Ghoulies II (1987)

User Rating:

3.0/10   

Director:

Albert Band

Writers:

Luca Bercovici (characters)
Charlie Dolan (story)
(more)

Release Date:

18 September 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Fantasy | Horror

Tagline:

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the bathroom.

Plot:

Ghoulies II picks up a short time after the first movie, a few of the little nasties stow away on an...

Plot Keywords:

Amusement Park | Reverse Footage | Alcoholism | Shooting Gallery | Sequel To Cult Favorite

Cast

Damon Martin	...	Larry
Royal Dano	...	Uncle Ned
Phil Fondacaro	...	Sir Nigel Penneyweight
J. Downing	...	P. Hardin
Kerry Remsen	...	Nicole
Dale Wyatt	...	Dixie
Jon Pennell	...	Bobby (as Jon Maynard Pennell)
Sasha Jenson	...	Teddy
Starr Andreeff	...	Alice
William Butler	...	Merle
Don Jeffcoat	...	Eddie (as Donnie Jeffcoat)
Christopher Burton	...	Leo
Mickey Knox	...	Ray
Romano Puppo	...	Zampano
Ames Morton	...	Patty
Michael Deak	...	Bozo
Anthony Dawson	...	Priest
Donald Hodson	...	Barker (as Don Hodson)
Carrie Janisse	...	Carol
Steve Pelot	...	Security Guard
Larry Dolgin	...	1st Policeman
Mark Peter D'Auria	...	2nd Policeman
Fidel Bauna	...	Hot Dog Vendor
Lucilla Potasso	...	Bearded Lady
Ettore Martini	...	Shooting Gallery Owner
Maurizio Gaudio	...	Operator
Fiorella Cencetti	...	Fat Lady
Luca Mazzacurati	...	Half & Half
Livia Bonelli	...	Gene
Robert Spafford	...	Supervisor Boxer Booth
G. Lorenzo Bernini	...	Big Guy
Ignazio Biondo	...	Little Guy
Filli Campagna	...	Blonde Girl
R. Colombaioni	...	Fire Eater
Patrizia Fazi	...	Dancer
Barbara Grassi	...	Dancer
Nadia Canelias	...	Dancer
Laura Battistini	...	Dancer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hal Rayle	...	Ghoulies (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Albert Band

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Luca Bercovici		characters
Charlie Dolan		story
Dennis Paoli		writer

Produced by
Albert Band	....	producer
Charles Band	....	executive producer
Frank Hildebrand	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Fuzzbee Morse

Cinematography by
Sergio Salvati

Film Editing by
Barry Zetlin

Production Design by
Giovanni Natalucci

Makeup Department
Bruce Barlow	....	special makeup effects artist
Giacinto Bretti	....	makeup artist
Gilda De Guilmi	....	hair stylist
Sabrina Farina	....	makeup artist
Maurizio Lupi	....	hairdresser
Alfredo Tiberi	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Roberto Bessi	....	executive in charge of production
Franco Coduti	....	production manager: Italy (as Gianfranco Coduti)
Luigi Lagrasta	....	unit manager
Patrizia Massa	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Giuseppe Giglietti	....	assistant director: second unit photography
Enrico Marrari	....	second assistant director (as Andrea Marrari)
Mauro Sacripanti	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Giacomo Caló Carducci	....	set dresser
Antonio Ferri	....	property master

Sound Department
R.D. Floyd	....	foley mixer
Wade Hanniball	....	supervising sound editor
Hilda Hodges	....	foley artist
Matthew Iadarola	....	supervising re-recording mixer
Ossama Khuluki	....	foley artist
Marcelo Mainzer	....	assistant sound editor
John F. Reynolds	....	supervising sound editor (as John Reynolds)

