Best movie of this year hands down!

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

I did not like the first two "Ghoulies" movies, but compared to this third entry, they are Academy Award material. This entry goes wrong in just about every way you can think of. It somehow forgets how Ghoulies act, among other things giving them here the unexplained power of the English language. The special effects that make up the Ghoulies come across as cut rate creations despite the fact that John Carl Buechler once again made them. Buechler also directed this time around, and in the director's chair he proves to be hopeless. The movie is far too jokey in tone, which may not have been bad had the humor been funny, but it never is. There are also some big plot points that are either vaguely explained or not explained at all. But the biggest problem with the movie is that there is not one likable character to be found. The students are jerks, the professor is cold and stern, and the Ghoulies are never up to any good. Nobody seems to be enjoying themselves in this film, and if you're unlucky enough to see the movie, you'll be experiencing the same utter lack of joy.

I got this film on a collection of various other horror films, which is the only reason I viewed it. Before watching this one, the only film that was good to me was "The Unholy". After watching this one, it is still "The Unholy". This one is about what one expects from a bad series of films that started out successfully, not because it had a good product, but rather because it came out on the heels of Gremlins and featured little creatures. The first film, while pretty bad, actually grossed a very impressive 35 million back in 1985 (that is a lot) and thus the sequels would be made and be even worse than the first film. The second was completely forgettable and I am guessing, after a couple of weeks, this one too, will escape my mind.The story, of course, has nothing really to do with the first two films. So, on the plus side, one does not have to watch the previous two films to enjoy this one...though, I doubt many will find any enjoyment in this movie. It takes place on a campus, of course, and on said campus it is prank week. Two fraternities are fighting it out to determine who is the king of pranks. This week is particularly bothersome for the humanities professor and he will somehow accidentally raise the Ghoulies from the depths of a toilet to cause even more mayhem. Meanwhile, at this university doing pranks is cooler than having sex, super attractive blond nymphos can't seem to find anyone who want to have sex with them and an idiot tries to win back a girl who dumps him after he forgets one date to be with the leader of the rival fraternity.The first Ghoulie film had a bit of comedy in it, but it had more of a horror atmosphere. This one removes 99 percent of the horror and is basically a comedy. That is pretty much why it fails as the humor does not work. It is like one of those teen sex comedies of the era, where nearly all the humor fails and the only thing to keep one watching is seeing the attractive girls go topless from time to time. The Ghoulies are limited to three this time, but at least they put some effort into making them look like actual creatures that moved and stuff. That is something the dreadful Hobgoblins cannot boast as in that one the monsters were hand puppet plush toys. Some good effects though and some good nudity do not save this film enough as it seems like it runs too long and relies to much on unfunny gags.So, this film is bad, but that is not surprising in the least. It is surprising to see the late Marcia Wallace play a small role in the film and to see the bad guy from Innerspace and a ton of other films in this one. It basically plays out like a horrid "Animal House" ripoff film mixed with the horrid Gremlin knockoff franchise. It does not work in the least, and it does not make sense that a college guy would pass on a girl that is super attractive and wants some!

Rowdy ghoulies Rat, Cat, and Fish embark on a wild destructive spree on a college campus. That's about it for the admittedly flimsy premise, but fortunately director John Carl Buechler and screenwriter Brent Olson happily indulge in the expected blithely inane and sophomoric "Animal House"-style collegiate hi-jinks that include lots of beer swilling, dopey practical jokes, slapstick violence, the inevitable panty raid, a fierce rivalry between two sparring fraternities, and a generous sprinkling of tasty female nudity. Moreover, the game cast attack the wacky lightweight material with real zest: Evan MacKenzie contributes an engaging performance as affable prank master Skip Carter, the fetching Eva La Rue makes a favorable impression as the sweet Erin Riddle, Kevin McCarthy portrays evil buzz crushing dean Professor Ragnar with deliciously hammy panache, John Johnston jerks it up nicely as hateful tool Heilman, Stephen Lee does well as bumbling campus cop Barcus, and cute blonde onetime Playboy Playmate Hope Marie Carlton struts her sizzling hot stuff as stuck-up and sexually voracious vixen Veronica. Plus it's a total riot to see both Jason Scott Lee and Matthew Lillard in their pre-stardom days. Look fast for Kane "Jason" Hodder as a guy who gets stuck in a rolling mop bucket. The rocking soundtrack and the sprightly score by Reg Powell and Michael Lloyd keep things bouncing along. A complete goofy hoot.

This has to be the funniest Ghoulies film I've seen, the Ghoulies may talk now but what they say is funny. The things they do is great and really makes the film good to watch. The other actors are good and some come out with some humorous things, the campus security guard was laugh with his vehicle.Since it's prank week at the college, students from two Frats do pranks all over the campus to get the Prank crown but a Teacher is fed up of the Prank week so when he finds a comic called Ghoulish Tales off a Student who found it in the toilet's wall he decides to read from the comic in his office and summons the Ghoulies. The Ghoulies then go around causing trouble around the campus arguing with each other and punching each other in the progress. Ghoulies III is a great low budget movie that is definitely worth a watch.