Directed by: Jack Bender Written by: Willaim Bleich Starring: Jonelle Allen .... Lucinda Cavender Shari Belafonte .... Melissa Cavender LeVar Burton .... Vinnie Davis Peter DeLuise .... Mitch Crandall Jonna Lee .... Sandy Matthews Kevin McCarthy .... Judge Crandall Lee Montgomery .... Phil Grenville Cindy Morgan .... Vicky Jensen DeDee Pfeiffer .... Mary Masterson Dick Van Patten .... Martin Grenville Mark Blankfield .... The Ghoul Release Date: Made for TV: November 1, 1985 Rating:

A group of highschool friends accidentally wake up the dead on Halloween night with a ritual at a graveyard while going to a party which includes vampires ghouls and werewolves.
However, they arrive at the party and other places too where they kill or turn other people into vampires or ghouls.
One of the teens named Phil (Lee Montgomery) discovers that things are not normal as they encounter some of these vampires and werewolves and tries to go to the police about it but they don't believe him.
He gets some help by a cheerleader girl he met before going to the party as she tries to help him put the undead back in their graves.

I first rented this film as it was under horror but somehow with lots of scenes it seemed more like a comedy but then in other scenes its very horror like too so it's a mix of both.
It's what you'd picture in a Halloween horror flick with lots of witches, werewolves, vampires, ghouls and zombies.
Worth watching with a group of friends for the laugh and fun of it.

The acting is in nice shape as we get alot of fun performances. I particularly was fond of the actress Jonelle Allen as the head vampiress Lucinda and the other actress who played opposite of her named Shari Belafonte was also dynamic ion her role and both of them played off very well together.
I also enjoyed Lee Montgomery as the sort of dweeby type role of Phil as he brings alot of chemistry to his performance.

Jack Bender is very classy with his work on this one and can almost be compatable with John Landis' work on Michael Jacksons video Thriller with scenes like the undead leaving the cemetary and then Shari Belafonte's character performing a song and dance with the other ghouls. Yep, there is that influence there.
He was great at coaching his actors to perform both comedic and scary too.

I absolutely love the music by Brad Fiedel and Philip Griffin especially when the dead is resurrected from the cemetary giving the music that perfect feel.

Shari Belafonte gets into it big time with a number called "Get Dead" and totally rocks big time with her performance.

Mitch Crandall: Astratcious Mundabar... Desmagon.
Vinnie Davis: Moe, Larry, Curlegon!

Melissa Cavender: Astrious Mundabar Desmagon... I envoke your powers. Come Heed my bidding on this night of nights. The eve of somehain, all Hallows Eve. Spirits of darkness, I command you to rise from your graves. EtLavamous Sagamaine, All manner of demons. I emplore your release from Eternal torment. Testegas Sogamaine. All man are of dead, renewed by sleep. Thirsting for blood, this night and forever, he who is touched by evil, shall become evil. Sodamous sogamaine. He who has died, shall rise again, bestamous sogamhaine. Life to the dead, Death to the living. Demons arise, arise, arise.

Melissa Cavender: So what do you think? Red... or white?
Lucinda Cavender: Red. Deffinatly Red.

The Ghoul: Pop... corrrrnnn... gooooood.

Judge Crandall: Nothing to say to your sweet old dad?

Phil Grenville: It's not working!
Sandy Matthews: It will it has too!
Phil Grenville: Maybe you're suppose to say some words or something. Huh? What words?
Sandy Matthews: I love you. Goodbye Phil.

Phil Grenville: Captain Jensen, three reports. Don't you think that adds up to something?
Captain Warren Jensen: Sure I do. Warewolves, zombies, vampires and little green men add up to... lets all have fun with the cops. I got your report. Happy Halloween.

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