Special Effects by
Dave Allen	....	stop motion sequences
Bruce Barlow	....	lab technician: Mechanical and Makeup Imageries Inc.
John Carl Buechler	....	ghoulies designer and supervisor: Mechanical and Makeup Imageries Inc.
William Butler	....	creature location team: Mechanical and Makeup Imageries Inc.
William Butler	....	lab technician: Mechanical and Makeup Imageries Inc.
John Criswell	....	animatronics: Mechanical and Makeup Imageries Inc.
John Criswell	....	creature location team: Mechanical and Makeup Imageries Inc.
Michael Deak	....	creature location team: Mechanical and Makeup Imageries Inc.
Michael Deak	....	lab technician: Mechanical and Makeup Imageries Inc.
Michael Deak	....	on-set effects supervisor
Joe Dolinich	....	modeler: Mechanical and Makeup Imageries Inc.
Thomas Floutz	....	creature location team: Mechanical and Makeup Imageries Inc.
Thomas Floutz	....	lab technician: Mechanical and Makeup Imageries Inc.
John Foster	....	lab technician: Mechanical and Makeup Imageries Inc.
Kenneth J. Hall	....	creature location team: Mechanical and Makeup Imageries Inc.
Kenneth J. Hall	....	shop foreman: Mechanical and Makeup Imageries Inc.
Greg Johnson	....	lab technician: Mechanical and Makeup Imageries Inc.
Lynette Johnson	....	specialty costume fabricator: Mechanical and Makeup Imageries Inc.
Andrew Kenworthy	....	lab technician: Mechanical and Makeup Imageries Inc.
Eryn Krueger Mekash	....	lab technician: Mechanical and Makeup Imageries Inc. (as Eryn Krueger)
Russell Seifert	....	lab technician: Mechanical and Makeup Imageries Inc.
Heidi Snyder	....	lab technician: Mechanical and Makeup Imageries Inc.
Eddie Yang	....	lab technician: Mechanical and Makeup Imageries Inc.

Visual Effects by
Paul Jessel	....	animator

Camera and Electrical Department
Franco Bruni	....	camera operator
Roberto Forges Davanzati	....	camera operator: second unit (as Roberto D. Forges)
Scott Robertson Price	....	electrician

Casting Department
Francesco Cinieri	....	casting coordinator: Italy
Estelle Rodkoff	....	casting coordinator: USA

Editorial Department
Juliet Avola	....	post-production

Other crew
Andrea Borella	....	production assistant
Anita Borgiotti	....	script supervisor
Marcello Lanza	....	assistant accountant
Giancarlo J. Sini	....	assistant production accountant

Production Companies

• Empire Pictures

Distributors

• Empire Pictures (1987) (USA) (theatrical)
• Cineplex Odeon Films (1987) (Canada) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment España S.A. (2004) (Spain) (DVD)
• Concorde Video (1991) (Germany) (VHS)
• Image Entertainment (laserdisc)
• Live Home Video
• MGM Home Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Vestron Video International (1988) (Belgium) (VHS)
• Vestron Video (video)

Special Effects

• David Allen Productions (stop motion sequences)
• Mechanical and Makeup Imageries (ghoulies creatures)

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (edited for re-rating) | Finland:K-18 | Belgium:16 (video rating) | Australia:M | Spain:18 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Empire Pictures

Movie Connections:

References The Return of the Living Dead (1985)

Soundtrack:

Scream Until You Like It

Terrible movie, but a major improvement on the first.

I have no idea why any film company would greenlight a sequel to one of least scary, most boring films of all time, but they did. And this was a major improvement, which isn't saying much. In this outing, the ghoulies take over a carnival run by clichéd characters Larry and Uncle Ned. They kill guests and the carnival audience thinks it's fake, while the real audience thinks it's stupid. A couple things made this better than the first Ghoulies. The first is the atmosphere. The carnival setting was more interesting and funner to watch than the dull gray mansion of the first film. The second is the ghoulies. They seemed to have a more intricate part in the plot, where in the first they played second to the midgets and the red eyed fellow. The hardest thing to believe about this film was that these little creatures could do any damage. The people are unbelievably stupid to fall into the traps of creatures no larger than a small cat. The people sit still long enough for the creatures to bite through an electrical chord, or find a switch blade and open it, and this really falls under comedy instead of horror. The only other positive is actor Phil Fondacaro (From Troll, Bordello of Blood, Land of the Dead, Tales from the Crypt, Tales from the Darkside). Though his acting wasn't great, he has a screen presence that makes him great. Overall this was a silly, stupid movie, but it was a great improvement over the first.

My rating: * out of ****.