
Yes sir, I actually watched Ghoulies II last night. Stop looking at the screen like that. I can feel your damned judging eyes.
They never aired the first in the series to my chagrin. I was stuck watching a dick carnival owner get his ass eaten, Royal Dano probably really drunk on camera, and Phil Fondacaro battle creatures his height. I grew to hate sitting down in anticipation on weekends to see what was on the slate and seeing that damn big rig pulling into a gas station at night--but I watched it anyway.
Visiting this crap now, via Vestron's VHS, it's particularly tame and has a thick "made-for-TV" vibe. The primary reasons to watch are the aforementioned boozed Dano and short Fondacaro performances. According to the IMDB, the violence was trimmed to PG-13, so that explains the dearth of red stuff. I've yet to see Ghoulies, and even though this is bland, I can't help but root for this and Critters as they're riffs on the popularity of Gremlins which I can't seem to warm to.
And there's this, that's right kiddies, f**k like a beast while enjoying the ghoulies!
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I miss Up All Night on USA so much! They use to play ROTLD and other cool horror flicks sometimes.
As a Ghoulies II victim myself, I always thought Dano was really drunk on-camera so it's funny you wrote that. Don't go out of your way to see the first one unless you like low-grades like me.
I love Ghoulies and I think I love Ghoulies II even more! I think it's the whole carnival thing - if a movie has a fucking carnival in it, I don't care, I love it out of principle. And I love the little cat looking ghoulie. He even meows! Tell me what's not to love about that?
I am 50% with Jenn on this one, love Ghoulies 2 for the carnival action and the puppet action but Ghoulies I just cant get into. I dont recommend the first if you didnt like the second Jay, and I think it goes without saying that 3 and 4 are shite
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