Monster Squad, The (US - DVD R1)
With plenty of stakes and silver bullets in hand, Matt takes a look at the new DVD...
Film
Oh how I’ve been waiting for this one, and oh how I thought the day would never come. Understanding that we’re right around ten years into the format’s existence and a time when virtually everything and anything has been released in one form or another I’d all but given up hope on a few of my childhood favourites ever coming to DVD, but here it is—Fred Dekker’s The Monster Squad—and you won’t find a happier camper anywhere this summer.

For the uninitiated who didn’t grow up in the 80s and never got a chance to see it, the basic storyline is pretty simple and straight forward stuff. A group of kids are into monsters and horror movies in a big way and spend all of their time going over how to kill various beasts and baddies and dreaming up new ones. They get more than they bargain for though when their paths cross that of Dracula himself—along with his minions The Mummy, The Gillman, The Wolfman, and Frankenstein’s Monster—in a battle over an amulet that in the bloodsucker’s hands could plunge the world into eternal darkness, but in the hands of good could send the forces of evil into Limbo forever. Like I said it’s pretty simple and straight forward stuff.
I’m not going to lie to you and tell you that The Monster Squad is the absolute greatest movie ever to put to film, because it’s certainly not. It has more faults than weaknesses to be sure, and a lot of my wanting it on DVD has a lot to do with the fact that I recall watching it over and over again as a child to the point where buying it probably would have been cheaper than asking mom to rent it every week for a solid four-months straight and it’s been a really long wait for the DVD to finally get here. It goes without much saying then that the strong nostalgia factor and the fact that we all really want what we can’t have has definitely played a part in my love for the flick over the years.

The Monster Squad suffers from a really contrived plot that relies way too much on total coincidence, a problem that always existed in the big monster mashups of the 1940s and more recently Universal’s Van Helsing. Getting all of these monsters together, giving them all a reason to be, and wrapping some sort of plot around that idea is something that like so many before it the movie never really pulls off quite well. I’m still not even sure what the purposes of the Mummy and Gillman actually are besides tormenting one kid in particular by hiding in his closet and stealing his snack cakes. Throw in some bad dialogue here and there, some scenes that really don’t fit or make much sense, and the dreaded trappings of films of the 80s like the obligatory montage and you get a movie that by all rights shouldn’t hold up some twenty-years later.
Maybe part of its lasting appeal is because it’s precisely the type of movie that the PG-13 rating was made for back when it wasn’t looked upon as a way to tone down movies that have every right being R-rated in the first place to increase marketing numbers. The set up—which is basically a riff on The Little Rascals squaring off against The Universal Monsters—is cute and played for laughs on one hand and played straight and for frights that might be too intense for the younger set on the other. The kids cuss, smoke, and do all sorts of other non-politically correct things in between their cuteness, and Dracula goes around doing nasty things like trying to blow them up with dynamite and threatening a five-year-old girl by calling her “a bitch”. Maybe it’s appeal comes from the fact that Stan Winston’s creature shop did all of the work on the monsters themselves, and their take on Universal’s most popular scream characters are frightening and hold up pretty darn good even today. Or maybe, just maybe, it’s because Wolfman’s got nards and the The Monster Squad’s just plain, silly fun to begin with.
Part of me wanted to write this review of the movie itself like the opinionated, intelligent adult I imagine myself to be and considering the time at which the film was made award it a five out of ten, but apparently the eleven-year-old who watched it countless times on video and cable isn’t having any of that and has even gone so far as to kick me repeatedly in the shins and threatened to not be my friend anymore if I don’t award it a solid ten out of ten. He is willing to compromise though, and seeing as my legs are getting pretty banged up and I don’t want to lose him as a friend I’ll go ahead and give The Monster Squad the middle ground with a seven out of ten. Hopefully the eleven-year-old won’t notice that seven is a little less than exactly between five and ten, but he never was good at math anyways.

