Ghoulies

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Ghoulies

PG-13,

1985,

1h 24m,

Horror/

Fantasy/

Comedy

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As a child, Jonathan was almost killed by his father, Malcolm, during a satanic ritual. After being saved and raised by Wolfgang, who has kept him unaware of his background, Jonathan inherits Malcolm's house and moves in with girlfriend Rebecca. During a party, he jokingly performs a ceremony described in one of his father's books on black magic, not realizing he has unleashed small, demonic creatures known as "Ghoulies."

Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Sep 16, 2023

2/4

This is the sort of movie where you can sense the puppeteers poised just outside of the camera’s eye.

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Stefan Birgir Stefans

sbs.is

Mar 13, 2021

3/5

There are much better haunted mansion films, many also produced by Charles Band, but Ghoulies has a charm of its own. It's a fun B-movie through and through with plenty of satanism and devilish creatures.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Sep 6, 2020

2/10

With Charles Band serving as executive producer, the film never had much of a chance to transcend the cheesy, B-movie vibe that permeates most of his projects.

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Barbara Shulgasser

Common Sense Media

Aug 7, 2018

1/5

Cheesy, low-budget '80s horror film has violence, cursing.

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

Sep 4, 2017

D

Mariska Hargitay makes an inauspicious feature film debut in this trashy little horror picture.

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Austin Kennedy

Film Geek Central

Jan 19, 2013

0/4

I can enjoy a bad cheesy B-movie, but there has to be a sense of charm, and GHOULIES has none whatsoever!

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Hermione R

Oct 12, 2018

This is a awful gremlins rip off with a corny story terrible acting and incredibly spookless spooks and no interesting charters and the movie is sooo boring in conclusion is just bad b movie bad the cover art doesn't lie

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Theodore S

Sep 2, 2018

This is what I get for letting my little brother pick the movie. Their was a reason why this movie came out in 1985 and I didn't see it til 2018 and thats because it is one of the worst movie I have ever seen in my entire life and thats saying alot cause I've seen my share of trash. When Gremlins hit and became (in my opinion a great moving)successful they decided to put their own version out it backed fired big time. Never watch this movie and never let your little brother pick the movie. Thankskilling was better then this trash

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Han R

Feb 1, 2018

I won't lie to you, it's pretty bad. The acting is horrible, the special effects are questionable and the plot...it is only passable. This movie is watchable unlike some B-Movie fare out there but I would only watch it if you are in the mood for a bad movie night. https://latetothegame.blog/2018/01/25/key-movies-in-my-life-ghoulies-1984/

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Luke W

Jan 6, 2018

This...thing, which is definitely NOT Gremlins as much as it wants to be, stars Mariska Hargitay. Yep. That's all I got. 1 Star. Half for Mariska existing and I guess half for Jack Nance (RIP) Thanks for playing. Ghoulies

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Finn R

Dec 28, 2017

Mostly boring especially in the beginning. I found myself checking my phone for most of the movie. However at the fifty minute mark there was a few minutes of fun over the top B-movie horror. I found those few minutes funny and entertaining.

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Han W

Nov 5, 2017

A shameless cash in on Gremlins. Considering the low budget I actually liked the look of the creatures but I have no idea why they were even needed as they had absolutely nothing to do with the plot of the film.

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Luca Bercovici

Director

Peter Liapis

Jonathan Graves

Lisa Pelikan

Rebecca

Michael Des Barres

Malcolm Graves

Jack Nance

Wolfgang

Peter D. Risch

Grizzel

Ghoulies: Official Clip - Jonathan Raises His Father

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Ghoulies: Official Clip - Testing Grizzel and Greedigut

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Ghoulies: Official Clip - Wolfgang's Magical Showdown

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Synopsis

As a child, Jonathan was almost killed by his father, Malcolm, during a satanic ritual. After being saved and raised by Wolfgang, who has kept him unaware of his background, Jonathan inherits Malcolm's house and moves in with girlfriend Rebecca. During a party, he jokingly performs a ceremony described in one of his father's books on black magic, not realizing he has unleashed small, demonic creatures known as "Ghoulies."

Director: Luca Bercovici
Producer: Jefery Levy
Screenwriter: Luca Bercovici, Jefery Levy
Production Co: Empire Pictures
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 18, 1985, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 16, 2008
Runtime: 1h 24m

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