Hobgoblins 2

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.

I had no idea this movie existed, I knew of the first one from the Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode. I admit the original was a 'so bad it's funny' movie but this one intentionally tried to be so a 'so bad it's funny' movie. The over the top bad or bland acting, the constant self references to sequels, the rehashes of the dumb stuff from the first movie it was pathetic. The only reason I watched it was for the Rifftrax and even those guys couldn't save this train wreck of a film. If you need something to cheer you up, don't watch this, if you want something to make you depressed, this is the movie for you. It will ake you hate living in world where Rick Sloan is allowed to make movies.

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"

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.

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.