Goblin (2010)

Every Halloween, a small hamlet in the deep woods is visited by a fierce goblin, intent on capturing infants and brutally murdering anyone in its path.

Director:

Jeffery Scott Lando (as Jeffery Lando)

Writer:

Raul Inglis (as Raul Sanchez Inglis)

Stars:

Gil Bellows, Tracy Spiridakos, Camille Sullivan

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Gil Bellows	...	Neil Perkins
Tracy Spiridakos	...	Nikki Perkins
Camille Sullivan	...	Kate Perkins
Donnelly Rhodes	...	Charlie
Reilly Dolman	...	Kyle
Andrew Wheeler	...	Sheriff Milgreen
Colin Cunningham	...	Owen
Erin Boyes	...	Cammy
Jordan Moore	...	Nathan Perkins
Brett Dier	...	Matt
Chilton Crane	...	Bea Milgreen
Kathleen Duborg	...	Judge's Wife
Elizabeth Weinstein	...	Peasant Woman
Brendan Beiser	...	Deputy Perry
Glenn Ennis	...	Husband

Storyline

On 31 October 1831, in the Hollow Glen village, the locals sacrifice what they consider "unclean" in a bonfire to protect their village. When they throw a deformed baby in the bonfire, his mother, who is a witch, curses the babies of the dwellers and creates an evil creature from the bones of her son to take their souls in the Halloween. The story of the Goblin becomes a legend. In the present days, Neil Perkins travels with his second wife Kate; his rebel teenage daughter Nikki; his baby son Nathan and Nikki's best friend Cammy to an isolated cabin in Hollow Glen expecting to start a business with his partner Owen. The family is warned to leave the village before the Halloween by the drunkard Charlie, but they do not give credit to his words. On 31 October, Neil, Kate and Owen have a meeting with Sheriff Milgreen and they leave Nathan with Nikki and Cammy. The two girls are visited by three friends and Nikki leaves Nathan alone for less than one minute. When she returns, the baby is ...

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Plot Keywords:

village | sacrifice | 

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Genres:

Fantasy | Horror

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 July 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Goblin

Filming Locations:

Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Syfy, Reel One Pictures, Cinetel Films

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The home in which Nikki, Neil, Kate and Cammy stay in is the same building that Sam Uley from the Twilight movies lives in.

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Quotes

Cammy: I'm good at finding wood.

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Connections

References Punk'd (2003)

User Reviews

Awful

I really wanted to like this film, and I did sit through all of it to give it the benefit of the doubt. But it just doesn't measure up.

For a while I thought maybe it was best viewed as a horror-comedy, but it doesn't have enough comedy, and all of it seems to be actually unintentional, rather than sort of ironic.

The cast is cute, so that's a plus. In particular, Brett Dier seems to be going for a young Ryan Phillippe look, which he carries off well. Unfortunately, Ryan at that age had an agent/manager who cared which films he appeared in, and Brett doesn't.

For a horror-slasher type film, I think we're long past caring whether the writing makes any sense. It's the directing and special effects that torpedo this film. The monster looks and acts ridiculous, and could have been animated using 1990s technology. And if the "loud-noise-plus-sudden-close-up-repeat-twice" technique wasn't already cliché, it certainly was by the time this film was over.

Why do British Columbia and Canada whore themselves out for these pathetic films? They are surely capable of quality work. Is film make-work welfare that important instead? When will people realize that if you're eager to put your name to garbage, you shouldn't expect anybody to ask you to make something worth making. Think long-term, guys.