One hundred years ago, Dracula and other monsters survive to the attack of Dr. Van Helsing and his men to his castle with a magical amulet. In the present days, Dracula travels to the United States and arrives in a small town. He summons the Werewolf, the Mummy, the Swamp Thing and Frankenstein's creature to help him to retrieve the amulet.

In the town, a man claims that he is the werewolf and goes to the police station to ask to be locked up in a cell. Meanwhile a mummy vanishes from the local museum and police detective Del (Stephen Macht) is assigned to investigate the case. When his son Sean (Andre Gower), who is a monster fan, learns the news, he joins his friends Patrick (Robby Kiger), Horace (Brent Chalem) and Rudy (Ryan Lambert) in his monster club to read a Van Helsing's journal that was given by his mother. However the book is written in German and they are not able to translate it. So they asks for help from their weird neighbor that they call Scary German Guy (Leonardo Cimino) and they discover that they need to recover the amulet and a virgin to get rid off Dracula and the monsters. Meanwhile Sean's little sister Phoebe (Ashley Bank), who is unsuccessfully trying to join the club, befriends Frankenstein's creature. The unlike group brings Patrick's sister (Lisa Fuller), who claims that is virgin, to read the passage that sends the monsters to the limbo. Will they be successful in their intent?

"The Monster Squad" is a highly entertaining cult movie with a funny story that entwines adventure, dark comedy and horror. This film is also a tribute to the Universal Monsters. There is a touching moment when the Scary German Guy tells to the kids that he has experience with monsters and we see a concentration camp number on his arm. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Deu a Louca nos Monstros" ("The Monsters Have Gone Crazy")

Note: On 24 July 2016, I saw this film again.

Note: On 09 Sep 2018, I saw this film again.

One hundred years ago, Dr. Van Helsing and his men tried to rid the world of vampires and monsters. He failed and Dracula survives. Dracula travels across the globe and drops into the unsuspecting town. Sean and Patrick are young best friends who formed the Monsters Club. Chubby Horace is picked on by E.J. and Derek but he's rescued by Rudy. Sean's little sister Phoebe keeps hanging around. Sean's father police detective Del (Stephen Macht) is called in after a mummy is stolen from the museum. At the police station, a man claiming to a werewolf is demanding to be locked up. Dracula gathers them along with Swamp Thing and Frankenstein's Monster to wreck havoc and recover a magical amulet. Sean is given Van Helsing's diary but it's written in German. They get their mysterious neighbor Scary German Guy to translate the diary.

This is reminiscent of 'The Goonies'. A bunch of young kids going on an incredible adventure. That's always a great concept. This isn't terribly scary. The monsters look old-timey. However it is a lot of fun. It's got funny moments like "Wolfman's got nards!" and the little girl is loads of fun. The older sister should probably be brought in a little earlier. She adds a different needed energy. The other kids are all good but nobody really stands out. Overall, this is a fun monster movie for the kids.

Some kids who are really into those old Universal horror flicks have this club they call The Monster Squad. But soon enough their knowledge about how to kill some of these legendary creatures comes in mighty handy in their small town.

Andre Gower and Robby Kiger head the group and it's a good thing their services were needed right at this point in time. By the look of them in another year these kids would be hitting puberty full stride, one of them Ryan Lambert is already showing inclination of interest in the opposite sex.

Best scene in the film is during the climax when a virgin is needed to read an incantation and when it doesn't quite work because the virgin's not quite a virgin Gower's little sister is brought in as a pinch hitter.

Duncan Regehr makes a fine, menacing Dracula topping the cast performance list. Regehr plays it absolutely straight for the young audience this film was aimed at.

With an original premise based on how Bud&Lou got tangled up with all their monsters in Abbott&Costello Meet Frankenstein and a climax which liberally borrowed from the Back To The Future films, The Monster Squad is still an enjoyable film for young audiences.