Sean Crenshaw - This kid is an extremely knowledgeable monster buff
and the fearless leader of the "Monster Squad." Sean is proof that watching a lot of horror films at a young
age doesn't turn kids into criminals and murderers. In fact, it turns them into well-balanced, imaginative youngsters
that act appropriately during times of crisis! (Take that, you horror-hating conservative bastards!)
Patrick - Sean's smart-ass best friend and fellow monster buff. Patrick spends more
time thinking about various monster-related things, like, why the Wolfman always wore pants in the old Universal films. (So no one
would see his "wolf-dork" of course!)
Horace - The token fat kid of the group. He's overly cautious and not too eager to
battle the forces of evil, and yet he manages to inflict harm to most of the film's monsters. He kicks
the Wolfman in the "nards," burns Dracula's face with a slice of garlic pizza, and kills the once mighty Gillman with a shotgun!
Monsters beware, this fat kid is hazardous to your health! (Especially if you eat him! Just
imagine the cholesterol!)
Phoebe Crenshaw - Sean's cute (and annoying) little sister. She proves
to be more of a help than Sean and the gang ever dreamed possible as she manages to recruit Frankenstein's
Monster as an unofficial member of the "Monster Squad."
Rudy - The oldest member of Sean's "Monster Squad," Rudy is the designated
bad-ass of the group. His heroics result in the defeat of a trio of vampiresses, the Wolfman, and
the Mummy!
Eugene and Pete - Eugene is the youngest male member of the "Monster Squad." He pretty
much just tags along with the rest of the gang and screams his head off every time a monster rears its ugly head.
Pete is Eugene's loveable canine sidekick. (How does that dog get up into the kids' treehouse?!)
The Scary German Guy - A mysterious and kindly German fellow that aids the kids in their
fight against evil. His knowledge of the German language proves necessary during the film's climax.
Del and Emily Crenshaw - Del is played by Stephen Macht! Sean and Phoebe's parents. Their marriage
is on the rocks but things are quickly patched up after they nearly lose their beloved children to the
evil Dracula!
Dracula - The prince of darkness and legendary vampire count that Abrahim Van Helsing
tried to stop a century before the events in this film. Dracula is seeking a special amulet that, if destroyed,
will bring about a reign of darkness across the world. Needless to say, Dracula ultimately fails in his
mission, gets staked twice, and is eventually dragged into a portal to limbo by his old
arch-nemesis, Van Helsing!
Frankenstein's Monster - Tom Noonan! The man-made monster that was created by Victor
von Frankenstein. Though "Frankie" is originally under Dracula's control, this gentle giant ends up
fighting against his former master to save his new found friends.
The Wolfman, The Mummy, and The Gillman - The rest of Dracula's crack team of
evil monsters! The Wolfman and Mummy are taken out by Rudy, while the Gillman suffers defeat at
the hands of Horace. I guess these monsters really didn't expect a group of young kids to be so
well armed and intelligent!
The battle between the forces of good and evil
has always been a popular theme in film, and the underlying message in most movies is that good
will always triumph over evil. (Where's the fun in that?!) I almost feel bad for all of cinema's
villains. Sure they may want to destroy lives and ruin hope, but dang it, they just never seem to
get a fair shake in the end. Case in point, Fred Dekker's The Monster Squad.
This tale about the struggle between good and evil begins in Transylvania, a full century in the past.
The film opens with the invasion
of Dracula's castle, circa the late 1880's. Abrahim Van Helsing and his band
of freedom fighters armed with guns, dynamite, and crossbows, barge into Dracula's castle uninvited, and begin a ritual that will
open an interdimensional portal that should theoretically suck Dracula and his devilish minions into limbo.
At first, things seem to be as planned for the rash heroes, until the ground beneath them begins to quake and spew forth
an army of zombies! Despite the undead attack, Van Helsing manages to finish the ritual and tosses an
odd-looking crystal into the air, which creates a huge portal.
As it turns out, Van Helsing has royally screwed up and soon finds himself taking a one-way trip to limbo.
(Dracula however was nowhere near the portal and continued to live on! DOH!) A hundred years pass and the film jumps to the "Present Day" (1987?) at a high
school where two kids, named Sean and Patrick are in the principal's office for "disturbing
class." (i.e. They were ignoring their boring teacher and drawing pictures of monsters to
decorate their clubhouse! Right on guys! Rage against the machine!) After they escape the
principal's office, they walk home and meet up with the rest of their crew: Horace, the fat
kid of the group, Sean's little sister, Phoebe, their buddy Eugene, and Rudy, the local
tough guy/cool kid. In the meantime, an old World War II bomber happens to be flying over the kids' hometown with
some interesting cargo from Transylvania!
