For this special edition of Awesome 80s Bedrooms I thought I’d change things up a little and try my best to do a breakdown off all the cool stuff in the Monster Squad Clubhouse. There is so much stuff in there with every flat surface literally wallpapered with movie posters and stills. I’ll be honest, 60% of it I can’t figure out, or can’t see well enough to make out. Either way there is still a ton of fun stuff I can identify. First up, a nice shot of the clubhouse and the description that was in the script to set the mood…
Let’s start with probably the most famous shot of the Clubhouse which appeared during the scene when the Club was giving Rudy the Monster Test…
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- 1). Return of the Living Dead movie poster (which is obscured by another poster that’s overlapping it on the bottom that I can’t identify…)
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- 2). Hammer’s Vampire Circus movie poster
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- 3). Movie still of Bela Lugosi as Dracula
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- 4). The Being movie poster
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- 5). Inhumanoids D’Compose action figure
1). Return of the Living Dead movie poster (which is obscured by another poster that’s overlapping it on the bottom that I can’t identify…)
2). Hammer’s Vampire Circus movie poster
3). Movie still of Bela Lugosi as Dracula
4). The Being movie poster
5). Inhumanoids D’Compose action figure
So, technically, this next picture of the clubhouse is a “behind the scenes” photo (which I sourced from an issue of Fangoia), but I wanted to include it for completeness sake because it’s the only shot I know of that includes the ceiling. This shot isn’t in the movie (that I’m aware of) but it includes some fun stuff like…
6). Frightmare movie poster
7). Movie still of Jerry (Chris Sarandon) from Fright Night
8). Movie still from Critters (Couldn’t find the exact still for this one, but you get the idea)
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- 6). Frightmare movie poster
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- 7). Movie still of Jerry (Chris Sarandon) from Fright Night
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- 8). Movie still from Critters
Up next I’m gonna jump to a shot inside the clubhouse right after Dracula shows up to blow the thing to smithereens (a single tear just fell down my cheek)…
9). Dr. Jekyll Aurora Monster Model Kit
10). The Hunchback Aurora Monster Model Kit
11). Famous Monsters of Filmland Issue 28
12). The Mummy Aurora Monster Model Kit
For 13, there are two posters I want to identify. On the left is…
13a). Zombie (Zombi 2) movie poster
Then to the right of that in the shadows is one that I had a terrible time trying to figure out. I reached out to the horror community, even to Fred Dekker (who was super kind with his time to answer, though he was stumped too.) But my good buddy Ben Rollier of BatFan.com stepped up, tapped into his well of Batman detecting skills and solved the mystery! Man I love the community on the internet…
13b). Hannah Queen of the Vampires movie poster from 1973
14). Movie still of the Ray Harryhausen Cyclops from the 7th Voyage of Sinbad
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- 9). Dr. Jekyll Aurora Monster Model Kit
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- 10). The Hunchback Aurora Monster Model Kit
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- 1a). Famous Monsters of Filmland Issue 28 (he obviously brought it in from the Clubhouse…)
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- 12). The Mummy Aurora Monster Model Kit
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- 13a). Zombie (Zombi 2) movie poster
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- 13b). Hannah Queen of the Vampires movie poster from 1973
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- 14). Movie still of the Ray Harryhausen Cyclops from the 7th Voyage of Sinbad
Next up…yet more movie stills and posters and stuff ;)
15). Movie still of David Niven in Old Drac
16). Some of the club’s monster drawings including illustrations of the Gillman, Dracula, and Frankenstein’s Monster
17). Finger wall hook (these are seen ALL throughout the clubhouse…)
18). Godzilla, War of the Monsters movie poster
19). Movie still of Lon Chaney Jr. in The Wolfman
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- 15). Movie still of David Niven in Old Drac
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- 17). Finger wall hook (these are seen ALL throughout the clubhouse…)
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- 18). Godzilla, War of the Monsters movie poster