Video
One of the real joys of this DVD package is that outside of an incredibly hard to find Japanese laserdisc this is the first time that The Monster Squad has been presented in its original 2.35:1 aspect ratio on home video, and the resulting anamorphic transfer is a good one to boot. There are hardly any artefacts that pop up from dirt or debris on the source print and the video has been allotted a decent bit rate so that the transfer to DVD-Video itself doesn’t suffer from too many problems such as compression artefacts or edge enhancement. The whole film is given sort of a soft look with vibrant colours when appropriate, and the DVD does a nice job of keeping these things intact. The closest I’d previously been to seeing the film in its original aspect ratio was when the Monsters HD channel began running it a while back at an aspect ratio of 1.78:1, so it’s a real treat to now see the film as it was originally intended. Overall the movie could have used a little bit more work on the re-mastering side of things as this isn’t a perfect transfer, but it’s a good one to be sure.
Audio
Lionsgate Home Entertainment has provided viewers with the choice of either a newly re-mastered Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track or the film’s original Dolby 2.0 Stereo Surround audio track on the DVD, and The Monster Squad has never sounded better. There aren’t any glaring defects to be found anywhere in either track, and there’s some nice effects thrown in here and there on the newly re-mastered one that might send a shiver down your spine. The sound field on the 5.1 track isn’t separated as much as you’ll find while watching more recent movies, but that’s to be expected since it was never intended for that format in the first place. The inclusion of the film’s original audio is a welcome addition to the package for you purists out there, and honestly it’s my preferred track for enjoying the movie simply because that’s how I heard it growing up.

Extras
The Monster Squad’s wait for DVD immortality has been a long one, and I’m sure I’m not alone when I say it represents The Holy Grail as far as DVDs are concerned for many children of the 80s. Fittingly, Lionsgate has made a two-disc set that lives up to expectations with plenty of special features spread throughout.
On disc one of the set you’ll find two audio commentaries—the first featuring writer and director Fred Dekker along with Monster Squad members Andre Gower (Sean), Ryan Lambert (Rudy), and Ashley Bank (Phoebe) and a second with Fred Dekker and director of photography Bradford May. Both tracks are entertaining and offer up a lot of information on the film with the first focusing more on the kid’s perspective of the shoot and the second leaning more towards the technical aspects of the film overall, which brings a nice balance of facts about The Monster Squad to light.
Moving on the disc two of the set the first option available is the five-part retrospective “Monster Squad Forever!”, which is presented in anamorphic widescreen with a running time of right around 88-minutes. Here you get interviews from a number of folks involved in making the film such as Fred Dekker, Producer Jonathan A. Zimbert, Composer Bruce Broughton, Tom Woodruff Jr., and Bradford May just to name a few, along with cast members Duncan Regehr (Dracula), Tom Noonan (Frankenstein), and Squad members Gower, Lambert, and Bank. It’s in this retrospective that the real meat and potatoes of the set’s information comes from as the documentary covers all aspects of the production starting off with the creative process and moving on towards the filming and marketing of the picture, while finally ending on reflections of the film’s status as a cult classic and it’s revival over the past few years. It’s all good stuff to be sure with plenty of anecdotes and inside information shared across the board.
The next feature is an oddball one of sorts as Tom Noonan gives an interview as Frankenstein’s Monster in a featurette entitled, “A Conversation With Frankenstein”. In this vintage piece, Frankenstein answers all of the burning questions that enquiring minds want to know, such as why he has such a bad reputation with children and what future movie projects he’d like to work on. Sure it’s a pretty corny piece of material, but it’s all in good fun and worth a look.
The rest of the features are rounded out by a series of deleted scenes—mostly revolving around the parents and their marital difficulties—that are nice addition, an animated storyboard sequence of the Squad's confrontation with The Mummy, a stills gallery with a good selection of on-set photographs, production stills, and lobby cards, the movie’s theatrical trailer, a television commercial, and promotional spots for other Lionsgate releases. Overall, there isn’t much more that could have been packaged with the film, and Lionsgate has made sure that this special edition really is something special.