It turns out that Dracula hitched a ride in said plane, and gets dropped off with his luggage after
assaulting the pilot. Coincidentally, Drac has arrived in the exact place
he wanted to be and soon finds himself a creepy Southern plantation-style home to reside in. And
since he found such a ritzy house to live in temporarily, he decides to get himself a few roommates, including
a Mummy from the town's museum, a Wolfman, a (rarely seen) Gillman, and the
mildly retarded Frankenstein Monster. Dracula is in search for the crystal that Van Helsing used in
the opening of the film because it is an all powerful amulet that becomes breakable every hundred years.
The amulet is concentrated good and if it's destroyed, the forces of darkness will reign supreme in our world!
However, if a certain ritual is carried out by the forces of good (which includes the recitation
of a German language incantation by a virgin girl), all evil will be sucked into limbo
for eternity. While he searches for the amulet, Dracula sends out Frankenstein's Monster to retrieve
Van Helsing's notebook, which is now in the possession of Sean Crenshaw! (His mother
got him the book from someone that ransacked Drac's pad before he moved in. It's amazing what you
can find at a yard sale eh?) Since the notebook is completely written in German, Sean and his
friends seek the help of a mysterious neighbor that is known only as the "Scary German Guy."
(This book is in German, let's ask our German neighbor for help! Hahaha! There's an amazing number of coincidences
in this flick, isn't there?)
Eventually Sean gathers together some evidence and talks his friends into forming their "Monster Club" into
the "Monster Squad" in order to combat the monsters that have been terrorizing the town. After a montage
of their preparations (set to the uber-catchy song "Rock Until You Drop"), the time comes for
the young group of heroes to set out against Dracula. Sean, Horace, Eugene, (his dog, Pete), and
Frankenstein's Monster (who was befriended by Sean's little sister, Phoebe) head to Drac's manor at night to find the amulet spoken of in Van Helsing's diary.
In the meantime, Rudy and Patrick set out to find themselves a virgin. (Tough to find in the 80s, and impossible to find these days!)
Sean and his team manage to find the amulet (though they lose Frankie along the way) and barely
escape the clutches of Dracula and his monsters. Had it not been for a kick to the nuts ("Wolfman's got nards!") and a piece
of garlic pizza, these kids would've been toast. (Way to go Fat Kid!)
Meanwhile, Rudy and Patrick are still out virgin-hunting and end up blackmailing Patrick's sister to fill
the position. With the amulet, Van Helsing
diary, and "virgin" knocked off their checklist, the entire monster squad meets up at their rendezvous
point. After comparing notes they all hop into Scary German Guy's jeep
and head for the church in the town square. Along the way, they have a brief encounter with the Mummy, but
things are quickly "wrapped up" thanks to Rudy. (The Mummy hops onto the back of the jeep and feebly
attempts to latch on to anyone it can. Rudy takes one of the Mummy's loose bandages, attaches it
to an arrow, and shoots it into a nearby tree. As the jeep continues to drive on, the Mummy
is slowly unraveled until all that's left is its skull!)
After that brief incursion, the squad arrives at their destination, but the church is locked! Mere
seconds later, Dracula's forces begin to arrive and the young heroes must hold their own. However,
the weird happenings, missing bodies, and rising death toll in the town have not gone unnoticed.
Del Crenshaw, Sean and Phoebe's dad, is a local cop and has been on Dracula's trail for some time.
After Drac attacks the monster squad's clubhouse ("Meeting adjourned.") and burns it to the ground, Del
chases the vengeful vamp into town. (Drac turned into a bat and flew off and Del follows in his car, but
not before he grabs some TNT out of the back of Dracula's nifty hearse-mobile!) Back in town, the besieged
monster squad holds their own. While Scary German Guy helps Pat's sister recite the passages from
Van Helsing's diary, Rudy takes some initiative and kills a trio of vampire brides.
Del arrives on the scene moments later and blasts the Drac-bat out of the sky with a handgun. Drac
crashes through the window of a nearby building and Del runs inside to finish the job. Once upstairs, Del
sees Dracula in mid-transformation and lights up a stick of dynamite. But before Del can blow up
his supernatural foe, he's attacked by the Wolfman! The vicious lycanthrope starts beating up Del, but fails
to notice that Sean has crept into the room with a baseball bat. Sean distracts the Wolfman long enough for
Del to shove his furry foe out the window, but not before he puts the aforementioned stick of dynamite into Wolfie's pants!
