I was 10 years old when this movie came out and was lucky enough to get to see it in theatres. Now I get to watch it with my sons and it never gets old.
The scene with the tattoo is one of my favourite little moments in movies. When I first saw it I was like "Whoa, that's clever!". A quick reminder that real monsters exist in a silly (in the good way) horror movie for kids for those in the know - awesome! And I can imagine that many kids who didn't know then asked someone what it meant. Hence providing fodder for discussion. And all that without going into any details, showing a flashback and whatnot. Brilliant little moment.
I was obsessed with this movie when I was about 5 or 6 years old. This is the movie that made me a life long horror fan. I was able to rent this movie when it first came out on VHS. My father used to copy every tape that we rented owned a copy of this.
Rented this on tape, a few times, back in the day. Frankenstein's monster, in this, always reminded me of "Bub" from Day of the Dead. Gill-man looks a lot like the predator.
The Gill man was designed by Stan Winston the behind Predator, Pumpkinhead, Aliens (1986), The Relic, Jurassic Park, etc. Gill man is also played by Tom Woodruff Jr who later was in Pumpkinhead, Alien 3, Alien Resurrection, AVP (2004), AVP Requiem, and was also part in It (2017) and Godzilla KOTM.
I saw The Monster Squad on VHS way back in 1987 when i was 9 years old and was a huge fan of the classic Universal monster movies. This film was a dream come true for me as i could easily imagine myself at that age being one of the kids battling the monsters in this gem of a movie. This review takes me right back to my childhood when i still imagined monsters were real, sleeping in the dark was scary, and growing up in the 80's was the greatest thing ever. Thanks for the excellent review guys.
Oh my God! Iain, Gary! My grandmother would sit on the roof of her cousin's house and watch movies from the local drive in! She and her cousin's would grab snack and drinks from downstairs, climb up on the roof, and have a grand ole Time watching movies until they fell asleep. Luckily they never fell off but I think it annoyed the adults cause they had to keep going up their to pick them up and put them to bed.
Pretty sure the implication is the amulet protects the person holding it. The two times Dracula gets his hands on one of the kids, they have the amulet in hand.
My ultimate childhood film. One of the very first I can remember watching I always used to go nuts at the alarm scene and the song starts "rock until you drop".. Oh and remember - Wolf man got nards 😂 😂
Saw a interview with Andre Gower where is said that when the script called for him to say "kick him in the nards" he actually went to the director and asked why he couldn't just "kick him the balls" or "kick him in the nuts" because kids wouldn't use the word nards. The director just told him to do it as written.
One of my all time favourite childhood movies, I think I was about 9 years old when I first watched this. I'm 35 now and it's still so fucking awesome! Great movie, great review as always guys, keep it up!
i would actually love a remake of this. i dont expect it to be good or even watchable, but u never know i could be good. i want the merch that would be released if a remake happened. a fresh monster squad t shirt would be nice.
I was there first time - we rented this film multiple times from our *ahem* video shop. Eventually we just bought the VHS. I love the film so much. Yeah, it's not perfect but who cares. I'd love a sequel with some of the same cast. This was another fun video, boys.
The scary german guy saying he knew alot about monsters and as he closes the door you see his numbers from the nazi's. that flew over my head until i watched the movie as an adult.
Great movie... and the fact that I was lucky enough to have seen it in theatres ALMOST makes up for the sorry fact that I am old enough to have done so(!) RIP Mary Ellen Trainor (Mom) and Brent Chalem (Horace).
Wow. Great choice you guys! I remember I must've been 9 or 10 years old. My mom was going to take me to the theater to see Masters of the Universe. But when we got there, I saw the poster for this movie and begged my mom to see Monster Squad instead. I guess it wasn't restricted, because I was one of the fortunate few who saw this movie at the theater. So Iain, to give you an idea, 9 or 10 is fine if you want to show this to your son.
I think also the fact is Frankenstein's monster wouldn't be excepted by humans they would hurt or study him maybe it's for the Best he went into the limbo vortex because only the children saw him for the gentle soul he is and not the monster that adults made him to be
Last night it was my first time watch of The Monster Squad. It's one of those movies that I wish I've seen as a kid. I am sure I would love it! As an adult (even though I was entertained) I found my self bit underwhelemd with it's thin plot and mentioned plot holes ;) Also I am not a big fan of Dracula casting, this man felt very dull to me. But I have to say I was surpirsed how many adult things have been sneakd into it though :) Cheers guys!
