Monster Squad hits the streets

Available for the first time on DVD, Monster Squad is out this week. What, you didn't hear me? Freaking Monster Squad is on DVD brother! Back in '87, we didn't have your fancy Spider-Man and Transformers movie. We had to make do with a bunch of kids who have to lay the smackdown on Dracula and his cronies the old fashion way: by kicking the wolfman in the nards.

All right it's no cinema verite, but to a kid facing the last few weeks before school started, going down to the Hillcrest Mall cinema to watch some monster fighting was a great way to spend the day, like watching The Goonies crossed with Ghostbusters.

The Monster Squad (1987) was about a group of kids who have to take matters into their own hands when monsters, led by Dracula, come to town. As in most movies like this, adults and authority figures don't believe the kids until it's too late, but the kids manage to convert Frankenstein's monster to their side and with the help of an elderly neighbour (message: old people are useful), discover a way to banish the monsters to Limbo.

It's cheesy fun, with swearing, smoking, monsters, humour and fighting - everything a teenager would want from a movie. Some decent special effects and some classic lines: "Wolfman's got nards!" There's the rebellious kid, the fat kid, the earnest kid, the little kid.

I'm definitely pulling this one for the next Guy's Movie Night.