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Ghoulies II (1987)
It's Popcorn & Chuckles
When I read all the convoluted reviews for low budget horror movies that analyze everything from the producer's logo to wind noise in the microphone, I wonder if some of those posting believe they will be discovered by The Washington Post entertainment editor. For one, you cannot compare bottom budget movies with no name stars to major studio releases with e.g. Mel Gibson's famous Jesus grunts. Of course the demon puppets are "rubbery," this isn't Disney Studios. That said, let's analyze who watches Mr. Brand's Ghoulies series....people who want to grab bags of popcorn, sit with dates or friends and have fun. Not do a heady analysis of why the camera shot the stars in the sky a certain way. The movie fulfills it's audiences reason for watching. Silly fun, like Porky's. Lighten up. The Hollywood Insider is probably not hiring.
Child of the Sabbat (1989)
No, it isn't The Exorcist
The previous reviewer must have a fragmented, bootleg tape, for the movie does not end at "Astaroth" sequence, nor was the scene an exorcism. It was a Luciferian Black Mass enactment. There were prated VHS tapes made after the original company, Vidimax, folded and this viewer probably has the one with the one audio channel muted and scenes missing. No, Child Of The Sabbat was not a Hollywood style epic, nor was it intended to be. Obviously, it was shot on camcorders with non-professional actors. As noir, it is cult/horror, a la Herschel Gordon Lewis of the decade prior and it is in that context it should be viewed. You can't compare apples to oranges.