by Shawn Robare | Oct 24, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Though the theatrical release of The Monster Squad was an unfortunate failure (grossing around $3.8M against a estimated $12M budget in its two week big screen run), looking back I’m surprised that there wasn’t even a miniscule attempt to merchandise the...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 23, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Today is an extra special MS Fan Art day. Last month I highlighted the work of Brian and Sara Turner of Cricket Press, and today I wanted to take a moment and share some of Sara’s rad Monster Squad related artwork. I know Sara is as big a fan of this flick as...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 22, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Earlier in the month I shared a series of Monster Squad articles and interviews that appeared in the pages of Fangoria and Starlog magazine back in 1987, and as an addendum to that post I wanted to share a couple more vintage magazine articles that debuted after the...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 21, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Like most films there is some material that is in the script that just never makes to reality, or there are scenes filmed that either don’t work as well as intended or just don’t fit in the final film for one reason or another. Sometimes this material is...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 20, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
One of the pieces of my Monster Squad collection that I love the most is a copy of the script that Fred Dekker and Shane Black wrote back in 1986. I love digging into novelizations and scripts to see what differences there were between the initial idea and the final...
