The Monster Squad (Two-Disc 20th Anniversary Edition)

• Flash Gordon (Saviour Of The Universe Edition)
• Night of the Comet
• Hot Fuzz (Widescreen Edition)
• Masters of the Universe
• Little Monsters (Full Screen Edition)
• From Beyond (Unrated Director's Cut)
• The Lost Boys
• The Goonies
• The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
• Fright Night

but never knew it was on dvd till this year, and I had to have it. this one has all the monsters from the old days,with new twists and some old ones. it was good seeing it again, I have liked it from when I saw part of it on tv.

His third film, Robocop 3, I can forgive him for. Like the classic Abbott and Costello/Universal Monster team ups, the monsters play it straight. Of course the immortal, "Wolf man's got nards" line is found here. But it makes me wonder if people like Uwe Boll and Ulli Lommel can have steady careers, why can't Dekker make a comeback). Thank God it was made in the 80s before folks were so tightassed about political correctness.

Now lets get the lead out and release Night Of The Friggin' Creeps. They may be stuck in a comedy, but they act as though they were in a horror film. That box office bomb that became a classic to us horror fans. And the price is right too. Dekker's a horror fan and he shows us he's a horror fan. Disc 2 is a treat.

Aside from the pointless changing of the cool cover art of the original movie poster, this 2 disc set is a good deal. That cute modern day homage to Universal monster flicks and the Little Rascals. It was marketed as a family oriented film. A good treatment for a great cult classic.

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 facing the real deal when Dracula shows up with his posse and wants to destroy the magical amulette and diary that Van Helsing used to destroy him 100 years ago. As you can imagine, the film is more of a comedy than a horror film, but Dekker makes sure not to make it all cute and zany. And of course the usual bells and whistles, trailers and whatnot. 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. Unlike most 2 Disc Special Editions that play you for a sucker, this one's good. This diary has landed in the hands of Sean(Andre Gower), the leader of the Monster Squad.

So now it's up to The Monster Squad to save the world. His second film, The Monster Squad is what he'll always be remembered for. Universal passed on the Monster Quad, so Dekker had to alter the appearance of the monsters just enough to avoid legal trouble. In retrospect, it seems more like something geared for adults. It's got an entertaining commentary by Dekker and three of the Squad. Probably a studio pressure thing, and it wasn't a horror film anyway so it shouldn't count. Also included is an interview with Frankenstein from around the time the film was shot.

He only directed three films and wrote and directed a few episodes of Tales From The Crypt. Not a kiddie, Disney type thing, but something the whole family could enjoy. I never found that to be very funny, but hey. The kids do and say stuff that you'd never hear or see if the film were made now. Fun, fluffy stuff. If you haven't seen it, someone should kick you in the nards.

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.). Naturally the film looks and sounds as good as it'll ever get. It has a long and informative documentary that answers just about everything you've ever wanted to know about the Monster Squad. 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. Ah, The Monster Squad. Plus, there's a bit more blood and gore than you'd expect from a film aimed at families.

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.

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. 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). I am so thrilled and excited. Don't pass this one up, its one of the greatest monster movies, although not scary enough for adults, its a pleasure watching. 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. It was the best monster movie ever.