Ghoulies
Small demonic creatures
Ghoulies are small, mischievous supernatural creatures—diminutive ghouls or demons.
The word gained currency from the 1980s horror-comedy film series featuring puppet-like monsters.
It often appears in the playful rhyme ghoulies and ghosties and long-leggedy beasties, invoked around Halloween or when mock-warning children about things that go bump in the night.
Frightening imaginary creatures
- demonsMalevolent supernatural beings
- impsMinor demons or rascals
- gremlinsImaginary mechanical saboteurs
- crittersAnimals, said fondly
beasties · fiends · minions · nasties · creepy-crawlies · hellspawn · grotesque · fangs
monsters
Frightening imaginary creatures
- demonsMalevolent supernatural beings
- impsMinor demons or rascals
- gremlinsImaginary mechanical saboteurs
critters · beasties · fiends · minions · nasties · creepy-crawlies · hellspawn · grotesque · fangs · claws
spirits
Liquor or apparitions
apparitions · phantoms · haunts · bogeymen · creeps · Halloween · scary · supernatural · undead · eerie
horror
Extreme fear or disgust
creatures · sequel · B-movie · comedy · franchise · VHS · cult · low-budget · practical effects · demons
GhouliesThe Exorcist
Seminal possession horror film
The Shining · Rosemary's Baby · The Omen · Martyrs · Halloween
GhouliesThe Exorcist
Seminal possession horror film
Pan's Labyrinth · Stanley Kubrick · The Sixth Sense · A Quiet Place · The Shape of Water