Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College

"Everybody's favorite troublemakers are on the loose again!"

1990 1h 34m EN

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★5.2TMDB · 122

HorrorComedy

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A college teacher brings the little creatures back to his campus, where they proceed to terrorize the faculty and students.

“Everybody's favorite troublemakers are on the loose again!”

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Cast

Evan MacKenzie
Skip Carter
Eva LaRue
Erin Riddle
Kevin McCarthy
Professor Ragnar
Patrick Pinney
Fish Ghoulie (voice)
Richard Kind
Cat Ghoulie (voice)
Bob Bergen
Rat Ghoulie (voice)
John R. Johnston
Jeremy Heilman
Patrick Labyorteaux
Mookey

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: John Carl Buechler
Writers: Brent Olson
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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36 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Ghoulies Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by John Carl Buechler, shot by Rohn Schmidt. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Michael Lloyd. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Adam Bernardi shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Evan MacKenzie and Eva LaRue and Kevin McCarthy carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Everybody's favorite troublemakers are on the loose again!".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0097429 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

John Carl Buechler directs. Rohn Schmidt behind the camera. Michael Lloyd scores. Adam Bernardi cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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136 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Part of the "Ghoulies Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by John Carl Buechler, shot by Rohn Schmidt. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Michael Lloyd. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Adam Bernardi shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Evan MacKenzie and Eva LaRue and Kevin McCarthy carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Everybody's favorite troublemakers are on the loose again!".
8IMDB entry: tt0097429 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Released under 19 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Rohn Schmidt
Original score: Michael Lloyd
Editing: Adam Bernardi
Production design: Stephen Greenberg
Costume design: Beatrix Aruna Pasztor
Makeup / hair: John Carl Buechler
Stunt coordinator: Kane Hodder
Runtime: 94 min · 1h 34m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College (1990)

Part of

Ghoulies Collection

An American horror comedy film series centered on a group of demons usually summoned by Satanic worshipers and that have a wide range of twisted appearances.

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John Carl Buechler

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Gimly2019-12-18
★ 5/10
I'm not sure who decided the titular ghoulies needed an overhaul, but here we are, they talk now. Parodying comedy always seemed like an odd idea to me. I mean, it's already a comedy. Wanna know how to make that idea even more odd? Take your creature-feature horror franchise, and make your third installment a parody of not just any comedy, but of specifically The Three Stooges. That'd be really fuckin' odd. The first movie was no fun, but two movies later and they've already overshot it in the other direction: Ghoulies Go to College is about as silly as a movie gets. Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole.

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