Don't Believe the Hype
n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.
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Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.
Ghoulies is not a good movie. But one good thing about it is that it is a precursor to this film. This is a very scary movie. It is one of the scariest movie of all time. It has a great story line. It also has great acting. It also has great special effects. It is scarier then The Shinning. And that is not easy to do. This is a very scary movie. Do not see the first Ghoulies movie. Just see this movie. It is one of the best horror movie of all time. All it has to do with the first Ghoulies movie is that the monsters in this movie look similar to the monster in this movie. This is a great film. I do not no why this got 4.2. That is just underrating it. This is no 4.2. I give it 9 out 10. This is a great movie I do not know why people do not know that.
View MoreYou normally think of cinematic greats such as the Godfather 2, Terminator 2, Empire Strikes Back and Aliens as 'superior' sequels. Not many people ever mention the eighties horror 'Ghoulies 2' in the same breath as any of the affore-mentioned films. However, it is head and shoulders about its predecessor. Although, that's not saying much.The original was about a wannabe sorcerer who conjured up a load of evil little critters, aka, 'ghoulies' only to have them turn on him. Sadly, the first film centred on the – pretty bland – humans, whereas the real stars of the show were the nasty little puppets who terrorised people. I'm guessing this was more to do with budget constraints, but, this time round, they seem to have learned from their mistakes. The ghoulies are the stars.They're in it pretty much all the way through. Yes, the human characters are still pretty bland, but at least you don't really notice when the monsters get going. You could naturally pick faults in the film by saying how the ghoulies are about two feet tall and would probably find it difficult to actually hurt someone (let alone savage them to death), but we'll just skip that one and assume they are capable of killing tonnes of people.It's hardly scary. There's not an awful lot of tension of scares in it (unless you're that afraid of rubbery-looking monsters) and you have to majorly suspend your disbelief to imagine that creatures can walk around a packed fairground and not be seen until it suits the script's needs. But, if you like cheesy eighties horror/monster movies, then give this one a go (and ignore the sequels – the series truly peaks here – and that's saying something!).
View MoreI used to watch this tons as a kid, and for me it's this and Puppet Master 2 that tie as my favourite 'killer little creatures' flicks. It's still hugely enjoyable and charming to me and I love it a whole lot to this day. It doesn't take itself too seriously, the deaths range from ridiculous to downright chilling, it's scary and funny when it's trying to be, and even poignant once or twice. I love the music score which somehow brings a little added depth all on its own, surprising that it wasn't done by Richard Band. I enjoy all the classic grotesquerie of a good old-fashioned spookhouse that's rendered deadly for real in some way, that's always a very welcome theme to me. And when the little terrors finally do escape into the carnival at large and briefly cause some real havoc it's just the grisly icing on the cake! When the tilt-a-whirl goes flying off its axis into fiery destruction, that's such a childhood amusement park nightmare come to life! Some of the characters are interesting enough, I like the little drama of alcoholic old Uncle Ned, very well played by the late Royal Dano as a burned-out old fool who mistakingly believes to his cost that it was he who summoned up the Ghoulies. And I absolutely love Phil Fondacaro, it may be an old line, but he had such a big presence for such a small person, and he more than held his own despite putting up with indignities like being picked up and made to wear a stupid gorilla costume. And while I'm sure a lot of films like this back in the day arguably took their basic elements of the idea from Gremlins, so what? I think as far as this sequel goes at least, the Ghoulies are way more frightening than the Gremlins, their particular brand of hijinx are downright vicious! All I'm saying is, if you're gonna take your inspiration from somewhere, at least take it from somewhere worthwhile, and I think there's more than enough different stuff in this movie for it to respectfully distance itself and be much more than just a worthless copy. This does get such an undue amount of criticism dumped on it, it is far from ideal but it's no flaming garbage can like Troll 2 either - good bad picture though that is! And I personally don't think the creature models are bad either. The faces of at least two of them are amazingly expressive. I have a theory that at least some of the people that hate this movie have only ever seen the inferior MGM DVD cut, which until very recently, had been the only version widely available, so I decided to include this list of everything that's included on the UK VHS.. 1: The scene of Patty's death is a bit of a complicated one as both the VHS and DVD have seconds that the other doesn't, but they always leave out when she has a bite taken out of her face and when the cat Ghoulie slashes her. 2: Now this is an odd one. Apparently at the time in Britain, all film scenes involving ninja paraphernalia no matter how mild, had to be removed completely by the thrice-cursed BBFC!! Thus, although it's present on the DVD, Ghoulies 2's rather strange shuriken scene is sadly absent from the VHS cut. 3: During Merle's death it shows slightly more of the buildup to his pendulum slicing, but it still omits the juiciest part. I love the character of Merle because it was like the adorable William Butler purposefully played the guy to be a lot more campy and goofy than everyone else in the movie! Everything about him just screams out monsters, get me and kill me slowly and horribly! 4: When Ned gets electrocuted it shows him fall to the ground and there's a closeup of the pentagram that he scrawled out in his own blood. 5: In the largest scene to be cut out, Kerry Remsen's character gives this really long- winded and embarrassingly melodramatic speech about how her brother died in a high-wire act. I guess it explains how she so deftly climbs the big wheel at the end, but it adds nothing and is a terrible scene all around. 6: In the DVD when the poor clown falls into the dunk tank and has his arm bitten off it cuts to this really s****y model of the aquatic Ghoulie that looks completely out of place, but in the true version it shows the little devil with its mouth full of blood and the mangled arm close by - damn scary scene! 7: And finally when P.Hardin takes his faithful trip to the can, before it cuts to his echoing scream, we get to hear a few more choice ripping sounds as the last remaining Ghoulie chomps down on god knows what! Those cuts are mostly mere seconds long, but the absence of the much needed bloodshed really does take the edge off and makes the movie a lot more weaker than it was originally meant to be. Regardless, to me this was always a very "Magic moon" indeed. Cheers. To Merle! x
View MoreWell, at least this movie was better than the first. This is because of the simple reason that this movie is so entertaining to watch. It doesn't try to impress but it just brings some simple and good B-movie horror fun! It must be also due to the movie its settings that this movie is such a fun one to watch. The entire movie is set at an amusement park.The Ghoulies are more like Gremlins in this movie. In the first movie they were only walking around without serving a real purpose. In this movie they are the heart and soul of the entire picture. They are causing some mayhem and each and every Ghoulie has a distinctive character of its own.It's a good thing the movie doesn't take itself too serious. It gives the movie a good campy feel and look over it. The movie is often being plain silly and it doesn't try to make sense or create a believable story. Something that the first "Ghoulies" movie didn't do. So really, this movie is surprisingly better and much more watchable than its predecessor.Perhaps the movie is being a bit too silly and not serious enough at times. This really goes at the expense of the movie its horror. I feel that as if this movie would had been more effective with its horror as well, this movie would had been an even better one to watch. The movie doesn't really have any scares or gore in it.Of course nothing of this movie really impresses. The acting and story-line are all weak and kept thin. Perhaps you have to be really into the genre to appreciate and enjoy this movie simply for what it is; some simple, fun entertainment!5/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/
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