Sven-Ghoulies (1984)

 

A college students inherits his warlock father's house.  He gets obsessed by the occult books and has a party.  At said party he tries a spell.  It "fails" but really doesn't.  Load of small demonic creatures show up and wreak havoc on the guests.  Jonathan gets possessed, conjures two minions, and performs the ritual to revive his father.  Then Wolfgang shows up, and battles Graves to the death.  Three people leave before the mansion blows up,  Thank goodness it is over.  Except for the load of Ghoulies in the car with them.

This is an early Gremlins ripoff, which somehow managed to make three sequels.  This isn't bad, and has a decent cast. The former Sum of the Earth, Dog, Michael Des Barres, is great, and it is fun to see Mariska Hargitay in her first film role.  The plot is a little scattered, and while the puppets look pretty good, it is easy to see they are puppets.  I had not seen this movie since it was in the theater, nor had wanted to.  It isn't bad, but it isn't that good, either.

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