LITTLE MONSTERS is a typical fantasy-themed children's comedy flick of the 1980s. It starts off on a good footing, with solid world-building and a typically relaxed and likeable performance from Fred Savage as the smart lead, but once the monsters of the title are introduced it quickly falls apart, descending into lame gags and slapstick which seem to have been written with an infantile mind. If watching actors dressed in garishly-coloured, plastic costumes running around and shouting is your idea of fun, then you might just enjoy it more than I did. It's a pity, as the real-world material is true to life, the '80s vibe is there, and Daniel Stern is reliably decent as Savage's dad. The rest is forgettable.

This is one the worst kid's movies of all time and I feel depressed for the kids in the 90s who saw it; it's an awkward, confused, ugly piece of movie garbage that can rot in cinema hell. Fred Savage does't have the charm of most child actors in these kind of movies and comes off as mean spirited and idiotic. Huey Mandel who can be hilarious in other media is annoying and awkwardly cringe worthy. The pranks the two main characters pull on the other kids are okay at first.... but soon become too cruel, one includes Huey Mandel's character urinating in the bully's apple juice... (I'm not kidding) and to makes this display worse we see the terrified kids take the blame for the damage two main leads caused and this supposed to be a "funny scene" but only makes the viewers feel terrible and hate the "heros".it also far too scary for most kids and will even unnerve adults. At one point of the movie a bad monster rips off a child's head with a sicking crunch (This still kids movie remember) and throws the child screaming head into a cage with other heads there's no blood but will still terrify your kids if they they ever watch this The villain of the story "Boy" whose never explained and only named in the credits gets his faced melted off by a flashlight to revel a terrifying monster face. The morals are screwed, as Fred Savage's character never owns up for the damaged he caused and the people he hurt. His parents say they going to get divorce in a depressing scene but it never gets resolved as the film ends anticlimactically...avoid this movie at all costs there are light years better kids movies out there Disney and Dreamworks are proof of that and For those people who like this movie I cannot understand or respect you when you take off your 90s nostalgia glasses you see this nowhere close to being a good movie

The 1989 Fred Savage and Howie Mandel vehicle, "Little Monsters", is a children's/kid's film. While it was a childhood favorite of mine, I recently had a chance to re-watch it, and I have to say, it just doesn't hold up. It suffers from a loose plotting and a disturbingly cruel nature, and I'm shocked my parents actually let me watch it.Savage stars as Brian Stevenson, a young boy who has just moved to a new neighborhood, and is feeling sad because he lost all of his friends. When strange pranks appear, set up all over his house during the night, he is blamed by his parents for setting them up, even though he denies it. In addition, his younger brother claims to have seen a monster that comes out from under his bed at night. Soon, Brian encounters the monster- Maurice (Mandel), a playful and nutty humanoid with bright blue skin, who introduces him to the world of monsters underneath his bed- a massive land with all sorts of creatures who do nothing but play pranks, scare kids and play video games.However, over time, Brian realizes that the pranks and fun have consequences, and he and Maurice are forced to help his brother Eric, whom is subsequently kidnapped by "Boy", the evil leader of the monsters.To give credit where it is due, the film has a strong atmosphere. Although it's meant to be fun, the introduction to the film and the third act are meant to be creepy and unsettling for the audiences, and I will say, this film is oozing with atmosphere and the general creeps. It is well paced and well-shot, and it is very eerie for children. Particularly some of the earlier jumps and some of the monsters.In addition, the script (by future "Pirates of the Caribbean" scribes Ted Elliot and Terry Rossio) is quite imaginative, although it has been long-rumored that many scenes were cut and re-written, and that the final product differs greatly from the first draft.Finally, the music is incredible. It's very haunting and has an air of sorrow, mixed with hints of joy. It gives a good tone and emulates the up's and down's of the story magnificently.However, there are two huge, looming problems with the film.First, despite the imagination, the film isn't well-written. Characters are established well, but are not necessarily likable. And the plot is just a mess. In fact, the "plot" doesn't really exist until the last half-hour. Up until then, it's more of a series of skits and pranks. The villain ("Boy") and his motivations are not made clear, and the climax, without spoiling anything, is a non-sensical, sloppy mess. It brings the film down a few points, and takes away from the scenes that do indeed work.Secondly, this is a very dark, cruel film. Many scenes involve pranks played by the monsters, which become increasingly dark and morally questionable. Scenes involving tricking young children into drinking urine, scaring infants, tampering with food, destroying property, etc. break past the border of bad taste. And there is a great deal of violence in the film, including characters being kidnapped, burned, beaten up, and even a creepy scene where a monster is decapitated and has its head replaced with a pumpkin. It's very dark, and it's inappropriate for children under 12, I'd say. (Which is the target market, as kids who are any older are probably not going to like it) And the bigger problem is that there are no real consequences for the cruelty and violence, making the theme of responsibility very hollow and hypocritical.This film is a mess. It deserves about a 3 out of 10, but my nostalgia for it, and the sleepless nights of creeps it gave me has elevated it to about a 5 out of 10. I'd say it's decent for older children, but parents should plan on watching it with their kids, and making sure the theme of responsibility was clear to them.

If I could, I would give this movie a - 23365416274176246712376246871267127562751765176381278364867.2The best part of this movie is that the guy sleeping in the lawn chair in Malibu, California (which his parents didn't know where it was?) was Not Bill Murray. Thank God.This is best troll movie ever. What the hell just happened?Out of the 7 of us watching (b/w ages 17-19) 1 one of us shook herself into a fever, 2 of them barely survived their second viewing, the other 4 of us are in physical pain. (none of this is exaggerated.)This movie of 1 hr and 42 minutes took us 3 freaking hours (we started @ 8, and stopped @ 11:11) to finish because we kept pausing to scream at the screen.In conclusion, if you watch this movie, you will die.