{"id":15036,"date":"2015-04-20T02:57:40","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T02:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=15036"},"modified":"2015-05-31T02:02:13","modified_gmt":"2015-05-31T06:02:13","slug":"ghouliesghoulies-ii-blu-ray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/20\/ghouliesghoulies-ii-blu-ray\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghoulies\/Ghoulies II [Blu-Ray]"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The \u201cGhoulies\u201d film series is the predecessor to Charles Band\u2019s obsession with miniature terrors, and it took a long time before he could perfect the formula. Somewhat before the \u201cTroll\u201d movie debacles, the \u201cGhoulies\u201d movies are recognizable not so much for their iconic monsters but for the monsters coming out of toilets in every single movie poster they\u2019ve inhabited. Scream Factory packs in a twofer feature with new and interesting extras that the movies deserve far too little.<\/p>\n

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\u201cGhoulies\u201d is a terribly boring and pretty forgettable movie that attempts to market on the Gremlins fame but comes up very short. Instead it\u2019s a long and drawn out horror movie about killer dwarves, tiny monsters that barely make an appearance at all, and human sacrifice. When a local caretaker gathers his friends for a party, he discovers the powers of the ghoulies and decides he\u2019s willing to knock them off and turn them into his own personal zombie people in the process. \u201cGhoulies\u201d has a high concept with no real delivery, and it\u2019s a shame because a movie about little monsters running around and killing people is ripe for fandom. \u201cGhoulies II\u201d is great eighties horror and a movie that the former should have been. A local carnival is trying to make money and is due to shut down Satan\u2019s Den, a horror ride that isn\u2019t attracting its fair share of carnival goers. All in favor of a more alluring attraction like mud wrestling.<\/p>\n

I vote for the mud wrestling! When the monsters begin running amok in the ride, they begin knocking off hapless customers left and right. Despite their murderous habits they attract the attentions of a few kids that love the Ghoulies and are willing to lure people in to the ride. What ensues is a chaotic and pretty fun little monster movie that demonstrates \u201cGhoulies\u201d penchant for being an enduring horror series, considering its simplistic premise. When it stops being convoluted and strips down to the basic idea of monsters running around and killing teens, it can be a fun ride.<\/p>\n

Director Luca Bercovici lends his voice for an audio commentary that unfortunately drags, there\u2019s \u201cFrom Toilets to Terror\u201d chronicling the making of \u201cGhoulies\u201d which began life as \u201cBeasties\u201d with Stan Winston on board for SFX. \u201cMore Toilets, More Terror \u2013 The Making of Ghoulies II is a sixteen minute look at the sequel, its shooting in Rome, and the language barriers that made it hard for the cast to work. There are some HD alternate scenes that features a lot of the gore cut for a PG-13 rating. Finally, there\u2019s the theatrical trailer and a still gallery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The \u201cGhoulies\u201d film series is the predecessor to Charles Band\u2019s obsession with miniature terrors, and it took a long time before he could perfect the formula. Somewhat before the \u201cTroll\u201d movie debacles, the \u201cGhoulies\u201d movies are recognizable not so much for their iconic monsters but for the monsters coming out of toilets in every single […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movie-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15036"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15386,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15036\/revisions\/15386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}