dan Shor	...	Professor
Sherrie Wills	...	Buffy
Patrick Michael Ryan	...	Bud (as Patrick Ryan)

Storyline

A "Ghoulies" comic book is found in a frat house bathroom. The comic secretly holds powers over three lost Ghoulies that are imprisoned within its pages. They are soon released by Professor Ragnar who uses them in an attempt to stop 'Prank Week' where frats play tricks on each other for a tinfoil crown. Skip Carter and his frat house of party animals are destined to take back the crown but he is having problems with his girlfriend who is dating his arch rival, Jeremy. When Jeremy frames Skip, resulting in his expulsion, the Ghoulies are sent to kill Skip and any other frats that stand in their way.

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Plot Keywords:

campus | party | prank | professor | comic book | 

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Taglines:

Everybody's favorite troublemakers are on the loose again!

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Genres:

Comedy | Fantasy | Horror

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 September 1991 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ghoulies Go to College

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lightning Pictures,Taurus Entertainment Company,Vestron Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This movie is the film debut of actor Matthew Lillard.

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Goofs

When the Rat Ghoulie mistakes a bottle of drain cleaner for beer and starts drinking it you can see the puppeteer's hand holding his arm up.

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Connections

References Newhart (1982)

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Soundtracks

Renegade
Written by Fred Mollin and Stan Meissner
Performed by Stan Meissner

User Reviews

Funny man's gremlins

I love this film. That might sound unusual here, but I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT! It's like a Porky's movie with drunken puppets, how can you possibly go wrong? Yes its lowbrow, yes its cheap and nasty, but that's exactly what I love about it. Plus its got Jason Scott Lee being obsessed with a stereo.

The Ghoulies series is a bit of a mixed bunch. The first is a camp possession movie, with a couple of token appearances by the little guys. I gotta say, it kinda sucked, even though there were a few inspired moments. Ghoulies II was a surprisingly good little monster movie... and it had a Shakespeare-quoting midget in it! Many good childhood memories of this one. The fourth and final movie was god-awful. I've never seen a movie that doesn't "star" Ben Affleck that's sucked that much. But in amongst this assortment of barely related titles is Ghoulies Go To College, a hilarious romp through frat life from the perspective of three intoxicated little creatures.

This certainly isn't a horror movie, I wouldn't even call it a horror/comedy. It's just a dumb little movie with a big heart, big tits and some of the best one-liners this side of Citizen Toxie. Go into it expecting juvenile humour and kooky hijinks (and maybe even shenanigans) and you just might have a new favourite on your hands. Or maybe thats just goofy glue ;)