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Published: 2012-02-12 08:12:51 +0000 UTC; Views: 3238; Favourites: 54; Downloads: 25
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Welcome back gang, to another edition of Classics of Crap. Today we are looking at a really, really obscure movie called Hobgoblins. Originally made in 1988, I actually discovered this movie in a crappy, hole in the wall video store while I was in college. Amused by the box art, I watched it and couldn't believe how shockingly, howlingly, mindbendingly amateurish it was. (There are actually more than a few instances where the filmmakers literally forgot to remove the tape marks to indicate the spots where the actors need to stand.) I decided I had found a new unknown camp masterpiece, and I showed it to everyone I could drag to my apartment. Years later, I discovered that Mystery Science Theater 3000 did a great commentary track and I've watched it over and over. If you can track down an original copy of the movie, I would recommend it. There's some great scenes that aren't on the MST3K version, and every craptacular frame of this film is worth watching. I have seen this movie possibly more times than a human being should, and it earns my highest recommendation as a true Classic of Crap.Related content
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"It's the 80's. Do a lot of Coke, and vote for Ronald Regan!"
Great picture. (I'm more a Joel fan, but Hobgoblins has a lot of good lines.)
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I say without any sense of shame that the whole sequence from Club Scum still makes me near piss myself with laughter
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You know, I love that the MC later went on to be Cosmo on Fairly odd Parents, and RoadRash went on to have a memorable role as the rapist gimpmaster in Pulp Fiction.
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The singer from Club Scum sounds like Rick Astley...which is really ironic, since those are the kind of venues he probably plays today.
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As a huge fan of MST3K, I'm proud to confess that this is one of my favorite episodes. It was loaded with great riffs to make the viewing of this somewhat tolerable. "Meet the Hobgoblins: Frankie, Sniffles, Bounce-Bounce, and The Claw!"
Love the artwork, by the way. Utterly deranged.
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haha, thanks man! I love Hobgoblins. The rake fight alone made me realize this is a movie masterpiece (for me to poop on)
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"Hobgoblins! Hobgoblins! What do you do with those Hobgoblins! They're over here! They're over there! Those darn Hobgoblins are everywhere!"
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One of my favorites. My friends think that I'm some kind of masochist for liking this movie.
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You are. So am I. It feels so good to have terrible taste in movies.
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Oh gods, this movie. I'll admit that I have only seen it with the MST3K treatment and if I didn't have them to watch it with me, I don't know how I would have survived.
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it's rough, believe me. MST3K is like the sugar that helps the medicine go down...
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Well from the description, it really sounds like you and your friends really enjoy it, and in a way I do. Now it's a bad movie, but it has that certain camp value and is so cheesy that you can't help but enjoy it. And of course, MST3K does help a lot.
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thanks to you i borght ghoulies 1 and 2 now i think i will have to get this to.
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oh Hobgoblins is way funnier/more horrible than ghoulies. You will love/hate it!
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brilliant im actaullay watching ghouiles now. i have seen it on amozon at a ridiculosly expensive price so ill have to check ebay.
i still want a hobgoblin figure to go with my gremlins thogh
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oh, totally! I would love Hobgoblin merchandise. Unfortunatly, only about 5 people have ever even heard of this movie.
Hobgoblins is streaming right now on youtube if you want to save yourself the trouble.
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brill thanks ill watch it tommorow
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hahaha-- my kind of woman!
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I think this movie was so bad I erased it from my memory long time a go, I gotta watch it again.
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haha, how could you forget it?? remember the endless rake fight? Or Club Scum?
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I thought this was a sequel to that "Goblin" film, the one with the "They're eating her!" scene? Or a I mistaken?
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That one's "Troll 2", widely recognized as one of the worst films ever made.
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No, this is a totally unrelated movie. It is a crap ripoff of Gremlins, if anything.
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That was what I was just about to ask. XD
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I see. Well, happy Valentine's day, anywho.
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thanks! I think you'll like next week's CoC! Got something special planned!
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