I loved this film when I was a kid, my sister and I would constantly talk our mum in to renting it from the video shop countless times. As an adult I do see it’s charm but despite some serious nostalgia I probably won’t be watching it again any time soon. Definitely a cult film, but for whatever reason I just don’t fancy it nowadays.
Question, guys: In terms of copyright issues, how does a person running a RUclips channel know what is okay to use and what isn't when it comes to music, movie clips, images, et cetera?
David Proval the Pilot, the 1st Movie i really remember him in was Four Rooms. the guy with the BFG. lol can you do reviews for that movie and maybe Harlem Nights & Coming to America starring Eddie Murphy. So far all your reviews are spot on.
you guys need to watch & do videos of "lords of chaos, zodiac (the one with Robert downey jr), psycho, bone tomahawk, apostle some of these are newer some are not but all are good , thank you guys :)
Hey guys I'd like to suggest some Movies. Yall are dope 1. Karate Kid ( Jaden Smith version 😏 ) 2. Non-Stop ( Liam Neeson ) 3. The Elephant Man 4. Snow Cake 5. Human Centipede 6. Road to perdition 7. Dragonball ( Live action version )
i got this out from the video shopwith lost boys when i was about 10 and it became one of my fav movies i am now in my 40s and i still love it, i have two kids and i now get to watch it with them it is what the Universal's Dark Universe should have been. i actuly see it as part of the Universal's monster movies.
Age ten to see the movie? Not a bad age, and I agree for the most part, but I saw this at age 7 and LOVED it! It never disturbed me or harmed my young self when I first watched it, but it all depends on the type of kid who's watching this and how their mental stability is. Great fun movie with easily one of the best depictions of Wolfman, Frankenstein and Dracula. Excellent special FX!
Ha! Griffin T. this just goes to show everyone how Pc the world has become. When I was young this used be shown on the Disney channel. The F___ing Disney channel people! They also showed something wicked this way comes.
Why is it that none of the reviews on this movie when my favorite movies by the way ever review was my favorite part of this movie because it's so memorable the part that I'm talking about is when the Wolfman has a transformation in the phone booth it's real quick but it is always stuck out to me I love that part where you see him change from a human to Wolf and the acting in there is awesome
Imo 12 is rather old, don't underestimate how much they learn from other kids at school. When I was 12 I was already playing GTA 3/Vice city all the time. It's just important to learn from the start to keep the violence and curse words in the game/movie and that they are bad in reality.
I saw Monster Squad at the movies and then we saw it alot on T.V. and THE WOLF MAN HAS NO NARDS! and i have copy of monster squad! Great movie and yes it's Goonies with Monsters... AND THANK GOD THIS MOVIE is NOT PC!!!! 80's RULE!!!!
Great movie but hard to qualify, too violent and full of deaths for kids (not to mention the sexual aspects of it, voyeurism/blackmail on the nubile teenage neighbour girl+sexy schoolgirl vamp brides), too juvenile for adults, you can see why it wasn't a box office success, it would have been impossible to market. Surprised you didn't mention Tom Noonan's epic performance in Manhunter and Mary Trainor as the mother, she's been in everything over the years. If you look closely you can see the staked body of the 3rd bride being sucked towards the portal at around 114 min so presumably the bowman kills her off-screen whilst the camera is focusing on other stuff (the whole film is available on RUclips at Retromovies. .
why isnt it for kids. movie violence is movie violence. its all fake. bad words r just words. sexual aspect either go unnoticed or the child watching the movie already knows. give kids more credit. i watched this after i watched childs play, pet cemetery, the omen and many more. i had to be under 8 at the time. the movie that most freaked me out was willy wonka, the scene in the tunnel and thats for kids and not a horror movie. too juvenile for adults?? y? its about kids, the dialogue fits kids of that time. if u r an adult u were a kid and there for any male can relate.
Idk. I've been told this is a classic by red letter media and everyone else. But after watching your review, I'm shocked by the amount of language in this film for children. Gore, peeping on girls, and topics of virginity and sex? A little too far (for me) won't be watching this or showing it to my kids
Griffin Tremaine This is stuff kids actually do and talk about it's partly why the film is great the kids act like actual children and not Hollywood ones
yeah when i was young running around with my friends all i did was cuss and say dirty shit lol! but when i got home that all disappeared in front of my parents. i didnt say one curseword infront of my dad until after i moved out when i was 16! its just the way some kids are these day. but you most likely wont see your kids spouting profanity infront of you.. but when they leave to go hang with friends its like walking into a fucking biker bar at happy hour XD
I watched this repeatedly when I was about 5 or 6. I was obsessed with this film and this is what got me into horror movies. My parents taught me not to swear and that I should not act like the characters I see in films. Good parenting goes a long way and I don't believe in restricting kids from seeing things with violence, sex, or language.
