“We went to Universal with the project and they passed on it. I guess not yet appreciating the value of the library that they had and these characters that they had. So we had to figure out a way to have these characters in the movie without stepping on copyrighted images that Universal had done.” - Fred Dekker

(insp.)

The Monster Squad (1987) dir. Fred Dekker

“I think there are monsters, like real ones! I heard my dad talking on the phone to a guy down at the police station tonight. There was a guy down there screaming he was a werewolf, and they shot him! And the body disappeared from the coroner van, the coroner guy was dead” “So what? He got shot and the werewolf took his body?” “No you bean head! He WAS a werewolf! Maybe.” “Yeah but if they shot him?” “It must’ve been regular bullets, not silver ones. Look I know this sounds stupid, a mummy disappeared from the museum tonight.” “Mummy came in my house!” “Guys, Dracula might be here too.” “Oh man, Fat Kid farted!” “Did not!” “God damn will you guys SHUT UP? Didn’t you hear a word I said? These guys are dead, get a clue! Something’s out there and it’s killing people! And if it’s monsters, nobody’s going to do a thing about it except us! “

Happy 35th Anniversary to The Monster Squad

August 14th 1987-August 14th 2022

The Monster Squad (1987) dir. Fred Dekker

“Um, Sean? Maybe we could be like Math Squad instead, you know. Do math problems. Stay home. Or Nature Squad. We could look at rocks, collect birds. Not be dead. See, it’s this whole death thing I’m not crazy about.”

On August 14, 1987 - 30 years ago today - THE MONSTER SQUAD was released in theaters!

THE MONSTER SQUAD
Release Date: August 14, 1987
Director: Fred Dekker

“Wolfman’s got nards.”

30 YEARS OF: THE MONSTER SQUAD
↳ release date: 14th august 1987

Halloween Countdown 2015: The Monster Squad (1987)

If we pull this off, I’m gonna shit!