User Reviews

When you see a film listed on certain sites that looks... well, as dodgy as the site, you usually come onto IMDB to check it out in order to make sure you're not wasting your time.

In this instance, I'm glad that I did - just to see the shill reviews! :D (nice try guys).

You need to be wary of films that are dead on 67 minutes, as 67 minutes is the statutory time that a film needs to be in order to be a 'feature'.

Bang on 67 minutes usually means that it has been stretched out in order to hit that target.

No surprise, after reading the shill reviews (who all magically offer 10's) and seeing the dodgy looking thumbnails, as well as the terrible-looking photography - I popped it on for a laugh - I mean, for a film that is supposedly made for 30,000... What could go wrong.

Wellllllll.... from the off, you are beaten over the head with every horror cliche' known to man and you know you're in trouble. From the stolen Harry Potter font introduction to the terribly CGI'd lightning, enter this film at your own peril, that is the true horror here.

The introduction seems like the end, and if it is, it went on too long - I didn't last long enough to see - but basically an overly directed actress screams her way through a few lines whilst some kid crawls on the floor saying, "No mother" (bad overdub)...

From there, I'm not sure what happens - he gets locked in a closet and the next few shots are so terribly captured, I felt sick. This isn't what the director is going for, and as you read this director, mark my words, if you're going for an unintentionally funny film (The Room), you missed, if you're going for a genuine horror - do yourself a favour and immediately retire; you'll live a life of frustration and failure.

Viewers - this really isn't worth your hard-earned time and is on another level of incompetence; I can dig lo-fi horror if it follows the basic rules of filmmaking.

But this looks like the smatterings of a guy who just picked up a camera one day and said: "I have an idea..."

What a waste of 30,000. I wish I had 30,000 to remake this and show the director how it is done. In fact, scrap that, I wouldn't remake this, I wouldn't even give this a second thought - I'd take the 30,000 and make a whole film on the cast/production team on what they were thinking.

It would make a great horror in itself.

The acting is non-existent. The story-line is stoopid times 12.

The good reviews here are clearly phony as is this trivia bit:

The cellar used in the film was actually part of the house that was in the film. Since it was in the South and uninhabited, it was filled with giant spiders. During the filming of many sequences, enormous spiders would propel down from the ceilings and crawl across the floors. Robert Levey II, the film's lead actor, has terrible arachnophobia and each time a tarantula dangled down towards him, the director would grab it by the web and run out so that he would not know about it. Robert did not see one spider during filming, but the crew saw dozens.

Tarantulas do not come down off the ceiling. No bif spiders to. What garbage.

This sucks.

The Goblin really delivered on the concept. This film is different in a David Lynch kind of way in both the film style and sound design. The sound really stands out and makes it all very creepy in an 80s Thriller/Horror kind of way. The audience can really feel the soundtrack in this film and it was used in a powerful way to deliver the emotion in every scene. The goblin character in the film was a real treat and was unexpected. It's nice to see CGI cast aside for something real for a change these days. That alone makes this little film stand out as it does. The emotion/drama was really compelling - the actors portrayed their characters very well. Their madness was thick and drew me in for the duration. I actually found the book version of this movie on Amazon and will definitely be checking out this story...as the film literally leaves you hanging on for more. I do recommend this one to audiences who want to think a little bit during a movie and those who love a good strange nerve-wracking Thriller in a David Lynch vein. The ending still has me pondering it all.

Love the visuals of this film. Very creepy. Cinematography is nicely done. Actors were convincing. Music is good. The goblin character is really cool. Love the practical effects. Plot was weird and suspenseful. My kind of film. I would definitely recommend especially to fans of fantasy/suspense.

Although this was an Ultra-Low Budget indie film, the Director did an amazing job with this. As another reviewer has already stated, it is very creepy and suspenseful which is something done masterfully by the Director. I have seen major budget films with A-list actors that did not have the draw in the plot nearly as much as this little Thriller gem holds and the accompanying soundtrack was also a precious bonus. I actually HAD TO KNOW what was going to happen next. With its odd sounds and eerie synth score, I was taken back to the glory days of 1980s late night cinema. Indie first time directors rarely achieve this caliber of film making out of the gate with pretty much no money at all, but Wyatt Michael surprises me with his debut, The Goblin. The boy actor, Robert Levey II gives a regularly stunning performance throughout the film in both singing talent and dramatic portrayal as the suspense eventually comes to a place where it can be sliced with a knife because of his torment. The female lead, Nicole Hargrove, makes the audience loathe her in a good way as she continuously bounces back and forth from caring mother to raving lunatic - a performance that seems to be made for her natural cold unsympathetic glare. I loved every minute of this film in that the Director gives us another rare glimpse into an art form nearly extinct now by using a real puppeteered creature in his film rather than another CGI trick. Being a fan of Jim Henson growing up as well as the original Star Wars films, you cannot beat a real puppet to play the bad guy. I thoroughly enjoyed The Goblin as it has all the earmarks of a great unique film created by true artists with storytelling at its finest. A fun spiral into madness that I highly recommend to even big budget filmmakers nowadays...they could learn a few things about what makes a film really memorable.

If you're looking for the next The Exorcist or The Omen, this isn't it, but it is a fine enjoyable fun low budget horror movie. It has its share of spooky moments and a marionette that may remind the viewer of Chucky. The main character is played by Robert Levey II who plays an adorable Oliver-like urchin. Highly recommended!

Truly an amazing movie! The actors did an amazing job! The atmosphere just makes you feel creeped out and nervous. If you want to know the whole story make sure you check out the book (the director/writer of this movie wrote a book) the book was so good, I read it in just a few days. I love the camera work and the music!