Griffin Tremaine Dude, I watched the 1990 live action version of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Let me tell you, the language in that film is surprising. So is the animated film Antz. My parents didn't give a damn and both my sister and I had clean mouths until we reached our late teens. By then my dad didn't care about us cursing.
Its your last chance for pie haha I loved that scene. Great movie if you love horror n grew up with the universal monsters. Frankenstein is my favorite. Come on don't be chicken shit!!
I was 10 years old when this movie came out and was lucky enough to get to see it in theatres. Now I get to watch it with my sons and it never gets old.
Monsters Squad 2!! With Bride of Frankenstien, The Yeti, A Gorgon, The Headless Horseman and the Golem!!!
The scene with the tattoo is one of my favourite little moments in movies. When I first saw it I was like "Whoa, that's clever!".
A quick reminder that real monsters exist in a silly (in the good way) horror movie for kids for those in the know - awesome! And I can imagine that many kids who didn't know then asked someone what it meant. Hence providing fodder for discussion.
And all that without going into any details, showing a flashback and whatnot. Brilliant little moment.
I was obsessed with this movie when I was about 5 or 6 years old. This is the movie that made me a life long horror fan. I was able to rent this movie when it first came out on VHS. My father used to copy every tape that we rented owned a copy of this.
Rented this on tape, a few times, back in the day.
Frankenstein's monster, in this, always reminded me of "Bub" from Day of the Dead.
Gill-man looks a lot like the predator.
The Gill man was designed by Stan Winston the behind Predator, Pumpkinhead, Aliens (1986), The Relic, Jurassic Park, etc. Gill man is also played by Tom Woodruff Jr who later was in Pumpkinhead, Alien 3, Alien Resurrection, AVP (2004), AVP Requiem, and was also part in It (2017) and Godzilla KOTM.
remember 'how you kill a vampire' and 'how you kill a werewolf' is 'whatever it says in the script' I think John Landis said that.
I saw it when I was like 5 or 6 in the late 80s on HBO. I remember enjoying it a child.
Great reviews, guys! Love your videos!
Literally my favourite movie when I was a kid. I would have killed to have an adventure like this when I was a kid
I saw The Monster Squad on VHS way back in 1987 when i was 9 years old and was a huge fan of the classic Universal monster movies.
This film was a dream come true for me as i could easily imagine myself at that age being one of the kids battling the monsters in this gem of a movie.
This review takes me right back to my childhood when i still imagined monsters were real, sleeping in the dark was scary, and growing up in the 80's was the greatest thing ever.
Thanks for the excellent review guys.
Love your extensive back catalog !!
I rented it from the video store like 15 years ago when I was 10 years old
Oh my God! Iain, Gary! My grandmother would sit on the roof of her cousin's house and watch movies from the local drive in!
She and her cousin's would grab snack and drinks from downstairs, climb up on the roof, and have a grand ole Time watching movies until they fell asleep.
Luckily they never fell off but I think it annoyed the adults cause they had to keep going up their to pick them up and put them to bed.
Pretty sure the implication is the amulet protects the person holding it. The two times Dracula gets his hands on one of the kids, they have the amulet in hand.
The guy who played the Wolfman also played the werewolf in Fright Night 2
Jonathan Gries. He was also in "Real Genius" and "Napoleon Dynamite".
My ultimate childhood film. One of the very first I can remember watching I always used to go nuts at the alarm scene and the song starts "rock until you drop".. Oh and remember - Wolf man got nards 😂 😂
This is the one that ignited my love of the horror genre. An underrated classic.
Saw a interview with Andre Gower where is said that when the script called for him to say "kick him in the nards" he actually went to the director and asked why he couldn't just "kick him the balls" or "kick him in the nuts" because kids wouldn't use the word nards. The director just told him to do it as written.
One of my all time favourite childhood movies, I think I was about 9 years old when I first watched this. I'm 35 now and it's still so fucking awesome! Great movie, great review as always guys, keep it up!
I only just finally saw this movie last October and I fell in love with it immediately, it's funny, full of charm and yes full of 80's cheese.
How DID that dog get into the treehouse......
Universal Monster Goonies! Masterpiece… love this film. Was a regular rent from Jack and the beanstalk video rental store. So many quotes…
Some more suggestions.