Overall
Before I sat down to comb over the audio commentaries or any of the other special features in the set I went ahead and popped The Monster Squad in to watch with my seven-year-old, and he seemed to enjoy it as much as I did nearly twenty years ago. After the movie was over he wanted to watch it again, and if it weren't already two-hours past his bedtime I might have been obliged to have another go at it with him. There’s definitely something to be said for that, and even though there are a lot of things I could say to criticize the movie the fact remains that it’s still an entertaining little film that I’m thrilled can now take its rightful place on my shelf alongside other childhood favourites such as Flash Gordon and the spot I have reserved for Rad. As far as the two-disc set goes Lionsgate has made the long wait for the The Monster Squad’s DVD release well worth it with a nice presentation and the inclusion of some great extras that any fan will thoroughly enjoy.
Overall, it’s safe to say you can pitch all of your old, VHS tapes and bootleg DVD copies out the window— The Monster Squad has finally come home.
Oh how I’ve been waiting for this one, and oh how I thought the day would never come. Understanding that we’re right around ten years into the format’s existence and a time when virtually everything and anything has been released in one form or another I’d all but given up hope on a few of my childhood favourites ever coming to DVD, but here it is—Fred Dekker’s The Monster Squad—and you won’t find a happier camper anywhere this summer.

For the uninitiated who didn’t grow up in the 80s and never got a chance to see it, the basic storyline is pretty simple and straight forward stuff. A group of kids are into monsters and horror movies in a big way and spend all of their time going over how to kill various beasts and baddies and dreaming up new ones. They get more than they bargain for though when their paths cross that of Dracula himself—along with his minions The Mummy, The Gillman, The Wolfman, and Frankenstein’s Monster—in a battle over an amulet that in the bloodsucker’s hands could plunge the world into eternal darkness, but in the hands of good could send the forces of evil into Limbo forever. Like I said it’s pretty simple and straight forward stuff.
I’m not going to lie to you and tell you that The Monster Squad is the absolute greatest movie ever to put to film, because it’s certainly not. It has more faults than weaknesses to be sure, and a lot of my wanting it on DVD has a lot to do with the fact that I recall watching it over and over again as a child to the point where buying it probably would have been cheaper than asking mom to rent it every week for a solid four-months straight and it’s been a really long wait for the DVD to finally get here. It goes without much saying then that the strong nostalgia factor and the fact that we all really want what we can’t have has definitely played a part in my love for the flick over the years.

The Monster Squad suffers from a really contrived plot that relies way too much on total coincidence, a problem that always existed in the big monster mashups of the 1940s and more recently Universal’s Van Helsing. Getting all of these monsters together, giving them all a reason to be, and wrapping some sort of plot around that idea is something that like so many before it the movie never really pulls off quite well. I’m still not even sure what the purposes of the Mummy and Gillman actually are besides tormenting one kid in particular by hiding in his closet and stealing his snack cakes. Throw in some bad dialogue here and there, some scenes that really don’t fit or make much sense, and the dreaded trappings of films of the 80s like the obligatory montage and you get a movie that by all rights shouldn’t hold up some twenty-years later.
Maybe part of its lasting appeal is because it’s precisely the type of movie that the PG-13 rating was made for back when it wasn’t looked upon as a way to tone down movies that have every right being R-rated in the first place to increase marketing numbers. The set up—which is basically a riff on The Little Rascals squaring off against The Universal Monsters—is cute and played for laughs on one hand and played straight and for frights that might be too intense for the younger set on the other. The kids cuss, smoke, and do all sorts of other non-politically correct things in between their cuteness, and Dracula goes around doing nasty things like trying to blow them up with dynamite and threatening a five-year-old girl by calling her “a bitch”. Maybe it’s appeal comes from the fact that Stan Winston’s creature shop did all of the work on the monsters themselves, and their take on Universal’s most popular scream characters are frightening and hold up pretty darn good even today. Or maybe, just maybe, it’s because Wolfman’s got nards and the The Monster Squad’s just plain, silly fun to begin with.
