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I really don't have anything new to add but I just felt like I had to comment on this sack. So here goes:

Atrocious. I'm running through my MST3K DVD collection again and I just watched Hobgoblins for about the 10th time. It's really, really painful but it was next on the list... You can see that there is a tiny kernel of an actual movie buried under all the crap that is "Hobgoblins" but it just couldn't get out. Everything about this movie is 4th rate. The story, the acting, the effects, the women, the "action scenes", the... ahhhh forget it. I can watch a piece of crap like "The Bloodwaters of Dr. Z" (aka "Zaat") over and over and over with hardly any ill effects (I like it in fact- btw, it will be on TCM later this month- October, 2009) but "Hobgoblins" is a whole 'nother ballgame.

The worst part of it all may be that it's now about 12 hours after the movie ended, I had a good night's sleep, some coffee and some dry toast, my medications, and yet the ersatz "New Wave" dance music that Amy, Red Shorts, and Laraine Newman were frolicking to in the living room is STILL RUNNING THROUGH MY HEAD. This torment will last for days.

Good luck, won't you?

Just saw this episode for the first time. I'm an MST3K'er so of course I spotted "Village of the Giants" vet Kevin O'Neal as Lennie Beale. The murder victim, "Bill Sikes" looked really familiar to me but I couldn't place him... Then I thought- hey that's "Hank" from "Horror of Party Beach". But according to the IMDb that was "John Scott". I didn't record the PM episode so I can't go back and check anytime soon. Usually I'm pretty good at this stuff so I'm surprised that I am apparently wrong. It seems a tad suspicious to me though that the one guy is named "Scott" Graham and the other is John "Scott". And now for a 10th line- BINGO. BINGO THE CLOWNO.

What a great film. As was mentioned by others- it gets in your head and stays there. I watched the DVD 3 times in one night about 6 days ago (1st at normal speed, then fast forward, then normal speed again). Then I read everything I could find on the internet about it. I didn't have a clue before I saw it what to expect. I only knew that I generally liked David Lynch films. But man oh Manischevitz I'm still thinking constantly about this film... To get the full experience you should really know nothing about the story going in.

Naomi Watts... I didn't even know who the heck she was. I thought she was the dark haired chick all through the movie. But what a performance she gave. Spectacular. And the other lead actress wasn't too shabby either.

This is in my top ten all time list. FYI, other films in that list would probably include (not a complete list) "Dr. Strangelove", "Two Lane Blacktop", "The Wild Bunch", "The Bride of Frankenstein", "Carnival of Souls", and "2001".

Reading the other IMDb comments it's obvious that many people don't agree with the take that this is great, or even good. Well, to each his own. But if you like a flick to make you think and feel vs. hear a bunch of explosions and fart jokes this film is for you.