1. Christiane F.
2. Final Destination ( all movies )
3. Vanilla Sky
4. Papillon
5. Adam Resurrected
i would actually love a remake of this. i dont expect it to be good or even watchable, but u never know i could be good. i want the merch that would be released if a remake happened. a fresh monster squad t shirt would be nice.
I was there first time - we rented this film multiple times from our *ahem* video shop. Eventually we just bought the VHS. I love the film so much. Yeah, it's not perfect but who cares. I'd love a sequel with some of the same cast. This was another fun video, boys.
I agree! We need a sequel!
No way!
The scary german guy saying he knew alot about monsters and as he closes the door you see his numbers from the nazi's.
that flew over my head until i watched the movie as an adult.
Great movie... and the fact that I was lucky enough to have seen it in theatres ALMOST makes up for the sorry fact that I am old enough to have done so(!)
RIP Mary Ellen Trainor (Mom) and Brent Chalem (Horace).
Wow. Great choice you guys!
I remember I must've been 9 or 10 years old. My mom was going to take me to the theater to see Masters of the Universe. But when we got there, I saw the poster for this movie and begged my mom to see Monster Squad instead. I guess it wasn't restricted, because I was one of the fortunate few who saw this movie at the theater. So Iain, to give you an idea, 9 or 10 is fine if you want to show this to your son.
I think also the fact is Frankenstein's monster wouldn't be excepted by humans they would hurt or study him maybe it's for the Best he went into the limbo vortex because only the children saw him for the gentle soul he is and not the monster that adults made him to be
Last night it was my first time watch of The Monster Squad.
It's one of those movies that I wish I've seen as a kid. I am sure I would love it!
As an adult (even though I was entertained) I found my self bit underwhelemd with it's thin plot and mentioned plot holes ;)
Also I am not a big fan of Dracula casting, this man felt very dull to me.
But I have to say I was surpirsed how many adult things have been sneakd into it though :)
Cheers guys!
I loved this film when I was a kid, my sister and I would constantly talk our mum in to renting it from the video shop countless times. As an adult I do see it’s charm but despite some serious nostalgia I probably won’t be watching it again any time soon. Definitely a cult film, but for whatever reason I just don’t fancy it nowadays.
They really, really, really don't make movies like this anymore, absolutely brilliant and a product from it's time.
You guys done buckeroo banzai yet?
Question, guys: In terms of copyright issues, how does a person running a RUclips channel know what is okay to use and what isn't when it comes to music, movie clips, images, et cetera?
I dont know if this helps you but just don't go over 8 seconds and you should be in the clear. Whether it be a movie scene or music clip.
David Proval the Pilot, the 1st Movie i really remember him in was Four Rooms. the guy with the BFG. lol can you do reviews for that movie and maybe Harlem Nights & Coming to America starring Eddie Murphy. So far all your reviews are spot on.
3:00 you should review Wolf (1994).
you guys need to watch & do videos of "lords of chaos, zodiac (the one with Robert downey jr), psycho, bone tomahawk, apostle some of these are newer some are not but all are good , thank you guys :)
axemurderer010 yes!!!
Hey guys I'd like to suggest some Movies. Yall are dope
1. Karate Kid ( Jaden Smith version 😏 )
2. Non-Stop ( Liam Neeson )
3. The Elephant Man
4. Snow Cake
5. Human Centipede
6. Road to perdition
7. Dragonball ( Live action version )
Duncan Regher did the Zorro tv series as well
i got this out from the video shopwith lost boys when i was about 10 and it became one of my fav movies i am now in my 40s and i still love it, i have two kids and i now get to watch it with them it is what the Universal's Dark Universe should have been. i actuly see it as part of the Universal's monster movies.
saw this when it was released on vhs. read about it in an issue of Fangoria
Age ten to see the movie? Not a bad age, and I agree for the most part, but I saw this at age 7 and LOVED it! It never disturbed me or harmed my young self when I first watched it, but it all depends on the type of kid who's watching this and how their mental stability is. Great fun movie with easily one of the best depictions of Wolfman, Frankenstein and Dracula. Excellent special FX!
wolfman gots nards
Dracula was also in v the series that was a cool series also wolf man also fright night 2 maybe ? Anyway cool uploads buds 👌🏼
Ha! Griffin T. this just goes to show everyone how Pc the world has become. When I was young this used be shown on the Disney channel. The F___ing Disney channel people! They also showed something wicked this way comes.
That kid had a shotgun!
His name is Horace!!!
