Hobgoblins 2

Hey, i know everybody thinx they're an expert on horror nowadays, and i'm no exception. I live for horror VHS - i don't even really care or like DVD re-releases (which i thought this was). Okay, the whole time i'm watching this movie, i'm thinking this was made in '87/'88 (hob 2) becuz it was soO 87/88 no flinching - the hardcore over/under-done acting, the lighting - i thought the internet jokes were about the early internet - i still can't believe this wuz done in 2007! Awesome job pulling that off! and the director's a really nice John Waters fan. kudos need to be given. I met the director when he was signing at Spudic's Movie Empire in Van Nuys.

What do you do if your career has remained stagnant for a decade? When the demand for films about hooker cops have dried up because the USA Network doesn't have "Up All Night" anymore? Well if you're Rick Sloan you make a remake/sequel to your (in)famous other film that only got ANY acknowledgement whatsoever by being featured on MST3K. But this time out, instead of being the butt of the joke, you'd seek to be in on the joke and make the movie intentionally campy. But you'd try way too hard & once again it would all end up in (predictable) disaster.

There's no point in describing the plot here, as if you've seen the first one, you've pretty much seen this. Oh the hobgoblins pray on peoples' fears instead of their fantasies and it's set a bit later then the first, but otherwise it's the same thing. Only somewhere worse because the movie's self-aware how bad it is the time out. Needless to say I didn't care for the movie in the least.

Eye Candy: None in the actual movie, but there are some topless babes in the trailer for "Mind, Body & Soul"

My Grade: D-

DVD Extras: Commentary with director Rick Sloan; 'Hobgoblins 2: what were they thinking?' (a 9 minute 50 second featurette on why Rick made the movie as well as the cast from the first one reacting to watching it); nearly 5 minutes (it seems longer) of worthless deleted scene; stills gallery; deathly unfunny fake trailers for Chainsaw Chicks, Nightmare of the lost whores, & Amputee Hookers; and sadly all-too real trailers for this film, as well as, "Hobgoblins", "the Visitants", "Blood Theater", "Good Girls Don't", & "Mind, Body & Soul"

Hobgoblin 2 (2009) is a movie I recently watched on Tubi. The storyline follows McCreedy from the first film locked up in an asylumn for his hobgoblins claim from 10 years ago. When another outbreak occurs that resemble his stories authorities may need his help to stop the hobgoblins.

This movie is directed by Rick Sloane (Blood Theatre) and stars Josh Mills (Death House), Chanel Ryan (BASEketball), Dan Glenn (Castle), Matthew Mahaney (Eraser) and Karen Knotts (Vice Academy 5).

This is a movie that doesn't take itself seriously in any way. This is more a comedy than horror. The comedic content is even more miss than hit than the first one. I will say the nurse in this is an A+. The girl scout was pretty random as were the commercials. The hobgoblins puppets make you roll you eyes and laugh at the same time.

Overall this is a bad horror movie that's still worth a watch. I would score this a 4/10 and recommend seeing it once.

This film is a bit hard to explain as it is not a direct sequel to the original. Granted, McCreedy is back and references blowing up a movie studio, but all the other characters are back too, only they are not the same actors and their characters are the same but are not... It is almost a spoof of the original, but at the same time it is not. Let's just say that the film tries to be all meta and fails, just like the first failed at being a horror comedy, but I admire those brave hobgoblins who kept on smiling despite having to literally work with worse actors than before!

The story, well, a group of students comprised of people with similar features of characters from the original are taking a tour of a mental hospital for class. Daphne, army dude, and nerdy best friend are okay. Not sure how they managed to find someone even more skull faced than the original Daphne though. Kevin acts about the same, but looks nothing like the original and his girlfriend does not act, nor does she look anything like before. Well, they visit McCreedy who is also a different actor who talks of hobgoblins and this time they are like bloody Mary and sometimes not. Look, it is just a very inconsistent time to be had...

So, yes, sometimes the hobgoblins come when you say the name three times, sometimes they feed on fear, but if that were the case the nerdy guy was just horny. I guess trying to find rhyme and reason in a film like this is a bit stupid. Just know that the acting is worse here and the jokes are of the non-funny variety.

So Hobgoblins 2 actually thanks Mystery Science Theater in its closing credits which shows that show did bring light to more unknown movies and that at times the makers of said films appreciated the push their films got due to it. Rick Sloan has made other films, but the only two I know of is this, the first film and Blood Theater. I think Blood Theater is actually the best of the bunch, but that is not really saying much. However, do what you love I guess...

Hobgoblins 2 (2009)

1/2 (out of 4)

The original HOBGOBLINS was a rip-off of GREMLINS but somehow it made some cash but it became best known for how bad it is. The film gained a cult following throughout the VHS era and then MST3K did it a favor and gave it even more attention. Originally director Rick Sloane planned on making a sequel two years after the movie but it ended up taking him until 2009.

This film follows the original screenplay that was written back then and we have the same characters returning, although they're being played by different actors. The film has the look of a film that was shot in the 1980s so I give the filmmaker credit for trying to stay true to his original version but there are so many problems with this thing that it's really hard to be entertained by any of it.

The basic plot has the hobgoblins coming back for revenge but the film is just a complete mess. The original movie, I'm sure, was made as a serious film but it just didn't work out and turned out rather campy, which is why it gained a cult following. This movie tries to be like that and it was purposely made bad to try and be cool or at least have the same campy feel of the original but it just doesn't work.

When movies started to be labeled "so bad they're good" many filmmakers went out and tried to make them on purpose. The problem is that these films are simply flat out bad where as a true "so bad it's good" movie was meant to be something serious and just turned out bad. When you try to make something bad on purpose it just doesn't have the same effect and HOBGOBLINS 2 is just a really awful movie that doesn't have any laughs, any scares and just isn't as charming as it thinks it is.

I give the filmmaker credit for trying to film the original screenplay (with a few updates) but it just doesn't work and in the end it's a very bad film without any entertainment value.