Count Dracula adjourns to Earth, accompanied by Frankenstein's Monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy, and the Gillman. The uglies are in search of a powerful amulet that will grant them power to rule the world. Our heroes - the Monster Squad are the only ones daring to stand in their way.
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One of my all time favorites.
Fantastic!
As Good As It Gets
A Masterpiece!
Plot; A group of young monster enthusiasts find themselves having to battle Dracula, the Wolfman, the Mummy, Frankenstein and the Creature from the Black Lagoon for the fate of the world. Lacks the pedigree and pop culture cache of The Goonies, but this beloved cult film certainly makes for a good double feature w/its higher profile 80s brethren. In fact, I'd dare say it's the better of the two films. Its spunky and likeable young cast is complimented by some of the best portrayals of the classic monsters ever. Yep, you heard me right. Ever. Duncan Regehr's Dracula is flat-out scary and Tom Noonan's Frankenstein is a delight. Clocking in @ a breezy 82 minutes, The Monster Squad is cult film worthy of the hype.
I found myself wanting to watch something Halloween"esque" a few days ago and I stumbled upon this. I was so pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this movie. It was a horror comedy where they horror was just scary enough and the comedy was really funny. All of the actors did a really good job and this is a flick I will most definitely add to my home collection!!!
This movie was a lovely way to spend my Saturday night I enjoyed it from the begging. With slim references to Stephan King and Van Helsing this movie had a lot of great parts. Now the actors were amazing and the monsters look amazing for this movie to have been released when it was. I do believe this movie has not been given its proper dues as a horror movie for the whole family. I highly recommend this movie to any person who loves to have a good night with the family.
I'd seen "the Monster Squad" several times as a kid, but (and this is unusual) the only thing I remember is one line: "Kick him in the nards!" That's it. I'm as prone to nostalgia fog as the next guy, but I carried no warm memories of this. I figure that's why it didn't do much for me as an adult. The kids seem well cast and I think the makeup and creature effects are fantastic (Stan Winston and Richard Edlund FTW). Not only that but it stands as a relic of a very different age of kids movies. Some of the language involved, and the fat kid actually being named Fat Kid? It just doesn't work like that in 2016.I've seen the comparison to "The Goonies" made often, but I'll take that one instead. This is very '80s, but also a huge shrug.
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