Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

DipitySkillful an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.

Sharkflei Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

Skydragon19 I wanted to like this movie but there are several problems with it:1. It is basically two separate movies spliced together as one. The runaway kid and the party goers were never meant to be in the same film. 2. The characters are all one dimensional, 80's morons. Even the kid is a dumb ass. The drifter was the smartest character telling the kid to go home and is then killed right after which feels like the movies way of saying NO SMART CHARACTERS OR ONES WITH ANY KIND OF SUBSTANCE ALLOWED! 3. There's no backstory whatsoever. It feels like the film starts out in media res. Billy already ran away, the party goers are already driving, etc. Would have been good to see any kind of development in terms of a plot.4. Some of the effects were good but for the most part they were sub par. By the mid eighties effects, while not as advanced as today, were still able to be so much better than what was shown here. This was an independent film so I can understand how money can be part of the problem. 5. Everybody dies. I hate horror movies where everybody dies. I'm in no way suggesting that every horror movie has to have a "We survived" happy ending. But someone surviving makes the experience all the more worth it (at least for me). Otherwise it's like, "I just watched a movie where no one survived till the end...okay."Spookies is a film that could have been so much better if it had better writing and did not have issues between its creators and financial backers. That is the problem independent films often face. If the person(s) paying for the film to be made, who rightfully should have a say in the creative process, and the creators themselves do not get along it will effect the product. Moustapha Akkad financially backed the movie Halloween and thus became part of the creative process. However, he wanted the film to be the best it could be as did Trancas and John Carpenter. I'm sure there were rough spots in that partnership but in the end everyone worked together to create a masterpiece that has withstood the test of time.To sum up that last paragraph, Halloween is the success story of when financial backers and creators work cohesively and Spookies is the failure that occurs when the opposite happens. And to this date Spookies has not even received a DVD release and we're already in the 4K market. Even Troll 2, the best worst movie of all time, got a Blu Ray release. Spookies, while it tries, ultimately does not hold up.

oulamies "Spookies" is a really energetic and comical haunted house horror film. It's a feast of cheesy monster spooks, cheesy 80s clothing (most notably Duke's tight latex outfit straight from a fetish wrestling match) and constant over-the-top acting that makes one suspect they were on various chemicals during the filming. This of course means that the film is by all means more funny than scary, which is hopefully how it was intended.The title should give this fact away already. The word "Spookies" is sort of childish, and it sure is an accurate way to describe this film's monsters. There's a paint-faced goblin dude, zombies, crawling mutant spiders, a witch and then one of the most obscure goddamn things I've ever witnessed... Some sort of diarrhea-tainted swamp lurkers that FART constantly. What the hell? This crazy scene is a reason enough to watch this movie. Be careful not to drink before they pop on the screen. Man...So if you're looking for a scary film, this is not the one. Watch "The Exorcist" instead. But if you're bored and perhaps hammered in the middle of the night, check out "Spookies"!

ih8t I got this movie in an Out Of Print Horror Movie Lot on Ebay. I wasn't expecting much and that's exactly what I got! The cover artwork is probably the best part of this cheese fest! I won't give away any "spoilers" but I will say that some of the effects are pretty good but the zombies look like extras from the Michael Jackson "Thriller" video shoot, you know, the ones they used to fill out the scene, the ones way in the back that weren't lit and were covered by smoke. The scares are not scary at all, they're somewhat pathetic and sad. The acting is really bad. Especially from that guy in that plastic/ leather jump suit! It was so funny to look at. But at least his girlfriend has the goods which sadly, the film never shows! This movie sucks. But I guess if you're into cheesy 80's horror movies, you'll love it! But I hate the 80's and I didn't need to be reminded of it!!!

Tikkin As cheesy as Spookies is, and as much as I love cheesy horror flicks, I didn't particularly enjoy this one at all. It just didn't grab me and seemed very flat and dull. How can you get bored whilst watching a cheesy monster flick, I hear you cry. Well, I don't know the answer, but I was. I just didn't like the 'style' of the whole film, it seemed too cheesy and was also too dark to see things properly. There seemed to be a lot of stalking about in the house which was tedious. There was also some guy controlling the monsters babbling on about nonsense, and I couldn't really follow what was going on.Some people will dig this, but it's not for me. Only recommended to those who love cheesy monster movies.