As the Wolfman tumbles out of the window he blows up (!!), but he's not finished yet. The man-beast
literally pulls itself back together (and somehow even manages to repair and clean his tattered
clothes) and comes back for round two!
At this point, cops start pouring into town (Did Del called for backup?) and start throwing down
with the Wolfman. Naturally the cops and their weapons are useless, so it's up to Rudy and his
trusty silver bullet (that he made during the montage earlier in the film) to save the day. Rudy
fires his single shot and it hits home, ending the Wolfman's short reign of terror.
But before anyone has time to celebrate this small victory, a nearby manhole cover pops open, and the
Gillman crawls out and Horace has the terrible luck of being the closest available victim for the man-fish.
But Horace is braver than anyone could have imagined! After failing to get his big ole butt to safety,
Horace picks up a dead cop's shotgun and blasts the poor Gillman into oblivion.
(Sheesh, the Creature from the Black Lagoon's cousin
gets barely five minutes of screen time before dying! Where's the justice in that?!)
With his army of monsters depleted, Dracula arrives on the scene and proves to be damn near
unstoppable. A half dozen cops are quickly exterminated by the powerful vamp, allowing Dracula to easily march up to young Phoebe
Crenshaw (the new virgin for the ritual, as Patrick's sister was apparently "dorked"). Drac gently grabs her chin
and lifts her off the ground before baring his fangs and threatening the young child for the amulet.
Before any harm can come to Phoebe, help comes unexpectedly in the form of Frankenstein's Monster!
"Frankie" ends up impaling Dracula on the spiked fence that surrounds the church, allowing Phoebe
and Scary German guy to successfully open the gates to limbo. Once fully opened, the portal begins sucking in everything and
anything, including, we assume, Dracula. But the arch-vampire isn't down and out yet!
That crafty vamp somehow hauled himself up off the fence and, despite the powerful sucking power
of the portal, manages to grab a hold of Sean. Dracula attempts to drag the youngster into limbo but
Sean manages to find one of Rudy's wooden stakes and drives it deep into Dracula's chest! The surprised
vampire lets go of Sean (who is dragged to safety by his friends) and is suddenly put into a headlock and dragged into limbo by...
Abrahim Van Helsing?! Meanwhile, not far from the others, Frankenstein's Monster is fighting a losing
battle as he desperately tries to crawl towards Phoebe. Eventually, the vortex gets the best of the
gentle giant and Frankie soon finds himself floating away. Phoebe throws her departing friend her
teddy bear and they exchange tearful good-byes until the portal closes. (Damn, that's a tear-jerker
if I've ever seen one.)
With ultimate evil defeated, everyone breathes a sigh of relief, but their celebration is cut short when a tank rolls into the
town square, followed by a large group of soldiers. Earlier in the film, Eugene sent a letter
to the Army, requesting help because "there are monsters!" Apparently the letter made it to someone
in the U.S. Armed Forces and was deemed urgent enough to send out a small company of troops. (Yeah
the movie's believability drops to nothing at this point, but that's ok, because its nearly over!) A
military General approaches the group and inquires: "Where are they? Where are the monsters?!" After
Eugene fails to answer the General's question, Sean steps in with business card in hand to tell
the confused General the whole story. ("We're the Monster Squad.")
So in the end, good once again triumphs over evil, but we'll see who has the last laugh when
the next century comes around. Dracula is currently out of the game, but what other legendary
monsters will arise to destroy the amulet and throw our world into eternal darkness?
I guess we'll have to wait until 2087 to find out! (Here's hoping for a giant monster of Godzillian-stature
and power! That'd be too damned cool!)
Film Review: The Monster Squad
is a very special movie to me. It's one of the main flicks my parents would rent weekly from the neighborhood
video store (Electric City Video, sadly forever gone) and I still couldn't get enough of it! (The same
applied to Q: The Winged Serpent, a movie I still defend to this day!) The Monster Squad
is an extremely fun movie and has a lot to be proud of. The film was written and directed by Fred Dekker, a rather
imaginative film maker who jumped into this project after completing his first feature film, Night of the Creeps,
which has since become a much sought after cult classic. Dekker is definitely a talented film maker
and came up with some excellent concepts for this film.
The main thing that is enjoyable about The Monster Squad
is that the characters are all believable and they all interact extremely well. The kids in the film
talk and act like kids normally would; they all act naturally and that's something that can't always be
pulled off when shooting a movie! And the main stars of the film,
namely Dracula and his gang of monsters, aren't cute and cuddly in the least, which is a major plus. Sometimes
kid-oriented horror flicks try to tone things down, but not in this flick! Dracula is truly a menacing
villain in this film (thanks to some excellent character acting by actor Duncan Regehr) and exudes
an even balance of charm and disdain (for us human cattle) whenever he's on the screen.
