Ghoulies Ghoulies

They'll get you in the end.

A young man and his girlfriend move into thre man's old mansion home, where he becomes possessed by a need to control ancient demons.

Peter Liapis Lisa Pelikan Jack Nance Mariska Hargitay

Empire Pictures

comedy horror fantasy

81 mins   More details at IMDb / TMDb

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  • Owozifa

    Review by Owozifa ★★

    I caught the last 20 minutes of Ghoulies on TV once, and thought it was a weird little movie that I didn't totally grasp the context of. Some day, I thought, I would have to seek it out and watch the whole thing, since it seemed like dumb fun.

    Unfortunately, I had already gotten the best possible experience out of Ghoulies, as the first hour is an incredible bore. There is nothing of any interest on screen. The titular Ghoulies don't even really do anything other than occasionally make noises in close-up. They terrorize no one. We might as well be cutting to a different movie.

    The first hour also didn't really give any meaningful context to anything. There's no…

  • Austin Vashaw

    Review by Austin Vashaw ★★★★★

    If my rating seems a little high it's probably the nostalgia talking. This is the first scary movie I can remember watching as a kid. Though I never knew the movie's title, I always remembered parts of it very vividly. Without knowing what it was, I watched it again as an adult was instantly transported back to 1986.

  • Sam Noble

    Review by Sam Noble ★

    Always saw this in the video shop when I was little, finally caught it late night on Bravo....what a load of shit, well hoped for a Critters style movie, got some lame dark magic bollocks.

  • Scott Audetat

    Review by Scott Audetat ★★★

    Fun little horror flick. Nice cast but the lead girls eyes always freak me out. Law and Order's Mariska Hargity is even in this.

  • Thomas Lewry

    Review by Thomas Lewry ½

    Film #109 of the December project

    So fucking stupid that it makes 'Troll 2' look like 'The Shining'. This film is intolerably boring and drab and is an absolute struggle to sit through. There is NO enjoyment factor in this whatsoever, Its amazing to me that 'Troll 2' is deemed the worst film ever made and this gets off scot free. Sure, 'Troll' sucks but at least there is some fun to be had there, 'Ghoulies' is just a miserable time and I just wanted so bad for it to be over. TERRIBLE!

  • Daniel Rodriguez

    Review by Daniel Rodriguez ★★½

    #93
    81 Minutes

    Ghoulies is one of the first sons of Gremlins, a classic trash horror from the 80's, with small ugly monster dolls with limited movement and satanic cults. The director, Luca Bercovici made one of my favorite trash movies, The Granny, that's funny as hell, but this one is not so good.
    I was really expecting a lot more 80's like gore, and a bigger "role" for the Ghoulies, but the story is more about satanic cults than about the creatures, they pop out the toilet only one time, and that's pretty disapointing. The monsters, even not important as I expected are pretty cool, I love those kind of creatures, one day I'll buy some for my house.…

  • Grimbo

    Review by Grimbo ★★ 3

    This has undead fathers, dwarves and devil worshippers but precious few Ghoulies.
    Also the alleged college students are defo in their late 20s or early 30s.
    The only reason it gets more than one star is cos I remember my Dad renting it out the video shop in the 80s and me thinking it was cool then! Hoping the second one is better on second viewing ..........

  • Veronica's Dad

    Review by Veronica's Dad ★

    Movie BLOWS.... watched it on Youtube with Joe Bob Briggs hosting (TNT Monstervision) - That was Awesome

  • MrBishop

    Review by MrBishop ★★★★

    A film I love so much I could watch it everyday and not get sick of it. The film has had a hold on me since I was a kid, and I still all these years later, succumb to its ridiculous charm. Some would call it a guilty pleasure, I would call it a fun movie.