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| The Monster Squad [1987] (REGION 1) (NTSC) | ![The Monster Squad [1987] (REGION 1) (NTSC)](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XthIQVYVL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Fred Dekker
Actors: Andre Gower, Robby Kiger, Stephen Macht, Duncan Regehr, Tom Noonan
Studio: Lionsgate
Category: DVD
Buy New: £5.41
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 4162
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, Dvd-video, Original Recording Remastered, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), German (Original Language)
Running Time: 82 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 21566
UPC: 017153215663
EAN: 0017153215663
ASIN: B000Q6GUKM
Theatrical Release Date: August 14, 1987
Release Date: July 24, 2007
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 entenn June 14, 2008
Why there is no region 2 edition?!?! I dont understand really there are some classics out there and there is no one releaser who would bring this to europe!!!!!!!! Hello somebody!!!
20 years later and still as fresh as it was back then! January 10, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
'The Monster Squad' begins when Count Dracula, accompanied by Frankenstein's Monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy and the Gillman are in search of a powerful amulet that will grant them power to rule the world. A pre-teen group of monster fanatics, lead by Sean, as well a scary German guy and Sean's dad attempt to stop the forces of evil, with the help of the ancient diary of Van Helsing.
This cult classic is a true hidden gem of 80's cinema that has really been over-looked and over-shadowed by other, more well-known films like The Goonies and The Lost Boys (another two of my all-time favourites). Originally I had this recorded from Sky TV back in the late 80's/early 90's (I was about 8 or 9 years old at the time) and used to watch this film all the time. I'd pretty much forgotten about it when I then saw this 20th Anniversary Edition available on DVD. Watching it now, probably 15 years since I last watched it and is still as exciting, funny and brilliant as I remember it being. Ok, the special effects aren't up to today's standard, but for the time they are very advanced and well done.
Also on the 2nd disc is a 5 part documentary (which is over an hour long in total) which has a retrospecive look at the film, the characters, the monsters, as well as much more, all from various people involved with the film (including some of the actors, the director, producer etc). This is a fairly interesting watch as it goes into detail about various topics such as why it is not so well known (or is it...?), why distribution has been so difficult over the years, what the actors are up to now and also has some footage of the 20th anniversary reunion and screening.
Overall, if you watched and loved it when you were younger then this is an essential must-buy. I imagine most fans will now been in their late 20's to early/mid 30's, so sit down with the kids and introduce them to a true classic horror comedy that all the family can enjoy.
 So bad that it's GOOD! December 26, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I watched this film so many times when I was younger with my sister and cousins and we thought it was the bee's knees. Almost twenty years later I now watch it with grown up fresh eyes and think it is quite silly as the special effects ( well attempt at special effects) is a complete joke and the script is even more of a joke. But I still felt excited to watch it. How sad! But the film has some scary moments and the one liners are classic.It's great for older kids, as I wished I could be in the Monster Squad and how many films do you get in a horror with young kids as the main characters? This is a one of a kind film and if you like horror with humour get it ,if not for you and the nostalgia, for the kids! A couple word of warning - some of the language is bad and some scenes might scare younger children.I was 6 when I watched this and was fine though. It's still GOOD!
"Wolf Man's got nards!" December 22, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Two decades after its brief and disastrous theatrical run, The Monster Squad holds up surprisingly well. Intended as a cross between the Our Gang comedies and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein and marketed as Ghostbusters for the John Hughes crowd, Fred Dekker's comedy-horror treat is a lot more enjoyable than either unpromising pitch, not least because it's made not just with affection but some intelligence by people who love the classic Universal horrors, and more importantly it doesn't patronise or condescend - this is the kind of children's film that adults can genuinely enjoy themselves. (Just as well. In a typical fit of perversity, Britain's infamously unbalanced late film censor James Ferman gave the film a 15 certificate in the UK, thus preventing children from seeing it and ensuring its commercial death in that market: not because of the monsters but because he was offended that a six-year old girl is referred to - in the purely dictionary sense of the word - as a virgin!)
The plot is simplicity itself: a club of monster-mad school kids find themselves facing up to the real thing when their small town suddenly finds itself playing host to the Wolf Man, Frankenstein's monster (Tom Noonan), the Mummy, the Gill Man and Dracula (Duncan Regher, who avoided the other actors on the set to stay in character: "I thought he was just being a p***k" offers Noonan in the doc). Running a very tight 81-minutes, it never outstays its welcome or overplays its hand, for the most part playing it straight: rather than just go for cheap pratfalls, people do die at the hands of the monsters in the film, while Leonard Cimino's wonderful `Creepy German Guy' has one brief but memorably powerful moment that reminds the audience there are indeed real monsters in the world. The script could be a little sharper at times and most of the action is relegated to the last half-hour, where we find out just what happens when you blow up a werewolf (definitely need a silver bullet for that puppy), but the whole thing is just so darn likeable it barely matters.
The 2-disc Region 1 NTSC DVD offers a good widescreen transfer that highlights Fred Dekker's good use of the Scope frame and also boasts a good array of special features, though there are some deleted scenes that aren't included (but can be found on YouTube). Sadly the impressive feature-length documentary reveals that one of the squad died of pneumonia in his early 20s.
 family fun for all October 27, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
what do you get when you cross goonies,ghostbusters & goosebumps? "the monster squad" starring dracula,the mummy,frankenstein &the creature from
the black lagoon ! a group of pesky kids & their hound meet in a tree house calling themselves"the monster squad" ,they are all crazy about monsters & come face to face with real ones! plenty of laughs,scares & chases ,i would watch it with your kids because the ntsc version is unrated & mild horror is included ! enjoy!
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