Like a funny movie once in awhile. Well the movie Little Monsters is an amazing movie that will make you laugh. Between comedy, old special effects and actors it's great. The 27 year old movie Little Monsters has special effects are OK but they are nothing like the special effects today. In one of the scenes a the main character falls through his bedroom floor. You can tell that he had something on him bringing him though the floor but you don't know what. In another scene A fire is started. Instead of the writer using a green screen they use real fire. Between Howie Mendel, Ben Savage, and Fred Savage. Most of the actors in this movie ended up making it big in Hollywood. For example Howie Mandel is one of the main judges on America's got Talent. Ben has been in Girl and Boy Meets world. The rest of the actors either are dead or not acting as much anymore.The language and script is one of the funniest. The movie is 27 years old and is still is one of the funniest. Howie plays one of the main characters and he is the funniest. The main monster makes fun of himself and acts like a teenager. The main leading lady makes fun of the leading male saying he was to stupid to understand one of their science projects. I recommend this movie to anybody who has kids age 10-12. I give this movie a 9/10. If you like a comical movie I would go and buy this movie.

LITTLE MONSTERS seems like the sort of children's movie that isn't made much now. Maybe Hollywood comes close with the vulgarity factor but those movies have no real heart at their center's. There's something wholesome to this film when comparing it to today's' shiny plastic but intrinsically devoid contributions masquerading as children's fun. It's not deep or intelligent but LITTLE MONSTERS at least has a nice texture the CGI epics of today don't, and that's what counts for me. There's something distinctive to this juvenile but likable fantasy.In a striking fade-in the film's protagonist Brian explains in moody voice-over that his family has moved to a different neighborhood, leaving his former friends behind and forcing him to start anew. While his younger brother (really his younger brother, Ben Savage) doesn't have a problem with it, Brian is left to sneak downstairs to devour peanut butter and onion sandwiches and catch late night cable until running into Maurice (Howie Mandell) a professional monster who enters any house he pleases via the netherworld beneath every child's bed. Deducing that Maurice can't be exposed to bright light, Brian quickly uses this leverage to have Maurice showing him the ropes, sneaking into other family's houses and causing all the mischief you swore wasn't your fault when YOU were a tyke. But there's trouble brewing in the monster's dimension as the sinister "Boy", high chieftain of this rickety realm, decides he wants Brian to join his world permanently and goes to extreme lengths to make it happen. LITTLE MONSTERS delights in scatology and gross-outs like swigs of p*ss & cat food sandwiches, it even has the kids exclaiming "Sh*t" sometimes, something I don't see in today's antiseptic pre-teen movies. It appeals to the mindset of its demographic in other words. The idea of a secret world of labyrinthine staircases, endless nights and mountains of junk food is a seductive one even if it is restricted by the movie's budget. The monsters are just dolled up kids in elaborate Halloween costumes. Howie Mandel is clearly doing his best Beetle-juice impression here with bratty Fred Savage as the adventurous sixth grader. What really has the strongest impact though is Frank Whaley as Boy, the abomination even the other monsters fear. He's soft spoken and androgynous, coyly appealing to Brian at the climax to come and play with him forever in his fabulous netherworld. Only when the camera pans backwards do we see that his face is literally tacked on like a mask, disguising a hideous interior. The sequences with Boy plumb at something deeper and darker than the rest of the film, a vision of curdled boyhood by way of a child predator. This is the only time the flick transcends its status as enjoyable malarkey into something more unsettling. Boy is too adult to really be like the other monsters so naturally he's the villain. I couldn't help thinking of another powerful man-child barricaded in his never-never land, inviting other children to come join him and be young forever.

I used to kill myself laughing at this film when I was young. Fred Savage seemed to get all the good roles in these kind of films in the late 80's and this one is great gross fun.The film is just a smashing manic ride, racing along like a miniature Beetlejuce and has all the mischievous, sticky horrible nonsense that's usually found in the mind of kids! Ignore all the rubbish about sexual and paedophile undertones, It's simply folk reading WAY too much into things that could mean anything. Maybe some folk have some secrets of their own if they keep noticing things like that Hmmmm? I'm pretty sure the filmmakers didn't set out to do something like that deliberately! Great film! Thoroughly enjoyed it when I was 12, and still enjoy it now that I'm 30! Check out The Wizard as well! Another great (And misunderstood) Fred Savage Film

This movie has always been a favorite of mine . It's one I always want to see and would let my kids see . OK so maybe that might be for me too. It never gets old and always keeps you smiling. I didn't realize this move came out when it did, because it stays with you like you just seen it.I can still see parts from the movie in my head that make me laugh. My kids would love this movie. I just need o get it now. If I did get it it would be playing all the time .It's not a movie that is gonna scare kids . It's a good family film for the whole family of all ages .The move is always gonna be a favorite with me!!