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- 19). Movie still of Lon Chaney Jr. in The Wolfman
There’s a closer look at that Godzilla poster in this next screen capture…
20). Blood of Ghastly Horror movie poster
21). Assorted Garbage Pail Kids and GPK puffy stickers…
22). Movie still of Sissy Spacek from Carrie
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- 20). Blood of Ghastly Horror movie poster
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- 22). Movie still of Sissy Spacek from Carrie
We get a few different angles in the scene when Rudy and Patrick are blackmailing Patrick’s sister to help them with some virginal German linguistics…
23). Ultraman Toy
24). Metaluna the Mutant Model Kit by Tsukuda
25). Movie still from The Creature From the Black Lagoon
26). B&W Promo still of Robert Englund as Freddy Kruger
27). Inhumanoids Tendril action figure
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- 24). Metaluna the Mutant Model Kit by Tsukuda
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- 25). Movie still from The Creature From the Black Lagoon
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- 26). B&W Promo still of Robert Englund as Freddy Kruger
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- 27). Inhumanoids Tendril action figure
I was really surprised to spot the next three toys in this scene with the Monster learning to talk…
28). Roboto Masters of the Universe action figure
29). Mantenna Princess of Power action figure
30). Leech Princess of Power action figure
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- 28). Roboto Masters of the Universe action figure
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- 29). Mantenna Princess of Power action figure
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- 30). Leech Princess of Power action figure
There are some more toys in this scene, as well as the boxes for those Aurora model kits of Dr. Jekyll and the Hunchback. There are more toys on that makeshift shelf that I can’t identify…
31). Remco 3 & 3/4″ Dracula action figure
32). Gillman model kit by Tsukuda
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- 31). Remco 3 & 3/4″ Dracula action figure
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- 32). Gillman model kit by Tsukuda
33). Movie still from the 1925 Phantom of the Opera movie starring Lon Chaney Sr.
34). Movie still from the 1931 Dracula featuring Bela Lugosi and Edward Van Sloan
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- 33). Movie still from the 1925 Phantom of the Opera movie starring Lon Chaney Sr.
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- 34). Movie still from the 1931 Dracula featuring Bela Lugosi and Edward Van Sloan
35). Sssssss movie poster
36). Still from Hammer’s The Curse of Frankenstein starring Christopher Lee as the Monster
And finally one more movie poster…
37). Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors movie poster
Now, I need to print out a bunch of these photo and posters and start building my replica clubhouse!
As an added bonus, here’s an ACTUAL bedroom breakdown, a quickie featuring the only shot of Sean’s room from the film…
Sean’s bedroom appears for a split second in the film at the very start of the Rock Until You Drop montage sequence and even though it’s really quick there are a number of cool things lying about. I can’t identify all of it unfortunately, like what appears to be a Creature From the Black Lagoon toy/statue on his dresser, or the specific issue of MAD magazine all the way on the left. That being said, here’s what I could figure out…
1a). Famous Monsters of Filmland Issue 28 (he obviously brought it in from the Clubhouse…)
1b). MAD Magazine issue 199
Thanks to Erick of the rad Wonderful Wonderblog for identifying the issue of MAD magazine to the left of FMoF #28!
2). Inflatable T-Rex (for the life of me I couldn’t identify the specific model or maker)
3). MAD Monsters Issue 5
4). “This Place Gives Me The Creeps” mini poster
5). Fantastic Four Issue Number 1 Poster
6). Famous Monsters of Filmland Issue 29
7). Plastic Frankenstein’s Monster statue (again, for the life of my I couldn’t figure out the year or maker…)
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- 1a). Famous Monsters of Filmland Issue 28 (he obviously brought it in from the Clubhouse…)
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- 1b). MAD Magazine Issue 199 (Thanks ERICK!)
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- 3). MAD Monsters Issue 5
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- 5). Fantastic Four Issue Number 1 Poster
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- 6). Famous Monsters of Filmland Issue 29
Before I close this out, here’s today’s Monster Squad trading card!
Today’s card is #21, E.J. & Derek!
