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The
Ghouligans DVD 2006
Written, Directed and Produced by the Slack Pack Actors: Peter Bune, Justin Hertz, Mike Koscik and Sean King Original Music: Paul Latno Running Length: 50 minutes 18 skits No rating Web site: www.theghouligans.com The Ghouligans are four monster-types who try to interact in 1970’s society. This is a cute premise but it was already done by The Munsters. In The Ghouligans, there are Void, who is rather like a zombie. Boris is a friendly Frankenstein-sort of monster, while Wolfgang is a were-cat or similar. Last, Farnham is a Dracula-clone, with teeth that fell out in one skit. Other monsters come and go such as the Mummy (who then has a “Mummy” soccer team), an angry robot and a ribbon-covered costume for “Creature from the Black Lagoon.” There are almost twenty skits on this DVD, many of which last but a minute or so. This is like watching ‘The Benny Hill Show” in which rapid-fire gags came and went. However, with The Ghouligans, the pace is so slow you want to take a swipe at a cobweb that may be growing on your shoulder. Many of the skits are shown in black and white while others are in color. Some are linked with one theme like repairing a car or going to the beach. The best character is the shy Boris, who learns how to dance, but be aware of being his partner. Void is perpetually slow, while Wolfgang likes to dance and Farnham gives speeches even with those fake teeth. The top skits were of Farnham trying to sell a car, Boris dancing, “The Ghouligans” vs. “The Mummy” team in soccer, a car with a mind of its own (think Stephen King’s “Christine” here) and the card game with varied monsters. Production values are low. If The Ghouligan's group wants to do this on purpose for a joke, 50 minutes of it goes too far. Something other than dark lines on a sheet for the Mummy’s costume, canned laughter, jabs at skeleton love and rude kids making fun of Farnham? The lighting is marginal and part of the time the dialogue---even with costuming---can’t be understood. Jokes tend to be few and far between, and why do we need more than one rendition of the song of “The Ghouligans” moving in next door? Enough. Copyright 2006 Marie Asner
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