It's like it was written by a 8-year -old. It was just silly. Unlike other great 80s films, like Gremlins, E.T., Goonies, Back To The Future, and other films aimed at kids, they were cleverly written and well executed. This, however, was just poorly written, structured and over all badly executed. I wanted to have some goofy fun with this interesting concept, but it was difficult to sit through.

I found myself wanting to watch something Halloween"esque" a few days ago and I stumbled upon this. I was so pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this movie. It was a horror comedy where they horror was just scary enough and the comedy was really funny. All of the actors did a really good job and this is a flick I will most definitely add to my home collection!!!

This happens to be the highest ranked movie I'll review for Nostalgia Critic Month! Boy, am I happy to see it and I can gladly say that it's the best movie of the month. This movie features a bunch of kids who find out Dracula is returning to destroy a magic amulet that will keep him from going into another dimension. He gets help from the other movie monsters to help him. I will admit that this isn't the most suitable film for kids, but it's still quite fun. It's mostly because the pacing is so good. At first, I did think it was a little slow but it really caught up after twenty minutes.In a movie that's only 82 minutes long, that's important. The movie itself is basically just awesome. It's a meeting of classic movie monsters with stuff blowing up too! Unlike a Michael Bay film, it actually has the characters act like real people and the people are much smarter here. It's a great looking film and I really do show concern for what happens to everybody. It's not as good as "The Goonies" but is still a enjoyable Halloween flick. This happiness won't last long however. The next movie on my list is the infamous Garbage Pail Kids movie.

I'd seen "the Monster Squad" several times as a kid, but (and this is unusual) the only thing I remember is one line: "Kick him in the nards!" That's it. I'm as prone to nostalgia fog as the next guy, but I carried no warm memories of this. I figure that's why it didn't do much for me as an adult. The kids seem well cast and I think the makeup and creature effects are fantastic (Stan Winston and Richard Edlund FTW). Not only that but it stands as a relic of a very different age of kids movies. Some of the language involved, and the fat kid actually being named Fat Kid? It just doesn't work like that in 2016.I've seen the comparison to "The Goonies" made often, but I'll take that one instead. This is very '80s, but also a huge shrug.