Part of me wanted to write this review of the movie itself like the opinionated, intelligent adult I imagine myself to be and considering the time at which the film was made award it a five out of ten, but apparently the eleven-year-old who watched it countless times on video and cable isn’t having any of that and has even gone so far as to kick me repeatedly in the shins and threatened to not be my friend anymore if I don’t award it a solid ten out of ten. He is willing to compromise though, and seeing as my legs are getting pretty banged up and I don’t want to lose him as a friend I’ll go ahead and give The Monster Squad the middle ground with a seven out of ten. Hopefully the eleven-year-old won’t notice that seven is a little less than exactly between five and ten, but he never was good at math anyways.

Video
One of the real joys of this DVD package is that outside of an incredibly hard to find Japanese laserdisc this is the first time that The Monster Squad has been presented in its original 2.35:1 aspect ratio on home video, and the resulting anamorphic transfer is a good one to boot. There are hardly any artefacts that pop up from dirt or debris on the source print and the video has been allotted a decent bit rate so that the transfer to DVD-Video itself doesn’t suffer from too many problems such as compression artefacts or edge enhancement. The whole film is given sort of a soft look with vibrant colours when appropriate, and the DVD does a nice job of keeping these things intact. The closest I’d previously been to seeing the film in its original aspect ratio was when the Monsters HD channel began running it a while back at an aspect ratio of 1.78:1, so it’s a real treat to now see the film as it was originally intended. Overall the movie could have used a little bit more work on the re-mastering side of things as this isn’t a perfect transfer, but it’s a good one to be sure.
Audio
Lionsgate Home Entertainment has provided viewers with the choice of either a newly re-mastered Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track or the film’s original Dolby 2.0 Stereo Surround audio track on the DVD, and The Monster Squad has never sounded better. There aren’t any glaring defects to be found anywhere in either track, and there’s some nice effects thrown in here and there on the newly re-mastered one that might send a shiver down your spine. The sound field on the 5.1 track isn’t separated as much as you’ll find while watching more recent movies, but that’s to be expected since it was never intended for that format in the first place. The inclusion of the film’s original audio is a welcome addition to the package for you purists out there, and honestly it’s my preferred track for enjoying the movie simply because that’s how I heard it growing up.

Extras
The Monster Squad’s wait for DVD immortality has been a long one, and I’m sure I’m not alone when I say it represents The Holy Grail as far as DVDs are concerned for many children of the 80s. Fittingly, Lionsgate has made a two-disc set that lives up to expectations with plenty of special features spread throughout.
On disc one of the set you’ll find two audio commentaries—the first featuring writer and director Fred Dekker along with Monster Squad members Andre Gower (Sean), Ryan Lambert (Rudy), and Ashley Bank (Phoebe) and a second with Fred Dekker and director of photography Bradford May. Both tracks are entertaining and offer up a lot of information on the film with the first focusing more on the kid’s perspective of the shoot and the second leaning more towards the technical aspects of the film overall, which brings a nice balance of facts about The Monster Squad to light.
Moving on the disc two of the set the first option available is the five-part retrospective “Monster Squad Forever!”, which is presented in anamorphic widescreen with a running time of right around 88-minutes. Here you get interviews from a number of folks involved in making the film such as Fred Dekker, Producer Jonathan A. Zimbert, Composer Bruce Broughton, Tom Woodruff Jr., and Bradford May just to name a few, along with cast members Duncan Regehr (Dracula), Tom Noonan (Frankenstein), and Squad members Gower, Lambert, and Bank. It’s in this retrospective that the real meat and potatoes of the set’s information comes from as the documentary covers all aspects of the production starting off with the creative process and moving on towards the filming and marketing of the picture, while finally ending on reflections of the film’s status as a cult classic and it’s revival over the past few years. It’s all good stuff to be sure with plenty of anecdotes and inside information shared across the board.
