When this film was released in 1985, it captured the urban legend that so many alligators live in our sewers, one might come up and bite someone while sitting on the commode. Please don't ask me to discuss the alternatives, darlings, they are just too disgusting. And there is no room for disgust on this blog.
Now, as cute as the little thing in the poster looks, one would not want to get bitten by him. For a time, "Ghoulies" did for toilets, what "Jaws" did for going in the water. Did it mark the return of chamber pots? And who had the task of dumping them when done? And kept under the bed--ugh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Offering up a cast like Peter Liapis, Lisa Pelikan, (What ever happened to her?) Jack Nance, (From the David Lynch repertory company!) and..... oh, my God!!!!!!!!!!!!, Mariska Hargitay???????? Enacting something else besides Olivia Benson???????? Can she do it, girls????????This may very well be the true test of the movie's horror!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
After "The Car," this should be a blast! So join us all at 8PM. Little Pippin is especially excited to see it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And don't sit on the commode till after the movie is over!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
None of us here have ever seen the film, so we really don't know what to expect. But I think it offers up more fun than last week's "The Car."
Remember, flush, but don't sit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A classic!!!!! When I was a wee one, I was afraid to sit on the toilet for ages after seeing this.
ReplyDeleteMistress Maddie,
ReplyDeleteOh what a tangled couple of days it has been.
I thought the Ghoulies were cute; after living for
decades with the urban legend about alligators in
the sewers, the toilet fear does not bother me.
As Eve Arden remarked in "Mildred Pierce," I was
frightened by a callous at an early age!
Advance word--this coming week he is running "Ghoulies 2!"
I will post on it later this week.
Take care, stay cool, with an apple martini!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!