Ghoulies

Ghoulies (1984)

They'll get you in the end.

A young man and his girlfriend move into the man's old mansion home, where he becomes possessed by a need to control ancient demons.

Date of release
1984-11-16
TMDB
4.9 / 10 (307)
Runtime
1h 21m
Genres
Horror, Comedy
Director
Luca Bercovici
Collection
Ghoulies Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: $35M
  • Budget: $5.5M
  • Earned 6.4× its budget

Ghoulies is a 1985 American horror film, directed by Luca Bercovici in his directorial debut. The film was co-written with producer Jefery Levy. It stars Peter Liapis, Lisa Pelikan, Michael Des Barres, Jack Nance, Scott Thomson, and Mariska Hargitay. The film follows a young man named Jonathan Graves who, after inheriting his satanic father's estate, becomes seduced by its occult secrets. It is the first in the Ghoulies film series. It received negative reviews from critics.

Production

Ghoulies originated as a one-location horror film by Luca Bercovici and his writing partner Jefery Levy. The concept was pitched by Bercovici to executive producer Charles Band, with whom he previously worked as an actor on the film Parasite (1982). Band was originally slated to direct Ghoulies, reuniting the pairing of Band as director and Stan Winston as makeup and effects supervisor from Parasite.

Principal photography began on January 30, 1984, at the Wattles Mansion, which served as the film's main location, in Los Angeles, California, after being in pre-production for five months. During its fifth week of filming, Hemdale Film Corporation was set to handle the film's domestic distribution.

The film was in production at the same time as Joe Dante's film Gremlins (1984). Warner Bros. sued to stop Ghoulies Productions from using the title, but lost. Halfway through shooting, Band ran out of money, so the filmmakers spent months searching for funding, which allowed Gremlins to be released first.

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