The next feature is an oddball one of sorts as Tom Noonan gives an interview as Frankenstein’s Monster in a featurette entitled, “A Conversation With Frankenstein”. In this vintage piece, Frankenstein answers all of the burning questions that enquiring minds want to know, such as why he has such a bad reputation with children and what future movie projects he’d like to work on. Sure it’s a pretty corny piece of material, but it’s all in good fun and worth a look.
The rest of the features are rounded out by a series of deleted scenes—mostly revolving around the parents and their marital difficulties—that are nice addition, an animated storyboard sequence of the Squad's confrontation with The Mummy, a stills gallery with a good selection of on-set photographs, production stills, and lobby cards, the movie’s theatrical trailer, a television commercial, and promotional spots for other Lionsgate releases. Overall, there isn’t much more that could have been packaged with the film, and Lionsgate has made sure that this special edition really is something special.

Overall
Before I sat down to comb over the audio commentaries or any of the other special features in the set I went ahead and popped The Monster Squad in to watch with my seven-year-old, and he seemed to enjoy it as much as I did nearly twenty years ago. After the movie was over he wanted to watch it again, and if it weren't already two-hours past his bedtime I might have been obliged to have another go at it with him. There’s definitely something to be said for that, and even though there are a lot of things I could say to criticize the movie the fact remains that it’s still an entertaining little film that I’m thrilled can now take its rightful place on my shelf alongside other childhood favourites such as Flash Gordon and the spot I have reserved for Rad. As far as the two-disc set goes Lionsgate has made the long wait for the The Monster Squad’s DVD release well worth it with a nice presentation and the inclusion of some great extras that any fan will thoroughly enjoy.
Overall, it’s safe to say you can pitch all of your old, VHS tapes and bootleg DVD copies out the window— The Monster Squad has finally come home.
Review by Matt Joseph
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coo-ka-lew wrote: John wrote: I'm still waiting for Universal to release Howard the Duck on DVD. I want that movie on DVD so bad! lol I used to watch it all the time when I was a kid.
It was released...but is now out of print. I'm hoping it'll be re-released too.
Unless you're talking about the dodgy Brazilian release, Howard The Duck has never been released on DVD and certainly not in region one...not legally anyway. I did read somewhere that Koch Media out of Germany is releasing it in on DVD in region two this October though.
It was released...but is now out of print. I'm hoping it'll be re-released too.
Unless you're talking about the dodgy Brazilian release, Howard The Duck has never been released on DVD and certainly not in region one...not legally anyway. I did read somewhere that Koch Media out of Germany is releasing it in on DVD in region two this October though.
John wrote: I'm still waiting for Universal to release Howard the Duck on DVD. I want that movie on DVD so bad! lol I used to watch it all the time when I was a kid.
It was released...but is now out of print. I'm hoping it'll be re-released too.
It was released...but is now out of print. I'm hoping it'll be re-released too.
Bouncy X wrote: John wrote: I'm still waiting for Universal to release Howard the Duck on DVD. I want that movie on DVD so bad! lol I used to watch it all the time when I was a kid.
omg me too...i even recorded it on VHS and watched that all the time...... i think lea thompson was my introduction to the beauty of lingerie
When will they listen to the growing noise and release the Duck???!!!
omg me too...i even recorded it on VHS and watched that all the time...... i think lea thompson was my introduction to the beauty of lingerie

John wrote: I'm still waiting for Universal to release Howard the Duck on DVD. I want that movie on DVD so bad! lol I used to watch it all the time when I was a kid.
omg me too...i even recorded it on VHS and watched that all the time...... i think lea thompson was my introduction to the beauty of lingerie
omg me too...i even recorded it on VHS and watched that all the time...... i think lea thompson was my introduction to the beauty of lingerie

Da B-Meister wrote: It was a truly idiotic movie when I was a kid, and it's no doubt worse with this passing of time. I'll gladly pass on buying this c**p.
