Farting zombie monsters! Yes! I said...farting zombie monsters! Deal with it. This trope has not been used again since this 1986 gem that we'll look at today. Unfortunately this film was not released in theaters with the assistance of Smell-O-Rama. Yes, Smell-O-Rama was a real thing. Like Sense-Around, it never caught on. Oodles of demon/vampire/zombie monsters...sultry babes in peril...stupid hunks unable to one-up the evil things, and a ghoulish master sorcerer controlling the whole shebang. Yes! Our feature today is 1986's "Spookies" directed by Genie Joseph, Thomas Doran, and Brendan Faulkner.
Kreon (Felix Ward) is an ages old sorcerer determined to bring his babe wife, Isabelle (Maria Pechukas), back to life after 70 years. To do this he needs the souls of a lot of hunks and babes. His trusty ghoul/vampire assistant (Dan Scott) with a hook for a hand will help him. On cue, two carloads of hunks and babes arrive. Right away, zombies come out of their graves and chase the idiots into the sorcerer's mansion...the same mansion John Jay (Supreme Court Justice) resided in. Now the babes and hunks are trapped. A corpse delivers a Ouija Board and it possesses babe Carol (Lisa Friede)...now she's possessed by Kreon. Carol now tries to kill her friends and they all scatter throughout the mansion. We pin our affections on Linda (Joan Ellen Delaney), probably because her big boobs hang out of her tight sweater.
Kreon or Carol resurrect monsters...three farting zombie fiends, a spider woman (Soo Paek), vampires, lizard/gargoyle monsters, giant spiders, etc. After a few kills, Isabelle comes back to life and tells Kreon she is not interested in him anymore. Now, clad in a nice alluring wedding gown, the former corpse Isabelle, is on the run. As Carol resurrects the grim reaper, the hunks and babes keep running. The deaths will be gory and some elongated. Cleavage will be highlighted, and Isabelle will herself be pawed, molested, and sexually assaulted by a horde of graveyard zombies.
Will Kreon prevail and make Isabelle love him again? Do any of the aforementioned hunks and babes have a chance at seeing the end credits? Filmed at John Jay's mansion, is this film a metaphor for the deadly and ghoulish direction the U.S. Supreme Court has proceeded in over the years? This is a good one. A lot of babes in peril. A lot of hunks in peril. Farting zombies, and terrific creature f/x will make you smile. See "Spookies" for a Friday night movie night with someone you love.
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