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 Ghoulies II (DVD)
Description: Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy - Fantasy / Theatrical Release: 1987 / Director: Albert Band / Actors: Damon Martin, ... more  Ghoulies II (DVD) ... Royal Dano ... / DVD released 26 September, 2000 at Geneon / Features of the DVD: Colour, DVD-Video, NTSC / Ghoulies II picks up a short time after the first movie, a few of the little nasties stow away on an amusement park ride and bring big bucks to a dying fair. The creatures are mad after an attempt to kill them, so the creatures go on a rampage through the fairgrounds, ultimately leading to an explosive conclusion!Newest Review: ... - one can even fly. Although the original Ghoulies film is said to have been the first of these ‘little monster’ films to go ... more ... into production, with special effects man Stan ‘Predator Aliens Terminator’ Winston briefly attached. But that’s a different story. This sequel certainly looks to be drawing on the more successful aspects of its contemporaries.
Back to the story… The central human characters are three men running a spook house called Satan’s Den, as part of a travelling carnival. The carnival is in financial trouble and it’s owners, an accountancy firm, are checking the figures and axing the least profitable acts. When the Satan’s ...more |
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Ghoulies II (DVD): They Ain't Big or Clever (1013 words)
by The Polar One - written on 14.06.07 (Very useful, 127 readings)
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91. Ghoulies 2 (1987) *film only review Reading through the comments on IMDB my favourite quote was “twice as good as the first one. 2 out of 10.” Unfortunately I haven’t seen the original, but it doesn’t seem to matter. It was also amusing to watch the trailers on this old ex-rental, and seeing one for another movie lower down the bottom 100 – The Garbage Pail Kids Movie. Looking forward to that one. Speaking of trailers, I must have seen the one for Ghoulies 2 dozens of times from other 80s straight to video films. So it was fun to finally see it. Ghoulies 2 seems to follow on directly from the first film as a priest runs around a deserted gas ...