Thanks for wasting ours (and your) time for posting that.
*applause*
Thanks for wasting ours (and your) time for posting that.
*applause*
I want a R1 special edition of Curse 2: The Bite, if we're gonna talk about obscure video classics. Now that I know how rare this thing is I kinda wish I would've kept the screen and sold it to the highest bidder. Whu-hahahahaaaa.
I was at Sam's Club this afternoon and they had at least 50 copies, I picked one up for $12.88
ChadGKG wrote: My biggest worry about this DVD was it's availability, and I was right. NONE of the stores around me (Best Buy, Target, Kmart, Circuit City) advertised this release. Worse yet, Wal-mart only had one spot on their shelves for it. I got the next to last copy at 1:15 PM on release day. Dumb move Wal-mart (and probably most/all stores).
Also, it was ranked #4 currently for DVDempire.com (and currenlty sold out)
It is ranked #6 for currenlty available DVDs on amazon.com (#12 overall, but 6 are preorders, so I didn't count them.)
So, there are A LOT of people that want this DVD.
No one except Walmart has this, I work for Target, nada, Best Buy, nada, and it took 2 Walmarts to find it and me asking a girl at the 2nd one to go in the back room and look for it since there was a label for it on the shelf.
Great extra features, good transfer, not as good as goonies, but was fun, for some reason I just can't remmember watching this as a kid
Also, it was ranked #4 currently for DVDempire.com (and currenlty sold out)
It is ranked #6 for currenlty available DVDs on amazon.com (#12 overall, but 6 are preorders, so I didn't count them.)
So, there are A LOT of people that want this DVD.
No one except Walmart has this, I work for Target, nada, Best Buy, nada, and it took 2 Walmarts to find it and me asking a girl at the 2nd one to go in the back room and look for it since there was a label for it on the shelf.
Great extra features, good transfer, not as good as goonies, but was fun, for some reason I just can't remmember watching this as a kid
I hope I still love this movie as much as I did when I was a kid.
I'm still waiting for Universal to release Howard the Duck on DVD. I want that movie on DVD so bad! lol I used to watch it all the time when I was a kid.
TheGodfather wrote: This has been a day long remembered, The Monster Squad has finally come and my VHS tapes have all been replaced, Now how about the push for:
NIGHT OF THE CREEPS SPECIAL EDITION
THE WRAITH SPECIAL EDITION
and
THE KEEP SPECIAL EDITION
Man I hear you. Since The Wizard and now The Monster Squad have been officially released, the only one that is left as far as I am concerned is The Keep. However, I highly doubt that will ever be released, b/c its director Michael Mann is said to absolutely hate the job he did with that film. I don't know why he hates it so much, I absolutely loved it.
NIGHT OF THE CREEPS SPECIAL EDITION
THE WRAITH SPECIAL EDITION
and
THE KEEP SPECIAL EDITION
Man I hear you. Since The Wizard and now The Monster Squad have been officially released, the only one that is left as far as I am concerned is The Keep. However, I highly doubt that will ever be released, b/c its director Michael Mann is said to absolutely hate the job he did with that film. I don't know why he hates it so much, I absolutely loved it.
Da B-Meister wrote: It was a truly idiotic movie when I was a kid, and it's no doubt worse with this passing of time. I'll gladly pass on buying this c**p.
Then what's the point of even posting on this thread? Surely you did see the title. Jackass!
Then what's the point of even posting on this thread? Surely you did see the title. Jackass!
Yeah go on then, send it to me

Well someone can have my copy if they want it !!??
I had to go to two Wal-Marts to find it. The second store had a lot of copies.
I agree TheGodfather, now we need a two disc SE for "Night Of The Creeps". I forgot about "The Waith", the current release is c**p. I used to own the soundtrack to that on cassette.
