The Monster Squad

Name: The Monster Squad
Duration: 1 h 22 min
Rating: 4.333333333333333

1hr 22m

1hr 22m
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A young group of monster fanatics attempt to save their hometown from Count Dracula and his monsters. More Details »

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Fred Dekker

Producer:

Keith Barish, Rob Cohen, Peter Hyams

Writer:

Shane Black, Fred Dekker

Release Date:

Aug 14, 1987

Runtime:

1hr 22m

Synopsis

A young group of monster fanatics attempt to save their hometown from Count Dracula and his monsters.

Cast

Andre Gower
Robby Kiger
Stephen Macht
Duncan Regehr
Tom Noonan
Brent Chalem
Ryan Lambert
Ashley Bank
Michael Faustino
Mary Ellen Trainor

Letterboxd User Reviews

3.4

RATINGS 520 FANS

3.4

Aug 29, 2022

This film has it all :- Monsters ✔ Goonies ✔ The Mum from Goonies ✔ Sarcastic Cops ✔ Pizza slice being used as a dangerous weapon ✔ The Wolfman getting kicked in the nards ✔ End credit song rapping about everything that has just happened in the film…

487 Likes

VIVE_le_FILTH

Jan 1, 2016

Stephen King Rules

321 Likes

clare

Oct 25, 2025

Rotten Tomatoes: 82% Metacritic Metascore: 58 IMDB: 7.1 87/100 Spooktober 2025 Horace: "Wolfman's got nards!" Fred Dekker crafted something special here, a film that treats Universal's classic monsters with reverence while filtering them through a kids-on-bikes…

290 Likes

The Projectionist
Aug 2, 2020

This did nothing for me but Dracula uses dynamite as his main weapon so I couldn’t go lower than a 3 and still live with myself.

250 Likes

Joel Duscher

Sep 9, 2024

Annual Halloween screening. Goddamn this is a handsomely made film, especially the HD transfers out now The anamorphic widescreen cinematography is gorgeous and the FX hold up so well, from the practical effects to most of the matte-paintings. Amazing to think this was,…

235 Likes

Joe Lynch

Oct 7, 2019

The Monster Squad is the epitome of cinematic comfort food for me. The kind of movie that you never tire of watching. One you can throw on when you’re not feeling well or can’t decide on something else to watch or just need something familiar. Watching it feels like…

227 Likes

FakeVoorhees
Nov 6, 2023

Wish I saw this as a kid 🥲

142 Likes

Haunted Hippie

Oct 9, 2020

No Wolfman is an island, Entire of itself. Each is a piece of the continent, A part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less. As well as if a promontory were. As well as if a manor of thine own Or of thine friend's were. Each Wolfman's…

139 Likes

Matt Singer

Oct 31, 2025

“Man, you sure know a lot about monsters”

134 Likes

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Nick Dubberly liked

The Monster Squad

What do you get when you use the perfect mixture of The Goonies profanity and comedy added with the horror elements of The Lost Boys? Just one of those fantastic gems from the 80s that you’re glad exists! What was great was all the practical effects!

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Angie Lankford loved

The Monster Squad

If you’ve never seen this, think The Goonies meets the Universal movie monsters. Honestly, I love this movie way more than The Goonies. The kids are great, the monsters are awesome, and this movie has the absolute best Dracula since Bela Lugosi.👍🏻👍🏻

3Y

Zoe is "meh" on

The Monster Squad

The camp is off the charts. I don’t know why I didn’t love this movie because it has all the elements of a wonderful, absolutely stupid movie but I just never clicked into “enjoying” mode. However if you like campy movies you will love this

2Y
Rosie loved

The Monster Squad

I love this movie, it started my obsession with the monster. But this movie also broke me in ways a movie has never broke me. So thanks. haha but i definitely recommend this movie, it’s a good one. Some people don’t agree but i like it.

3Y

Jeremy Smith liked

The Monster Squad

loved this as a kid. brings back great memories. if you have kids that haven't outgrown cheesy scary movies grab some pop corn and put this on. it does have a few adult references, but not too gory.

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Yeah Dude Soccer loved

The Monster Squad

One of the greatest movies of all time. I’m sure nostalgia is a big factor in that. But it’s an amazing watch if you’ve never seen it. Especially if you’re nerdy

1Y
Mickerdoo loved

The Monster Squad

Battle doesn’t start until third act. But it’s a lot of 80s fun with a group of pre-teens being the only thing standing in the way of evil.

1Y

Orlando Ramone loved

The Monster Squad

Fred Dekker’s second 80s masterpiece! Think Goonies but with Universal Classic Monsters!

3Y

South Philly Dilly Dilly Jawn liked

The Monster Squad

An homage to the Universal Minsters silver screen era in the mid to late '80s.

2Y