Ghoulies IV (1993) – Jim Wynorski.

I wouldn't know how popular Ghoulies IV remains, but watching it again after a prolonged hiatus, I can honestly say that it greatly exceeded my modest expectations. While Voorhees and Myers got it together on their part 4's, as a general rule, any franchise is mostly on its ass by 3, just ask Coppola, if I tell a lie. Put bluntly, Ghoulies IV is a delightfully daft comedy schlock-fest, that is certainly clever enough to know it! Dime store tough cop (Peter Liapis), and his feisty femme fatal captain (Barbara Alyn Woods) become evilly enmeshed in a buxom demonologist's (Stacie Randall) dastardly occult plot to steal the detective's life force. It's all monstrously silly, but amicably so, not unlike Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers, the playful performances, slinky peek-a-boo outfits, and snappy backchat make Ghoulies IV an eminently likeable B-movie. Ghoulies IV being INTENTIONALLY funny caught me wholly unawares, it was an unexpected treat laughing with a film with persistently prat-falling trolls than merely laughing at it.