by Shawn Robare | Oct 14, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
When it came to breathing life into the monsters, Fred Dekker and the production sought out one of the masters in the field of special effects makeup and design, the legendary Stan Winston. Having just come of work on films like The Thing, Terminator and Aliens,...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 13, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
This past Friday a super cool Branded in the 80s reader from Spain (Emilio D.) sent me a bunch of pictures of cool Spanish VHS and DVD releases of The Monster Squad in response to my Dead Media Library article showcasing a bunch of the home video releases of the...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 12, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
For part 4 of the Monster Squad art showcase I wanted to share something a little different today, a custom piece of action figure art! I found this artist who called himself G.I. Joseph on the Hisstank.com forums. He made this totally rad Rudy figure using 25th...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 11, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
For part 3 of the Monster Squad art showcase I wanted to feature a few great artists. First up this piece by Ryan Wheaton that I have hanging in Bradned HQ. You can pick this up at his etsy shop! Next up is the super cool dude, Travis Falligant who was the talented...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 10, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
On February 10, 1988 The Monster Squad was released for the first time on home video, a mere five months after it was released in theaters. There were two types of films that were released this fast back in the 80s, humongous blockbusters like Batman and those flicks...
