I got a copy of The Monster Squad in the mail yesterday (thankyou EBay) and watched it last night for the first time in years and I loved the movie all over again. This movie along with Night of the Creeps, Goonies, The Lost Boys, and Back to the Future were movies from my teenage years that I always have fond memories. I have been trying to get The Monster Squad on DVD for ages and when I read about a 20th anniversary edition I was delighted when I found it on EBay. I have not watched the extra features but there seems to be a bunch of things to watch about how the movie was made.
For those that don’t know this movie is based around a group of kids that are fans of horror movies and call themselves ‘The Monster Squad’ and they must battle the classic monsters Dracula, Wolfman, Frankenstein, The Mummy and The Creature from the Black Lagoon to save the world.
Anyone else a fan of the movie and also anyone know where I can get my hands on a DVD copy of Night of the Creeps?
I got a copy of The Monster Squad in the mail yesterday (thankyou EBay) and watched it last night for the first time in years and I loved the movie all over again. This movie along with Night of the Creeps, Goonies, The Lost Boys, and Back to the Future were movies from my teenage years that I always have fond memories. I have been trying to get The Monster Squad on DVD for ages and when I read about a 20th anniversary edition I was delighted when I found it on EBay. I have not watched the extra features but there seems to be a bunch of things to watch about how the movie was made.
For those that don’t know this movie is based around a group of kids that are fans of horror movies and call themselves ‘The Monster Squad’ and they must battle the classic monsters Dracula, Wolfman, Frankenstein, The Mummy and The Creature from the Black Lagoon to save the world.
Anyone else a fan of the movie and also anyone know where I can get my hands on a DVD copy of Night of the Creeps?
‘Monster Squad’ rules. Its just as good now as it was fifteen years ago. As for ‘Night Of The Creeps’.... there’s no official release. You can pick up bootlegs at conventions and it will occasionally show up on Fearnet’s On-Demand. Other than that, we all gotta wait till whoever owns the rights releases it on DVD.
‘Monster Squad’ rules. Its just as good now as it was fifteen years ago. As for ‘Night Of The Creeps’.... there’s no official release. You can pick up bootlegs at conventions and it will occasionally show up on Fearnet’s On-Demand. Other than that, we all gotta wait till whoever owns the rights releases it on DVD.
I thought getting Night of the Creeps might be a bit hard, as for Monster Squad best quote of the movie “WOLFMAN GOT NARDS”.
I watched The Monster Squad last night and loved it all over again. The screenplay has giant holes but who cares? It’s a fun movie that makes the kid in you stand up and cheer.
I think a lot of it can be what the films appeal to in each of us, the effect they’re trying to accomplish, and so forth. Monster Squad was just a plain fun movie. I think it appeals to the “little guy” in most of us that feels oppressed, or disbelieved—things most kids relate to. It has that fun rebellion, of the kids having their time in the spotlight, of getting their just desserts, and finally getting a little respect. For example:
“My name.. ::racks shotgun:: is Horace!” Seriously, who doesn’t cheer inside a little bit about “fat kid” showing up Jason Hervey after blowing a big hole in the Creature? Or the scene in the Principal’s office? Or Ryan Lambert from Kids, INC. being the “bad kid”? (I suspect he was meant to be the film’s Corey Feldman.) There’s so much fun to be had, from Frankenstein’s monster being sympathetic, to Dracula’s swearing at Phoebe, to the Wolfman being Jon Gries (Laszlo from from Real Genius & later Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite.. *shudder*) and of course, let us not forget “Scary German Guy.”
I think that’s why the Goonies still holds up after all these years too; it appeals to the same kinds of emotions, even if both movies obviously have a lot of nostalgia appeal.
On the other hand, I re-watched Deadly Friend recently—I remember it being one of the movies that scared me the most when I was a kid, and I remember the Anne Ramsey (Hey, another Goonies ref!) getting her head destroyed by the basketball scene being the most bloody gory scene in a movie I could ever remember! Re-watching it? Eh. Unless they cut the film down for DVD release, the Basketball head explosion was nowhere near as gory as I remember, and the ending seems totally laughable now. I still have nostalgia for the film, but I definitely feel it doesn’t live up to my memories.
Monster Squad is awesome! I remember renting this movie and Ghostbusters from a local Mom and Pop Video Rental and basically wearing the VHS tapes out.
never saw it as a young one but bought it when the DVD hit because my wife loved it. Goonies with the universal monsters? Sign me up, dude. I loved every bit of it.
If you look around the net you can find Night of the Creeps. It’s all bootleg but hey, what are you gonna do?
