Director: Fred Dekker
Stars: Andre Gower, Robby Kiger, Stephen Macht, Duncan Regehr, Tom Noonan
Plot: A club of misfits tries to stop Dracula and other classic monsters from ruling the world.
Monster Squad is a kid's adventure movie comparable to The Goonies, complete with Count Dracula, Frankenstein, The Creature, The Wolf Man, and The Mummy. Dracula summons the other monsters in order to help him obtain an amulet that would allow him to rule the world. Little do the monsters know that a club, The Monster Squad, made up of six young monster fanatics, is out to foil their plan. Curse you meddling kids! Oh and there is a dog, too, so that Scooby-Doo quote is even more appropriate.
This movie is more fun than it is scary. It's considered to be family friendly; however, a family friendly movie in the 80's still has some cussing and brief nudity. If you have kids, you might want to watch this on your own first to make sure it's OK for your family. I have a six year old son and we waited until he fell asleep to watch it. I've seen this movie a few times before and I still enjoy watching it. Monster Squad is the only movie I'm aware of that has all of the Universal Monsters in one film. The background picture that I have up for this blog is a picture of all the monsters from this movie.
Do you still enjoy watching "scary" movies from your childhood?
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