Ghoulies II

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Ghoulies II

PG-13,

1987,

1h 35m,

Horror

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Pint-sized monsters known as ghoulies hop aboard a traveling carnival, where their violent behavior and grotesque looks are most likely to go unnoticed. There, the gremlin-like creatures find a new home in a haunted house attraction. As the creatures earn their keep by scaring visitors, the carnival finds itself running in the black for the first time in years. But things quickly turn sour when, to the shock of carny Uncle Ned, the ghoulies start taking bites out of the customers.

Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Sep 16, 2023

2/4

No better and no worse than its predecessor.

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Stefan Birgir Stefans

sbs.is

Mar 15, 2021

3.5/5

Turns the critter action up to eleven in an all-around fun carnival horror show. This is a cheesy schlock horror film, and it doesn't try to be anything else. It's made to be entertaining and it succeeds.

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Andrew Pollard

Starburst

Apr 11, 2018

4/10

The majority of the cast are plain awful, the plot is paper thin, there aren't actually any real scares, and the dialogue is embarrassing, but at least there's Ghoulies with guns.

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David Nusair

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Aug 20, 2003

2/4

...allows the ghoulies themselves to take center stage.

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Gerry Shamray

Your Movies (cleveland.com)

Aug 14, 2003

0/5

Garbage. Worse than the first one.

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Alex Sandell

Juicy Cerebellum

Jul 16, 2003

0/5

One of the hardest times I've had getting through a film. It's horrible.

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Luke G

Dec 9, 2018

I have a fluctuating relationship with bad films. When films are so bad they're good, I love them. And I watch the bad acting, and the lack of sets, and the awful effects, and the plot holes, and I have a great time. And then the film continues past 30 minutes, and no matter how bad the film is, or how hilarious the accents are, I just get bored. And this film is no exception. It is truly a bad film. Only a truly bad film doesn't have its own Wikipedia page. Awful acting, weird plot, ridiculous horror stuff. And to say that I didn't get some good, hearty, possibly-mean-spirited laughs from the film would be a damned lie. But I was done with this shite long before the film finished. I'm always a stickler for fantasy logic, and this has very little. Who are the little rubber monsters? What do they want? What can they do? What can't they do? Now admittedly, coming into the 2nd movie in the illustrious Ghoulies series, so answers to all these questions might lie in the 1st film, but I doubt it. So much of the film is filled with things happening simply because the script says they should. Also, by marketing yourself as a film of multiple genres (horror and comedy) it simply means you can be disappointing twice. Although the line about the pussy did make me laugh.

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Poe S

Apr 21, 2018

Better than the first one at least. While most people seemed to despise this one more than the first, I actually quite enjoyed it. The plot was pretty weak, and the acting is almost as bad as the first, but at least it had more showtime for the actual Ghoulies themselves than the first one did. The fact people despise this movie more than the first is beyond me.

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Hagrid W

Jan 6, 2018

How appropo of the cover art for these mini masterpieces of horror to feature our favorite Moopet rejects in a toilet.

Harry S

Nov 3, 2017

How can you not love a crowd of people cheering on a demonic rat puppet?

Hagrid S

May 8, 2017

Shockingly this is better than the first. It's far less convoluted and simply gets to the point of dopey puppets killing people in very PG ways.

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Albert Band

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Damon Martin

Larry

Royal Dano

Uncle Ned

Phil Fondacaro

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P. Hardin

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Synopsis

Pint-sized monsters known as ghoulies hop aboard a traveling carnival, where their violent behavior and grotesque looks are most likely to go unnoticed. There, the gremlin-like creatures find a new home in a haunted house attraction. As the creatures earn their keep by scaring visitors, the carnival finds itself running in the black for the first time in years. But things quickly turn sour when, to the shock of carny Uncle Ned, the ghoulies start taking bites out of the customers.

Director: Albert Band
Producer: Albert Band
Screenwriter: Dennis Paoli
Production Co: Empire Pictures, Taryn Productions Inc.
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 31, 1987, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 16, 2008
Runtime: 1h 35m
Sound Mix: Surround

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