I bought a copy at the Horror Hound Weekend for less than ten bucks and it includes both the theatrical and cable versions of the film. The quality isn’t HD but it’s pretty good for now until someone finally gets off their ass and legitimately puts this film on DVD.
I dont buy bootlegs. It’s just a rule I have. For now, we have it on the DVR, I think. Beyond that, Id probably try to find it on the net before Id buy a bootleg.
I would’ve loved it as a kid, but watching it now, with no nostalgia to back it up, I wasn’t crazy about it.
You know, this is a totally fair point. I’m with those who saw it as a kid and have very fond memories of it, but since the DVD finally came out, I have heard this sentiment a lot. I interviewed one of the FX guys on it for an unrelated Horror Hound article, and he said they were all mortified when they saw the movie. It’s definitely one of the goofiest films I’ve ever seen.
That said though, it will always be a favorite of mine.
I would’ve loved it as a kid, but watching it now, with no nostalgia to back it up, I wasn’t crazy about it.
You know, this is a totally fair point. I’m with those who saw it as a kid and have very fond memories of it, but since the DVD finally came out, I have heard this sentiment a lot. I interviewed one of the FX guys on it for an unrelated Horror Hound article, and he said they were all mortified when they saw the movie. It’s definitely one of the goofiest films I’ve ever seen.
That said though, it will always be a favorite of mine.
I would’ve loved it as a kid, but watching it now, with no nostalgia to back it up, I wasn’t crazy about it.
You know, this is a totally fair point. I’m with those who saw it as a kid and have very fond memories of it, but since the DVD finally came out, I have heard this sentiment a lot. I interviewed one of the FX guys on it for an unrelated Horror Hound article, and he said they were all mortified when they saw the movie. It’s definitely one of the goofiest films I’ve ever seen.
That said though, it will always be a favorite of mine.
I kinda-sorta agree. I love this movie. It’s in my ever-rotating/ever-changing Top Ten. And even if I didn’t see it and love it as a kid, I still think I would enjoy quite a bit (maybe not as much, but still).
The thing is, though, without someone really knowing what they’re getting into, I could totally see how The Monster Squad might not be for everyone.
That doesn’t stop me from pushing it on people, though. Hell, when it was finally released to disc, I bought three copies - one for myself, one for my brother and one for, well, some of my favorite people in the world.
I freakin’ love that movie, man. I may need to take a break from all the zombie movies I’ve been watching lately to watch it again. It’s been a few months since I’ve kicked Wolfman in the nards.
You know, this is a totally fair point. I’m with those who saw it as a kid and have very fond memories of it, but since the DVD finally came out, I have heard this sentiment a lot. I interviewed one of the FX guys on it for an unrelated Horror Hound article, and he said they were all mortified when they saw the movie. It’s definitely one of the goofiest films I’ve ever seen.
That said though, it will always be a favorite of mine.
It is supposed to be goofy. It was one of those ever so elusive of beasts; the genuinely entertaining family film. The 80s had tons of these movies that were great for kids, but edgy enough for enough for adults to like, too. These types of films died when we went PC crazy. Think about it, a film like this or Goonies would never be made in today’s climate of “protect the children from everything!”. I think just about any child of the 80s is going to love this flick and guys like TonyHex that didn’t grow up not just with this movie but with all the movies like it may not totally “get it”. In the end, that’s kinda sad.
That’s so true about kids movies being so PC now. Nothing say 80’s family movie like Dracula assaulting a 5 year old girl and calling her a bitch. That scene still gives me the chills.
You know, this is a totally fair point. I’m with those who saw it as a kid and have very fond memories of it, but since the DVD finally came out, I have heard this sentiment a lot. I interviewed one of the FX guys on it for an unrelated Horror Hound article, and he said they were all mortified when they saw the movie. It’s definitely one of the goofiest films I’ve ever seen.
That said though, it will always be a favorite of mine.
It is supposed to be goofy. It was one of those ever so elusive of beasts; the genuinely entertaining family film. The 80s had tons of these movies that were great for kids, but edgy enough for enough for adults to like, too. These types of films died when we went PC crazy. Think about it, a film like this or Goonies would never be made in today’s climate of “protect the children from everything!”. I think just about any child of the 80s is going to love this flick and guys like TonyHex that didn’t grow up not just with this movie but with all the movies like it may not totally “get it”. In the end, that’s kinda sad.
It’s sad that I didn’t really like a kid’s movie from the 80’s, with only the words of nostalgic fans to go on?
