Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

seriousfilmcritic97 At first a held certain reservations against watching a film with what appears to be a no-brainer title for a film about the very same beasts, but sometimes the direct option is the best.Starring Tom Bartlett as Kevin, a young and brave assistant security guard, and Jeffrey Culver as McCreedy, the wizened old security guard who has seen too much, "HOBGOBLINS" takes us on a horrifying journey to the realm of the darker aspects of human consciousness made flesh. After a lengthy but suspenseful tour through the corridors of a mysterious storage facility, a group of frightening creatures known as 'hobgoblins' are released from a wicked bank vault within the facility. These demonic beings posses the ability to take the lives of humans by making their innermost wishes come true, hover at human shoulder height at will, and drive golf carts. What follows is a twisted ride into the psyche, as a gang of hormone-laden teenagers witness the horror of the hobgoblins, and their own inner selves.Writer/Director/Director of Photography/Editor/Producer Rick Sloane allows the audience no pause from the terror of the sickening creatures, and the atmosphere and execution is overall spot on. Forgivably Freudian, the movie posits that when the primitive urges of the id infect the aspirations of the superego, what wishes we hope to fulfill will inevitably doom the self, but through the use of rationality and technology, even the most misguided soul can be retrieved from apparent demise.Unfortunately, the film is held back from inducing true insight in its audience due to some unfortunate use of prosthetic eyebrows on Mr. Culver. This distracting little mishap did cost the film one star in this review.In the end, "HOBGOBLINS" left me with an optimistic view of humanity. For if we can successfully survive the onslaught of such abominations that attempt to let our darker selves consume us, what else is there that could truly destroy us? I found the title ultimately an impeccable choice, since as we all know: hobgoblins are more introspective than regular goblins.*********/10 stars.

jimy23 I know the most common version Is The MST3K one But I saw not only that Version but the Original. There are a few parts edited like MCcreedy's bosses scenes were cut Kyle's first phone sex call Kevin telling him that he's got a ton of phone bills for the sex hot-line not knowing Kyle is the reason and Nick suiting up for his grenade throwing spree. This is just to weird to understand it has so many plot-holes a pointless rake fight that seems like it goes on for ten minutes The Hobgoblins don't appear in till 20 or so minutes into it. The movie just makes no sense 1 person dies in a very cheesy way maybe two Nick's sergeant gets blown up but he could have been an illusion. The Hobgoblins can cause people to see things but other people can see someone else's illusion which is solid to other people to. This is easily one of the cheesiest movies i ever saw The beginning is weird the middle is Boring and unintentionally funny and the End has to be seen to be believed MCcreedy could have blown up the vault at any time so he's responsible for the whole movie. If that isn't enough there a part were some one is being fanned with a bottle acting like there getting hit an extra tipping there table over to make a chase look more wild.

geminiredblue Once upon a time, back in the 50s, a young security guard named McCready is working the night shift at a movie studio when a spaceship lands off-screen. Through the fog produced by a machine, we see barely visible fishing wire pull back the top of the plastic spaceship. Inside are two Gremlin-like puppets. Flash forward 30 years, McCready is now an old man. He's saddled with one irresponsible partner after another. Unfortunately, none of them last too long. Why? Because the Hobgoblins are still around, living in an old film vault. See what the Hobgoblins do is tap into their minds and create their wildest fantasies. But once the fantasy ends, the victim dies. One night, his current whiny young partner Kevin lets the monsters out. Now, Kevin must find a way to stop them. To sum up in seven words: HOBGOBLINS is a cheap rip-off of GREMLINS. And not an overly good one at that. The filmmakers even stole the growls of those beloved disgusting, yet hilarious creatures. Sure, you could tell everyone was just having fun making it, but sometimes a movie needs more than that. What we have here is a group of not-so-gifted amateurs. Cinematography is pretty ho-hum, but I did like the lighting. We get a wild pastiche of blues, oranges, reds and greens. The title characters are obviously puppets. One of their heads even starts falling off in a scene. The humor usually rings hollow, like the characters are in on the joke but we're not. Most of the acting is pretty wooden. Though, I did like the actor who played Mr. McCready. He clearly has talent. Sadly like in most bad movies, a good actor is reduced to only a few scenes. Cool trivia note: Duane Whitaker, who plays Road Rash in here, later went on to mild success as one of the rapists in PULP FICTION. Logic is thrown right out the window. Case in point, it's just been established that the Hobgoblins are drawn to bright lights. In the very next sentence, we're told that all the Hobgoblins must be destroyed before dawn because once it's daylight, it's too late. When I heard that, I found myself scratching my head. Huh? The music rocks too, even if it's bargain basement material! MST3K showed this one and I think it's one of their best episodes. If you can, watch it with Mike and the Bots. If not, get together your funniest friends and have a blast!!!

movieman_kev A group of extremely unlikable A-holes are tormented by lame puppets that some elderly douche bag night-watchman has kept locked away in a film vault for twenty years for no reason whatsoever.Many people know this film merely from MST3K's spot-on ribbing of the flick. But I've seen the actual movie and can safely say that yes it's bad, really, REALLY bad. From the one of the most awful 'fight' scenes I've ever witnessed to the stuffed toy 'aliens' that suffer from a lack of motion (I had a My Pet Monster that was scarier) right up to the atrocious acting (I had a My Pet Monster that was more charismatic) However, that being said Rick Sloan's "Vice Academy" films are somehow, and trust me I have no earthly idea how, much worse. That's not to suggest that this film is anything but crap, because it isn't. Just throwing it out there.Eye Candy: no nudity in the movie proper, but there's 2 pairs of tits in the DVD Introduction to the film My Grade: D- Retromedia DVD Extras: Introduction by Jim Wynorski; Stills gallery; and Trailer for this film