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Dan: On this episode we discuss Ghoulies!
Stuart: Guys, I can't tell you how happy I am to finally talk about a real [censored] movie.

Official Show Notes[]

"Well, they said they’d get us in the end, and I guess they were right! We couldn’t avoid those little beasties anymore, and decided to kick off our 80’s flashback Shocktober with the oft-mentioned, but never fully discussed tiny creature feature Ghoulies!
"If you live in Los Angeles, you can get tix for your choice of TWO live shows at Vidiots on 10/19. And if you prefer watching us from the comfort of home, check out our season of streaming shows, FLOP TV!
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Movie Summary[]

Premise[]

Story[]

Final Judgments[]

The standard Shocktober categories were abandoned by Dan and Stuart.
  • A Movie I Kinda Liked (Dan) @45:10
  • A Movie I Kinda Liked (Stuart) @46:15
  • Totally Snorifying (Elliott) @46:30
­If this movie was called Warlock's Son or something like that, or like Blood Curse or something, and it didn't have a Ghoulie stickin' out of a toilet with the tagline 'They'll Get You in the End', no one would remember this movie, no one would ever think about it. If there was an accurate poster and an accurate title, this movie would have been forgotten. It's all about the poster and the title, and the promise therein, and it fails to deliver on that promise.
       —Elliott @48:00

Episode Highlights[]

Tangents[]

  • Wikipedia page for Castle Freak @02:05
  • Dingdonggate @02:10
  • Videodrome @03:35
  • Gremlins @04:35, @10:25, @12:55
  • The movie poster
    • It depicts the ghoulie wearing a shirt, but in the movie they're all starkers. @05:25
    • It shows off the ghoulie's abs @05:55
  • Poison Ivy: The New Seduction (1997) by Kurt Voss @08:50
  • Critters @09:25
  • Topo Gigio @09:35
  • Madballs @09:40
  • Ratt @09:55
  • Hereditary (2018) by Ari Aster @11:20, @18:45, @24:30
  • Eraserhead (1977) by David Lynch @13:10
  • William Randolph Hearst @14:05
  • National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) by Jeremiah S. Chechik @14:45
  • Twin Peaks @15:30
  • The Love Guru (2008) by Marco Schnabel @15:50
  • World of Warcraft @18:20
  • Statler and Waldorf @20:20
  • Patrick Bateman @20:35
  • The Devil Rides Out (1968) by Terence Fisher @24:00 (not Ride with the Devil, that's a different film)
  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) by Ron Howard @25:00
  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial @26:00
  • Waze (car navigation app) @27:35
  • "Sunglasses at Night" (1984 song by Corey Hart) @28:50
  • "June Is Bustin' Out All Over" (song)
  • Four Rooms (1995) by Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, and Robert Rodriguez @30:25
  • Joe's Apartment (1996) by John Payson @30:30
  • Citizen Kane (1941) by Orson Welles @30:35
  • The Three Stooges @30:50
  • Klaus Kinski @31:00
  • Freddy Krueger @32:05
  • Speed Zone (1989) by Jim Drake @33:15
  • James Caan @33:20
  • Uzumaki @34:05
  • Pilobolus @34:25
  • The King of Queens @35:45
  • Nicole Malliotakis @35:55
  • Revenge of the Nerds @37:05
  • Oedipus Rex @39:30
  • Dead or Alive: Final (2002) by Takashi Miike @39:45
  • Dead or Alive II (2000) by Takashi Miike @39:50
  • Chekhov's Jack Nance @40:45
  • Spotlight (2015) by Tom McCarthy @42:20
  • The Favorite (2018) by Yorgos Lanthimos @42:25
  • Elemental (2023) by Peter Sohn @42:40
  • Panda Express @43:50
  • The People Under the Stairs (1991) by Wes Craven @44:05
  • That episode of The Simpsons with the little Yakuza guy @47:10
  • Last Chance Kitchen
  • "It's a Good Life" episode of The Twilight Zone @57:45

Movie Pitches[]

  • Ghoulies: Bringin' Down the House
A building contractor gets control of black magic. @37:25

Quotes[]

  • ­[The movie poster] raises a question: Are we going to see a ghoulie bite somebody on the ass? We're going to find out if that question is answered by the film.
           —Stuart @05:10
  • ­Rebecca walks in on him, and it is hilarious. It's like she's just walked in on him masturbating to pictures of someone he used to date.
           —Elliott @19:05
  • ­There's gotta be times when he had sex as Kermit. It had to be, right?
           —Elliott @21:20
  • ­If you're super rich, just write in and tell us if you do shit like they do in Ghoulies.
           —Stuart @30:10

Sponsors[]

Listener Mail[]

Mailbag Song[]

@Time

Letters[]

"Are There Movie Scenes Which Suddenly Make More Sense Years Later?" from Jason Lastnamewithheld @1:00:10
Jason Voorhees
Jason Alexander
Boba Fett
Smilin' Stan Lee
Humphrey Bogart
The Boggart
Reference to Alien in Spaceballs
References to Sorceror and The Natural in The Simpsons
Supernatural
Reference to Vince Foster's suicide in The Net
Reference to Albert Shanker in Sleeper (1973) by Woody Allen @1:03:40
"Titanic: The Legend Goes On (2000) by Camillo Teti" from Joe Lastnamewithheld @1:05:05
Joe Versus the Volcano (1990) by John Patrick Shanley
Regarding Episode 404: The Legend of the Titanic

Recommendations[]

  • The Birdcage (1996) by Mike Nichols (Stuart) @1:10:05
  • Late Autumn (1960) by Yasujirō Ozu (Elliott) @1:12:35
Tokyo Story (1953) by Yasujirō Ozu
Drive My Car (2021) by Ryusuke Hamaguchi
  • No One Will Save You (2023) by Brian Duffield (Dan) @1:08:30
Jacques Tati

Stinger[]

Dan: I'm recording.
Stuart: Okay, so we didn't record me saying "fat natties," right?
Dan: No. You been talking about Natty Ice? And —
Stuart: Yeah!
Elliott: People think you were talking about neeps & tatties. So it's okay.

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