"Give me the amulet you BITCH!!!!" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Tom Noonan is the best. Loved him in Manhunter
Why is it that none of the reviews on this movie when my favorite movies by the way ever review was my favorite part of this movie because it's so memorable the part that I'm talking about is when the Wolfman has a transformation in the phone booth it's real quick but it is always stuck out to me I love that part where you see him change from a human to Wolf and the acting in there is awesome
YES! Loved this movie when I was a kid
Do 1408! Great movie 👍👌 👍
Loved Saturday the 14th
Monster Squad alum Andre Gower has made an award-winning documentary on the film called "Wolfman's Got Nards"!
Official site: thesquaddoc.com/
Jon Gries was also in Fright Night 2 as.....surprise.....a werewolf.
Imo 12 is rather old, don't underestimate how much they learn from other kids at school. When I was 12 I was already playing GTA 3/Vice city all the time. It's just important to learn from the start to keep the violence and curse words in the game/movie and that they are bad in reality.
I saw Monster Squad at the movies and then we saw it alot on T.V. and THE WOLF MAN HAS NO NARDS!
and i have copy of monster squad! Great movie and yes it's Goonies with Monsters... AND THANK GOD THIS MOVIE is NOT PC!!!! 80's RULE!!!!
I have the DVD .. love the movie
Will we see something wicked this way comes???
I always thought this was a better film than the goonies
Iain, you don't really want Nicki Mingeass to sit on your face, do you???
Wolfman's got nards
WOLFMAN'S GOT NO NARDS
I have always said to myself that if I ever win the lotto I will make a fan film sequel to this movie, WOLF DORK 😂😂😊😂
I love this movie
These two guys are so cool. I mean one of them is wearing a Where's Apone? tshirt. I want a Where's Apone tshirt!
the wolf man has nards???!!!
`YES!!!! I was going to request this buuuut you guys beat me to it. Kudos
*Turn Up*
I think this is a much better movie than the Goonies.
this movie was awsome
Me to ian, me too 😪
MONSTER SQUAAAAUD!!!!!!!! YASSSS!!!!!!!
Great movie but hard to qualify, too violent and full of deaths for kids (not to mention the sexual aspects of it, voyeurism/blackmail on the nubile teenage neighbour girl+sexy schoolgirl vamp brides), too juvenile for adults, you can see why it wasn't a box office success, it would have been impossible to market. Surprised you didn't mention Tom Noonan's epic performance in Manhunter and Mary Trainor as the mother, she's been in everything over the years. If you look closely you can see the staked body of the 3rd bride being sucked towards the portal at around 114 min so presumably the bowman kills her off-screen whilst the camera is focusing on other stuff (the whole film is available on RUclips at Retromovies. .
why isnt it for kids. movie violence is movie violence. its all fake. bad words r just words. sexual aspect either go unnoticed or the child watching the movie already knows. give kids more credit. i watched this after i watched childs play, pet cemetery, the omen and many more. i had to be under 8 at the time. the movie that most freaked me out was willy wonka, the scene in the tunnel and thats for kids and not a horror movie. too juvenile for adults?? y? its about kids, the dialogue fits kids of that time. if u r an adult u were a kid and there for any male can relate.
~ i always saw this film as the next logical step or follow on from The Goonies. not actually a sequel but might as well be . . .
Hey may you guys please review the human centipede trilogy please?
Idk. I've been told this is a classic by red letter media and everyone else. But after watching your review, I'm shocked by the amount of language in this film for children. Gore, peeping on girls, and topics of virginity and sex? A little too far (for me) won't be watching this or showing it to my kids
Griffin Tremaine This is stuff kids actually do and talk about it's partly why the film is great the kids act like actual children and not Hollywood ones
Absolutely correct 👍
yeah when i was young running around with my friends all i did was cuss and say dirty shit lol! but when i got home that all disappeared in front of my parents. i didnt say one curseword infront of my dad until after i moved out when i was 16! its just the way some kids are these day. but you most likely wont see your kids spouting profanity infront of you.. but when they leave to go hang with friends its like walking into a fucking biker bar at happy hour XD
I watched this repeatedly when I was about 5 or 6. I was obsessed with this film and this is what got me into horror movies. My parents taught me not to swear and that I should not act like the characters I see in films. Good parenting goes a long way and I don't believe in restricting kids from seeing things with violence, sex, or language.
Griffin Tremaine Dude, I watched the 1990 live action version of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Let me tell you, the language in that film is surprising. So is the animated film Antz.
My parents didn't give a damn and both my sister and I had clean mouths until we reached our late teens. By then my dad didn't care about us cursing.
Its your last chance for pie haha I loved that scene. Great movie if you love horror n grew up with the universal monsters. Frankenstein is my favorite. Come on don't be chicken shit!!