i had never seen this movie before. ever. so i didnt have that nostalgia thing goin for me when i saw it. i knew it by reputation though, and it seemed like something id want to see.

well…as someone tagged it, it is craptastic.

a cheap goonies rip-off, with several of the characters not even given the courtesy of an actual name, this movie is proof of the so bad its good edict.

i for one kept hoping fat kid would just die. the little sister was so adorable my throat was hoarse from saying “awwww” so much. ditto for the dog and his owner. the ending was so bad..it was amazing. just that sentence, so bad it was amazing. however, watching it i tried to think of how i would have liked it when i was a kid. i think it would have been pretty dang awesome.

The Monster Squad finally was released on dvd. I remember when this movie came out on vhs my Dad made a copy of it for me. That summer it was the movie that all the kids on the block would watch over and over again. My copy eventually got so worn out (like vhs tapes do) that I had to throw it out. I was so excited to watch it again and found I still could talk along with most of the movie even though I hadn’t seen it in over 15 years! haha. It was that ingrained in my brain. So, if you liked this one as a kid, I definitely recommend picking it up on dvd.

When someone can pick-up and back-and-forth this quote with me, is invariably someone I like hanging out with.

“Kick him in the nards!”
“Wolfman doesn’t have nards!”
“Kick him anyway!”
::kick::
“Whoa. Wolfman has nards.”