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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: LION'S GATE ENTERTAINMENT
EAN: 0017153215663
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Original recording remastered, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Lions Gate
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Lions Gate
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 24, 2007
Running Time: 82 minutes
Sales Rank: 372
Studio: Lions Gate
Theatrical Release Date: August 14, 1987
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Thriller for the younger set about a bunch of kids who stumble upon a talisman which is being sought by five monsters (Dracula Frankenstein the Wolfman the Mummy and yes--Gill Man). The monsters need the charm because it will give them the power to live longer but can they retrieve it from the lads who are also aware of its abilities?System Requirements:Running Time: 82 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: PG-13 UPC: 017153215663 Manufacturer No: 21566
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Rating:  - Rock Until You Drop!
Ah, The Monster Squad. That box office bomb that became a classic to us horror fans. That cute modern day homage to Universal monster flicks and the Little Rascals. If you haven't seen it, someone should kick you in the nards.
Fred Dekker was a fresh and unique talent to the horror world, but seems to have dropped off the face of the Earth(in the documentary on Disc 2 he says that The Monster Squad is the film that killed his career, and that he killed it again by directing Robocop 3. But it makes me wonder if people like Uwe Boll and Ulli Lommel can have steady careers, why can't Dekker make a comeback?). He only directed three films and wrote and directed a few episodes of Tales From The Crypt. His first film, Night of the Creeps, was an excellent homage to B horror films of the 50s and 60s(where's the friggin' DVD??????). His third film, Robocop 3, I can forgive him for. Probably a studio pressure thing, and it wasn't a horror film anyway so it shouldn't count. His second film, The Monster Squad is what he'll always be remembered for.
Like Night of the Creeps, The Monster Squad is an homage to a bygone era of horror, this case being the Universal Monsters-Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, The Mummy, The Wolfman, and The Creature. Universal passed on the Monster Quad, so Dekker had to alter the appearance of the monsters just enough to avoid legal trouble. In case you don't already know, it's about a group of preteen boys(and a little girl) who are horror fans, but find themselves ... Read More
Rating: - Classic Spooks For The Season
This classic monster movie from the 1980's blends the best of the monster movie villains to delight and scare those who may be afraid of the dark. I would recommend this movie for anyone who likes horror/comedy/cult classic films like the Goonies.
Rating: - BEST MONSTER MOVIE
My brothers and I would always catch it on cable whenever we could and when we got it on VHS, we exhaused the heck out of it!! I tried to protect it as much as I could but we had to throw it out. I have been looking for this DVD for years and its finally here! I am so thrilled and excited. It was the best monster movie ever! There was Dracula, who was so downright evil, the actor was just so damn good and Frankenstein's Monster, the Mummy, the Creature from the Black Lagoon and even the Wolf Man, who really does have nards(best quote out of the entire movie)! Don't pass this one up, its one of the greatest monster movies, although not scary enough for adults, its a pleasure watching!
Rating: - Great movie!
Great movie for kids and adults. It would maybe be better if it didn't have the smoking, and the teenage sexual references were maybe toned down even more, but still a great "good triumphs over evil type movie".
Rating:  - where's the thrills?
I thought the movie would be a lot more exciting that all the hype made it seemed. I'd put the feel of it along the lines of "The Goonies" and "Hocus Pocus", but not quite as good. Bland humor weighs the plot down, inappropriate language for children even though I think that's the target audience, maybe for it's time it was a classic, but I guess I missed that boat...should've been made more into a scary film, that's what I thought I was going to be watching.
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