A family goes to visit a small town in the middle of nowhere because the father
was invited to discuss a real estate deal. Unfortunately, it's Halloween and the town is cursed due
to a baby vs. bonfire incident back in 1831 and now every Halloween, a
"goblin" (who incidentally looks
nothing like the creature on the DVD
cover above) rises from the (still existing) ashes of the bonfire to go on
the prowl for yummy baby flesh.
Surprisingly, GOBLIN was better than I expected it to be, then again I expected
it to suck. The acting and production values were better than it really
should have been and the story had a nice amount of twists and turns to
keep the viewer interested. The main problem is the goblin itself. For
the majority of the film he ran around in a oversized black hood and
clawed people to death, then at the end when he's finally unveiled in all his
CGI glory he looked like crap.
Interesting low-budget horror, but with zero nudity, very little blood/gore, dwindling pace, an unappealing monster and forgettable characters I can't recommend it. It's not horrible, but there just
so many other superior horror movies out there that I can't with a clean
conscience recommend you spend your time watching GOBLIN. It's kind of a pointless movie. Honestly, you'd have a much better time watching an old episode of Buffy, the Vampire Slayer.