http://movies.tvguide.com/ghoulies/124398?rss=object The latest on Ghoulies TV Guide RSS Publishing Engine V 1.0 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 1440 http://www.tvguide.com/images/tvg_rss_logo.gif http://movies.tvguide.com/ghoulies/124398?rss=object http://video.tvguide.com/ID/810203?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/ID/810203?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://videodetective.com/photos/025/001063_9.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Ghoulies" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Joe Dante's box-office fantasy Gremlins had barely left American cinemas before Charles Band's B-movie factory, Empire Pictures, rushed out this cheap knockoff. While Dante's film benefited from the director's wry sense of humor and the high-concept clout of executive producer Steven Spielberg, Band's tawdry little creature feature boasts lower production values than a high-school haunted-house fundraiser. The title monsters are a pack of obnoxious demons -- enacted by a handful of rubber dolls covered with KY jelly -- summoned up by the metaphysical shenanigans of college student Jonathan Graves (Peter Liapis) after he discovers his late father's occult paraphernalia at the family estate. Jonathan later invites a group of annoying friends to participate in an all-night party, during which he intends to perform an elaborate parlor trick -- actually a satanic ritual through which he hopes to acquire his father's supernatural powers. This doesn't sit well with Dad, who bursts violently from his grave (a nice to</p> Video Detective http://video.tvguide.com/ID/810203?rss=object Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:03:54 -0400 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/ID/810203?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://videodetective.com/photos/025/001063_9.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Ghoulies" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Joe Dante's box-office fantasy Gremlins had barely left American cinemas before Charles Band's B-movie factory, Empire Pictures, rushed out this cheap knockoff. While Dante's film benefited from the director's wry sense of humor and the high-concept clout of executive producer Steven Spielberg, Band's tawdry little creature feature boasts lower production values than a high-school haunted-house fundraiser. The title monsters are a pack of obnoxious demons -- enacted by a handful of rubber dolls covered with KY jelly -- summoned up by the metaphysical shenanigans of college student Jonathan Graves (Peter Liapis) after he discovers his late father's occult paraphernalia at the family estate. Jonathan later invites a group of annoying friends to participate in an all-night party, during which he intends to perform an elaborate parlor trick -- actually a satanic ritual through which he hopes to acquire his father's supernatural powers. This doesn't sit well with Dad, who bursts violently from his grave (a nice to</p> Ghoulies