The Monster Squad (20th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray]
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Actor: Adam Carl, Ernie Brown, Leo Cimino, Michael Faustino, Sonia CurtisBrand: Lions Gate
Blu-ray: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 82 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2009-11-24
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Lions Gate
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Blu-ray Review: The Goonies 'R' Not Good Enough
Summary: 3 Stars
The similarities between the Monster Squad and the Goonies are numerous, but while The Goonies is a more expansive and recognizable movie, I prefer this one. Produced by Peter Hyams and Rob Cohen, and with a script by Fred Dekker and Shane Black, the Monster Squad had a lot of creative talent behind it, so why did it fall into a limbo like the one featured in the movie? Set in small-town America, a bunch of young kids form a monster-movie fan club in their eccentric treehouse. But when REAL classic monsters show up (that would be the Wolfman, Gillman, the Mummy, Frankenstein's monster, AND Dracula) they begin to look deeper into their origin with the help of Van Helsing's diary.
I'd love to explain the film further, but the execs at TriStar Pictures ordered 15 minutes to be cut from the film, which results in a huge loss of coherence in the first act, thus creating many plot holes. Just where did the monsters come from? If Dracula's cargo was randomly jettisoned over small-town America, how come the amulet he's looking for just-so-happens to be there? Some scenes in this film are almost over before they begin. It's very frustrating. The credits begin to roll at the 77-minute mark too, so whoever thought that the film was overlong was clearly a fool.
Fred Dekker killed his career beyond redemption with RoboCop 3, but The Monster Squad and Night of the Creeps will forever stand as two low-budget horror homages from a decade that endorsed risk-taking.
For years, the Monster Squad was available only on a long out-of-print VHS release. Naturally, as was the logic at the time, this was a pan-and-scan version which butchered the film's brilliant anamorphic composition. All is rectified with this Blu Ray which features a great 2.35:1 1080p picture with DTS HD-MA sound and plenty of extras.
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