Ghoulies

The Ghoulies are a series of American horrorcomedy films released in the 1980s and 1990s and centered on group of small, demonic creatures that have a wide range of twisted appearances.

The original Ghoulies originated in 1983 under the title Beasties and was to be directed by Charles Band, with special effects by Stan Winston after the two had previously collaborated on Parasite. It ended up being directed by Luca Bercovici with special effects by John Carl Buechler and his company Mechanical and Makeup Imageries Inc. The film was released theatrically by Empire Pictures in March 1985 and was a surprise success on home video. Ghoulies also stars Mariska Hargitay and Peter Liapis.According to stories Charles Band tells on his Full Moon Horror Road Show, he was tasked to come up with a great campaign to promote the film. During a brainstorming session he came up with the idea to have the Ghoulie popping up from the toilet. The idea was a huge success and the scene was then shot for the film after the fact. According to Bands 2012 audio commentary for 88Films Bluray of Puppetmaster 2, someone else came up with the idea of the Ghoulie popping out of the toilet. Band actually thought it was a bad idea at first. ........

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