Ghoulies 3: Ghoulies Go To College
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When the sinister Professor Ragnar exercises some of his dark powers, he manages to summon three bloodthirsty ghouls who terrorize the college campus. Only students Skip Carter and his girlfriend realize who is behind the chaos.
Campy, funny, Cheesy...and intended to be!
Directed by SFX artist John Buechler, the second sequel to the Ghoulies franchise was shot in 1990 and the least I can say is that it has nothing to do with the previous films. There's always been some elements of comedy but still they were horror flicks. Not any more, Ghoulies Go To College is really a comedy with some fantasy things in it, like the little creatures and the magical comic book that is a tool to summon them.
The film takes place in a californian college during the prank week so it's all about frats, parties and fun. The 3 monsters are still mean and lethal but now they talk like humans and themselves are clearly used for humorous purposes.
It's like a crossover between Animal House and Critters. Sure the ghoulies are killing people but the body count isn't very high and every dead teenager is murdered in a goofy way. The dialogues aren't very poetic and subtle but it's really entertaining and you'll laugh numerous times watching all the stupid things the main characters do.
The hero is cool and likeable, his girlfriend is more of a pain in the ass I must say. But she's hot. Plenty o'hot girls in there, by the way. Especially the gorgeous B-Movie goddess Hope Marie Cartlon as Veronica, the horny student who gives us a view at her good during a nice striptease scene.
It's funny to realize that a lot of famous people were involved in Ghoulies 3 like the great Kevin McCarthy as the villain professor Ragnar, Eva LaRue, Richard Kind, Stephen Lee, Evan McKenzie, Patrick Labyorteaux, Griffin O'Neal, Billy Morrissette, Jason Scott Lee, stuntman and horror legend Kane Hodder, Matthew Lillard, Marcia Wallace from The Simpsons...the producer Lawrence Kasanoff also produced Mortal Kombat, Blood Diner and Kathryn Bigelow's Strange Days.
Ghoulies 3 is definitely the best of the franchise, which countains 4 films.