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Spookies (1986)
Directed by Genie Joseph, Thomas Doran, Brendan Faulkner
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Overview
Imagine you and your friends are paired up with your favorite dates and the night is very young. There’s an old, dilapidated mansion just down the road a bit, near the deserted graveyard. It would be the perfect place to party… let loose… lose your souls. What you and your friends don’t know is that inside the house lives an ancient sorcerer, a master of the dark arts. He has sacrificed many to give eternal life to his beloved, comatose bride. Just a few more humans are needed…. The masterful wizard is about to begin another evening of magic… conjuring up a dizzying array of monstrous creatures: hellish lizards, skeletal reapers, demons, zombies, ghosts, lust-crazed muck men, luring hags and spider women, all driven by a blind, killer instinct. Special guests will be treated to an onslaught of twisted supernatural torture until each begs to die!
Rated R | Length 85 minutes
Actors
Felix Ward | Maria Pechukas | Dan Scott | Alec Nemser | A.J. Lowenthal | Pat Wesley Bryan | Peter Dain | Nick Gionta | Lisa Friede | Joan Ellen Delaney | Peter Iasillo Jr. | Kim Merrill | Charlotte Alexandra | Anthony Valbiro | Soo Paek | Al Magliochetti | James M. Glenn | Gabriel Bartalos | Peter Delynn | John Beatty | Robert Epstein
Viewing History (seen 2 times)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/10/2024 | Computer | Broadcast | Other | 5 stars |
| 02/08/2020 | Home Theater | Blu-ray | Owned | 5 stars |
| (Average) 5 stars |
Viewing Notes
This feels like it could be a Charles Band produced film directed by John Carl Beuchler but it isn’t. Instead it’s a cobbled-together disaster of reshoots passed through multiple director’s hands. I really need to pull out the disc and watch the documentaries about the making of this bastard child. I love the creature effects in this though and it’s a fun movie to watch with a crowd. I’d have watched the shit out of this back in the day if it’d just appeared on late night TV.
11 months ago
Def has that Full Moon quality to it. I meant to get the Blu when it was originally released but never did. the mention of the docs during the chat got me curious and when I looked it up on VS there was only ~100 available so I purchased it. If this hit a decade earlier I would’ve watched the shit out of it. It would’ve been my Goonies or Monster Squad. lol
11 months ago
I love it when watching a movie immediately inspires you to go buy it!