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  • Ghoulies 3 : Ghoulies go to College

    From Simon T@1:229/2 to All on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 10:15:52
    From: darkangel5@REMOVETHISBITlineone.net

    Just giving this a rewatch, defintely the best in the series (though
    some might argue that's not saying much).

    The Ghoulies wreek havoc on a college campus after being summoned up by incantations in an old comic book.

    B-movie stalwart Kevin McCarthy plays the long suffering college Dean
    who is sick of the students incessant pranks and after finding he can
    control the ghoulies with the comic book, sends them out to do his bidding

    Much more comedic than the other Ghoulies films, this one was more how I envisioned the first film to be, which was actually just a straight
    horror film, in which the titular ghoulies turned out to be nothing more
    than peripheral characters.

    The second film, whilst an improvement, failed to hit the comedy mark
    and again just seemed like a straight, low budget horror (best thing
    about it was WASPs music video - Scream Until You Like It).

    This time they upped the comic ante and made it more slapstick, which is
    what they should have done with the other films.

    There is a fourth Ghoulies film, which the puppets were replaced by
    midgets, but again not as good.

    Not to everyones tastes, but definitely a guilty pleasure of mine.

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  • From Andrew@1:229/2 to Simon T on Monday, July 15, 2019 12:17:54
    From: manowarkillsNOSPAM@netscape.net

    On 7/16/2019 4:15 AM, Simon T wrote:

    There is a fourth Ghoulies film, which the puppets were replaced by
    midgets


    LOL!


    Andrew

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  • From Jared@1:229/2 to Simon T on Sunday, July 21, 2019 19:58:55
    From: bijgh@hotmail.com

    On Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at 7:15:55 PM UTC+10, Simon T wrote:

    B-movie stalwart Kevin McCarthy plays the long suffering college Dean
    who is sick of the students incessant pranks...

    SOLD all day long...

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  • From Simon T@1:229/2 to Jared on Monday, July 22, 2019 20:27:41
    From: darkangel5@REMOVETHISBITlineone.net

    On 22/07/2019 03:58, Jared wrote:
    B-movie stalwart Kevin McCarthy plays the long suffering college Dean
    who is sick of the students incessant pranks...

    SOLD all day long...



    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxPlmXwaLdo

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  • From Andrew@1:229/2 to Simon T on Monday, July 22, 2019 12:36:19
    From: manowarkillsNOSPAM@netscape.net

    On 7/22/2019 2:27 PM, Simon T wrote:
    On 22/07/2019 03:58, Jared wrote:
    B-movie stalwart Kevin McCarthy plays the long suffering college Dean
    who is sick of the students incessant pranks...

    SOLD all day long...



    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxPlmXwaLdo


    After watching your review I'm tempted to check out the GHOULIES series
    after avoiding them for the last few decades.

    Andrew

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  • From Simon T@1:229/2 to Andrew on Wednesday, July 24, 2019 22:37:39
    From: darkangel5@REMOVETHISBITlineone.net

    On 22/07/2019 18:36, Andrew wrote:

    After watching your review I'm tempted to check out the GHOULIES series
    after avoiding them for the last few decades.

    Andrew

    Part 1 is "OK" if you view it for what it is, a low budget horror about
    black magic gone wrong. The film was marketted as a Gremlins-like horror-comedy, which it wasn't and (as I said in the vid) the Ghoulies
    are little more than peripheral characters.

    Most people prefer the second film, as the Ghoulies get maximum screen
    time as they terrorise the haunted house ride at a carnival. But again,
    was marketted as a comedy, which it really wasn't. So wasn't as good as
    it could have been.

    Ghoulies 3 is my personal fave, as this was how I envisioned the
    original film to be. Though some people disliked the camp comedy, I
    loved it.

    Ghoulies 4 wasn't terrible, it features one of the characters from the
    original and a lot of flashback footage, though its hard to see how the
    plot fits in with the original. Plus (as mentioned elsewhere) the
    puppets were replaced with midget actors. One of which, interestingly
    enough, was Tony Cox from Bad Santa.

    Give em a go, I think they're available on DVD cheap enough.


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