I agree TheGodfather, now we need a two disc SE for "Night Of The Creeps". I forgot about "The Waith", the current release is c**p. I used to own the soundtrack to that on cassette.
This DVD is being released in pretty limited quantities for the record. I had to hunt it down in some unusual places, found it, but noticed everywhere I went it was sold out, and EACH store only received between 2 and 3 copies. 2. . .and. . .3. How ridiculous is that?
This has been a day long remembered, The Monster Squad has finally come and my VHS tapes have all been replaced, Now how about the push for:
NIGHT OF THE CREEPS SPECIAL EDITION
THE WRAITH SPECIAL EDITION
and
THE KEEP SPECIAL EDITION
NIGHT OF THE CREEPS SPECIAL EDITION
THE WRAITH SPECIAL EDITION
and
THE KEEP SPECIAL EDITION
John wrote: Bouncy X wrote: that dvd is next to impossible to find and if i'm correct, it was only released in canada.
You're right about it being hard to find now. Apparently it is out of print now, but you're wrong about it only being released in Canada. I have it and I bought it at a Walmart here in the US for like 5 bucks. Of course, this was a few years ago.
ah, i see...i just figured since the movie is canadian and its so hard to find, musta been a canadian release..lol
You're right about it being hard to find now. Apparently it is out of print now, but you're wrong about it only being released in Canada. I have it and I bought it at a Walmart here in the US for like 5 bucks. Of course, this was a few years ago.
ah, i see...i just figured since the movie is canadian and its so hard to find, musta been a canadian release..lol
Bouncy X wrote: that dvd is next to impossible to find and if i'm correct, it was only released in canada.
You're right about it being hard to find now. Apparently it is out of print now, but you're wrong about it only being released in Canada. I have it and I bought it at a Walmart here in the US for like 5 bucks. Of course, this was a few years ago.
You're right about it being hard to find now. Apparently it is out of print now, but you're wrong about it only being released in Canada. I have it and I bought it at a Walmart here in the US for like 5 bucks. Of course, this was a few years ago.
Spot on Bouncy, and as far as dvd releases go it was fairly limp.
John wrote: I hate to burst your bubble, but The Gate is already available on DVD. It was released a few years ago. lol
that dvd is next to impossible to find and if i'm correct, it was only released in canada.
that dvd is next to impossible to find and if i'm correct, it was only released in canada.
I loved this as a kid, so a defo buy for me!
And yes, the Wolfman did indeed have nards!
mike smith3 wrote: don't you think a 7 year old is a bit young for this movie? its pretty graphic.
I think its pretty ok, kids are pretty savvy these days.
Besides, I have a 5 year old who watched Army of Darkness on his own very early one Sunday morning. When I arrived down, he was gettin ready to watch it again!
No ill effects thank goodness, but I did move the scarier movies to a different higher bookcase!
Now, if I could only sit through the Exorcist without getting all freaked out and goose-pimply every time.....
And yes, the Wolfman did indeed have nards!
mike smith3 wrote: don't you think a 7 year old is a bit young for this movie? its pretty graphic.
I think its pretty ok, kids are pretty savvy these days.
Besides, I have a 5 year old who watched Army of Darkness on his own very early one Sunday morning. When I arrived down, he was gettin ready to watch it again!
No ill effects thank goodness, but I did move the scarier movies to a different higher bookcase!
Now, if I could only sit through the Exorcist without getting all freaked out and goose-pimply every time.....
My biggest worry about this DVD was it's availability, and I was right. NONE of the stores around me (Best Buy, Target, Kmart, Circuit City) advertised this release. Worse yet, Wal-mart only had one spot on their shelves for it. I got the next to last copy at 1:15 PM on release day. Dumb move Wal-mart (and probably most/all stores).
Also, it was ranked #4 currently for DVDempire.com (and currenlty sold out)
It is ranked #6 for currenlty available DVDs on amazon.com (#12 overall, but 6 are preorders, so I didn't count them.)
