Ghoulies

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Year:	1985
Country of origin:	USA
Director:	Luca Bercovici
Genre:	Satanic beasties
Starring:	Peter Liapis, Lisa Pelikan, Michael Des Barres
Rating:	3/5
IMDB link:	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089200/
Tagline:	They'll get you in the end.
Favourite line:	"They call me Dick, but you can call me... Dick."

The surprise horror hit of 1985, many remember this as something of a Gremlins copyist, but this is well wide of the mark.
A bizarre blend of horror and fantasy, this is more about Satanism and witchcraft than the antics of the eponymous monsters. Indeed, it is fair to say that the tiny demons barely feature, and do seem like something of an afterthought (perhaps due to the wild success of Gremlins).

A young man inherits a mansion and finds himself compulsively drawn towards the darkside. Performing Satanic rituals (highly comedic ones though, it must be noted) he summons the dark spirits and commands the Ghoulies do his bidding.
Then someting happens to do with his girlfriend, couldn't quite fathom it.
After that a more evil warlock is resurrected, and ultimately the two have a magical duel, though our hero cheats as he gets assistance from a fellow wizard.

Confused?
So was I, but I enjoyed this nevertheless.