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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
GhoulRelease
Date: Made
for TV: November 1, 1985
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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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