So, there are A LOT of people that want this DVD.
Also, it was ranked #4 currently for DVDempire.com (and currenlty sold out)
It is ranked #6 for currenlty available DVDs on amazon.com (#12 overall, but 6 are preorders, so I didn't count them.)
So, there are A LOT of people that want this DVD.
Finally after all these years we can see what exactly is on that picture that Rudy had. 20 years later at age 26 I still want to see me some boobies!
going to pick it up today. however, dude, don't you think a 7 year old is a bit young for this movie? its pretty graphic.
Wollfman's got nards.
I received my DVD in the mail yesterday. I love it!
barnabyjones wrote: Hopefully somewhere will release The Gate soon.
I hate to burst your bubble, but The Gate is already available on DVD. It was released a few years ago. lol
barnabyjones wrote: Hopefully somewhere will release The Gate soon.
I hate to burst your bubble, but The Gate is already available on DVD. It was released a few years ago. lol
It was a truly idiotic movie when I was a kid, and it's no doubt worse with this passing of time. I'll gladly pass on buying this c**p.
Watching the interview on the dvd, Frank Dekker comes across like a very bitter man.
I'm a child of the 80's and love all the old flicks, though this one left me cold.
Hopefully somewhere will release The Gate soon.
I'm a child of the 80's and love all the old flicks, though this one left me cold.
Hopefully somewhere will release The Gate soon.
Frank Vincent wrote: Bruce Broughton's music will also be released in September/October. It's a limited release. Only 3000 copies will be available. Intrada Records is releasing it.
I pre-ordered a copy as soon as it was available, but unforunately it's already sold out via their site. I'm sure a look around the net and folks will be able to find a few other retailers still offering it for pre-order though. Great score, one of the most underrated of the 80s along with his score to Young Sherlock Holmes.
EDIT
After looking a little closer at Intrada's site I don't believe it's 'sold out', it just seems as though they just aren't taking pre-orders for it. Again, if you search around the net there are plenty of places that are pre-ordering it so I suggest that if you want it you do just that...with only 3000 copies available this one might go quick.
I pre-ordered a copy as soon as it was available, but unforunately it's already sold out via their site. I'm sure a look around the net and folks will be able to find a few other retailers still offering it for pre-order though. Great score, one of the most underrated of the 80s along with his score to Young Sherlock Holmes.
EDIT
After looking a little closer at Intrada's site I don't believe it's 'sold out', it just seems as though they just aren't taking pre-orders for it. Again, if you search around the net there are plenty of places that are pre-ordering it so I suggest that if you want it you do just that...with only 3000 copies available this one might go quick.
Bruce Broughton's music will also be released in September/October. It's a limited release. Only 3000 copies will be available. Intrada Records is releasing it.
i have waited for this day since they invented the DVD.
I have been waiting for this for what seems like ages. I remember watching this at my Grandma's a decade ago. IMO it's not half as cool as The Goonies, but it's the next best thing.
This is one film I am definetly going to get.


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Disc Details
Release Date:
24th July 2007
Discs:
2
Disc Type:
Single side, dual layer
RCE:
No
Video:
NTSC
Aspect:
2.35:1
Anamorphic:
Yes
Colour:
Yes
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 English, Dolby 2.0 Stereo Surround English
Subtitles:
English, Spanish
Extras:
Audio Commentary with Director Fred Dekker and Squad Members Andre Gower, Ryan Lambert and Ashley Bank, Commentary with Director Fred Dekker and Director of Photography Bradford May, Five-Part Retrospective 'Monster Squad Forever!', Conversation with Frankenstein Feature, Animated Storyboard Sequence, Theatrical Trailer, TV Spot, Stills Gallery, Deleted Scenes
Easter Egg:
No
Feature Details
Director:
Fred Dekker
Cast:
Andre Gower, Ryan Lambert, Duncan Regehr
Genre:
Action, Fantasy and Horror
Length:
82 minutes
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