Goblin (1993)

A young couple buys a home in the suburbs and invites their friends over for a house warming.  They pile pizza slices on a plate like animals. Who does this? Also they mention her mom made the pizza. Mom isn’t there. Do they have a pile of cold pizza? 

They find a book in the basement which says twenty years ago a guy tried a spell to make his crops grow, but instead it summoned a demon he was unable to control.  What the group don’t realize is the demon was contained in a well, and they pried the boards off the well earlier that night.

When they hear noises outside, they think it‘s kids playing pranks on the new people and split up to try to catch them. One guy goes to the second floor and out a door onto a shingled roof. Next to the door is a wooden ladder that leads to the second story roof. What sort of madness is this? Who puts a door in to go on a shingled roof?

The problem is the noise isn’t kids. It’s the goblin they accidentally unleashed. It’s killing whoever it can get its hands on. The group tries to figure out how to escape without getting killed. It involves going outside to the neighbors, which doesn’t seem like a good idea. Next door they meet a woman who knows the creature is a goblin.  How? 

This is a shot on video, low budget movie. There are many nonsensical scenes with people doing silly things. While it’s not good, I did enjoy it for what it was.

Questions you’ll have after watching this:

1. Who goes up a ladder backwards?
2. How’d the goblin get on the roof?
3. Why don’t they have any furniture in their house?
4. Why doesn’t their neighbor have any furniture?
5. Who brings a change of clothes to a house warming party?
6. Who just walks into their neighbors home?
7. Why would the police think a report of a murder was a joke?
8. Why the Sheriff use his own car for work?
9. How did they know he was a cop when he pulled up when he has no police car?
10. Why didn’t they lock the door behind them since there is a killer loose?
11. How does their neighbor know about the goblin?
12. Who is the character in the shorts and leather jacket?
13. Why can’t 911 tell she’s calling from radio in the Sheriff’s car?
14. Why are the zombies wearing fitted bed sheets?
15. Since when can you get full refunds on homes you buy?

Ridiculous dialogue

What’s this? Oh. Oh. It’s a book. 

Sheriff’s office.

Get your freaking ass out here right now. I’m gonna die!

Don’t use profanity. I just need to know what your address is.

We did it, man! The monsters dead. First thing we do is go to our real estate agent and ask for a full refund.

Who puts a mirror over the kitchen sink

Has anyone ever piled slices of pizza on top
of each other to serve them?

The house with a door leading to
a shingled roof with a ladder to climb higher

How does the goblin know how to use a drill?

Continuity  - peeking in closed blinds…

…but from the inside, the blinds are open

There is no furniture in their house except one folding chair

The Sheriffs car is a bit unusual

The random metal guy in a leather jacket and shorts

The neighbor also has no furniture

They’re beginning to realize something is wrong

The monster looking like your little brother
with a fitted sheet over his head

How does the goblin know how to use the stove?

Nuff said.