Decades
ago a comic called Ghoulies that holds
secret powers has been read to end the
curse of three little creatures that
caused trouble there and were banished
for good.
However, during present day the comic is
found and one of the teacher named
Professor Ragnar (Kevin McCarthy)
unleashes them by reading the spells and
has an idea to use them to put an end to
prank week hosted by the head student
clown Skip Carter (Evan MacKenzie) who
has troubles making amends with his
girlfriend Erin Riddle (Eva La Rue) as
she finds his pranks childish along with
his womanising.
Skip is expelled from school after being
framed by his friend Wes (Billy
Morissette) and the Ghoulies are sent to
kill Skip and all frats that get in their
way.
This was quite an
insult to the Ghoulies
film series as this was not at all a
horror and a plain comedy. Kinda like a
ripoff to Animal House
but with Ghoulies in it
and they talk too.
You may ask me why I reviewed this film
if it's strictly a horror site. Well, I
reviewed this as part of a series of the
films.
The film delivers a few laughs and alot
of Three Stooges type of stupidity too.
The acting is
quite cheesy and overly corny but some
people seem to do well in it. Kevin
McCarthy is a little too conry as a
demented professor of the campus but
seems to bring alot of good timing with
his goofy performance.
Evan MacKenzie really delivers as
the head prankster of the campus knowing
his character very well.
Eva LaRue was another good one for
the show having the looks and the talent
too and comes across well.
Patrick
Labyorteaux was the best character
actor out of them all as the dimwitted
officer at the campus who brings alot of
humor to his part.
Supporting actress Marcia Wallace
was quite annoying in her part as a
teacher at the campus and didn't really
fit in well with the film.
There is a topless woman at
a party with a deer hear stuck on her
head.
Playboy model Hope Marie Carlton
is topless lying in bed as well as later
on taking off her bra.
Many woman are topless by having some
more fun with the guys
A few women are showering naked.
A school teacher is melted
into sludge
John Carl Buechler adds
alot of laughs as well as stupidity with
his work in this film which you can take
or leave.
He does show a good jiggly camera shot on
the front of the campus building of the
top window during a stormy night which
were of course the ghouls coming into the
place to wreck havoc
We have many funny moments in a classroom
at the campus with Kevin McCarthy lecturing
his students and the students don't take
him seriously.
We have good shots of the cast partying
and doing all sorts of pranks as well as
a good comedic lustful scene between Billy
Morrissette and Hope Marie
Carlton getting it on with one
another in the bedroom and a good camera
shot down on Carlton too.
A good take on Morrissette looking
down into a toilet and a Ghoulie hand
grabs him.
The direction on McCarthy' acting
crazy by summoning up the Ghoulies and
try to get them to cause terror for his
students is a little over the top but yet
it looks fine.
We see a good sneering performance by
John Johnston towards Evan
MacKenzie when he gets his buddies
to beat the crap out of him.
A funny performance by Eva LaRue with
her screaming when she is being tormented
by the Ghoulies as well as McCarthy
while she is tied up.
A good shot on Johnston acting sneering
again by swinging a bat towards MacKenzie
We spot a nice slow motion shot on McCarthy
now as a Ghoulies breaking open a
door with his hands grabbing on the sides
acting monstrous.
A good shot on a gothic looking toilet
breathing out fire.
A nice shot of a ghoulie hand coming out
of the misty toilet too.
We have some hokey comedic
synthesizer music by Michael Lloyd and
Reg Powell which adds to the
slapstick in the film but in a cheesy
way.
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