In comparison, the other monsters in the film aren't nearly as evil as their master. In fact, aside
from the Wolfman, the rest of the monsters are fairly useless and see little screen time. (A shame
because the Mummy and Gillman both looked really cool!) Then there's Frankenstein's Monster (played
by Tom Noonan) that serves as Drac's foil in the film. "Frankie" is a loveable lunk with all the innocence
of a child. He's sent to kill the "monster squad" and retrieve Van Helsing's notebook, but "Frankie"
easily has a change of heart and soon becomes one of the good guys. And the final scene where
poor "Frankie" is sucked into limbo while holding Phoebe's teddy bear is actually moving. I admittedly
get a bit choked up every time I see this scene, and have had that same reaction since my first
viewing of the film so many years ago. (Laugh if you will, but I guarantee you that this is
one of the saddest moments in monster cinema!)
And speaking of the monsters, they were all designed by the legendary Stan Winston! His designs
stayed fairly close to the classic Universal monsters, but he changed them all enough to be
presentable to modern audiences (and to avoid lawsuits from Universal Studios). And in my humble
opinion, Stan's creature designs for this film still have yet to be topped by any recent film. (Don't
even mention that piece-of-crap Van Helsing movie!)
Along with great creature effects and an awesome cast (of mostly unknowns), The Monster Squad also
boasts an awesome soundtrack with original music done by composer Bruce Broughton, plus some
rockin' 80s tunes! (Said tunes include the cheesy "Monster Squad Rap" as well as the
extremely catchy song "Rock Until You Drop.")
Being a film reviewer, I probably should take some time to talk about this movie's faults, but in
my eyes, The Monster Squad is perfect!
This film manages to successfully balance all of its horror and comedy elements, and delivers a
satisfactory ending at the finale. It has many likeable characters, and even manages to flesh some
of them out, even though the film only runs at a brisk eighty-two minutes! I can watch this movie repeatedly and never get tired of it,
and I genuinely admire the imagination and hard work that was put into this flick. I love the The Monster Squad
completely and utterly and I can't recommend it enough! See this movie!
So how radioactive is this epic 80s monster mash?
Geiger Counter Reading:
- FIVE 'RADS' -
WARNING: This movie is highly radioactive! It's got great music, cool monsters,
and a "Scary German Guy!" How could you not love this film?!
DVD Review: Rejoice, for The Monster
Squad is available on DVD, courtesy of Lionsgate! This two-disc '20th Anniversary Edition' comes
in a plastic keep-case with a nice cardboard foil-stamped slipcover. Fans of the film will be saddened to see that the original movie
poster art was not used for this release. (The cover art for this release is awful in my opinion and would scare off most
folks who would even be vaguely interested in watching or renting this film. However, don't fret. Lionsgate was kind enough
to put a miniature reproduction of the original poster art inside the DVD case!) The movie has been fully remastered and is
shown in its original 2.35:1 widescreen ratio with Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound, as well as the original Dolby Stereo 2.0 audio track.
The picture quality is very good, but not nearly as clean as I had hoped, and the quality of the audio on the disc is
fantastic.
The extras on this 2-disc set are plentiful and include: An audio commentary with Fred Dekker, Andre Gower, Ryan Lambert, and Ashley Bank; a second
audio commentary with Fred Dekker and Director of Photography, Bradford May;
a five-part retrospective documentary entitled "Monster Squad Forever," multiple deleted scenes (many of which deservedly
ended up on the cutting room floor), a still gallery, the original theatrical trailer and TV spots, and an animated storyboard
sequence. Hands down, this is a must own DVD for fans of The Monster Squad!
UPDATE: 07/12/08 - According to a very reliable source (Andre Gower!), only the first pressing of the Monster
Squad DVDs have the foil slipcover and the miniature onesheet within the DVD case. And
for those of you totally miffed about Lionsgate's cover art, visit CDcovers.cc
and check out their collection of downloadable (custom and foreign) DVD covers!
Sean: "Look, Wolfman doesn't go to
work. He's not like a guy!"
Patrick: "What are you talking about? He walks around, he wears pants."
Sean: "He had to wear pants! Those movies were made in the 40's! He had to wear 'em
so you wouldn't see his... wolf dork!"
Patrick: "Wolf-dork?!"
(Reviewer's Note: Hahaha! This has to be one of the greatest arguments I've ever heard!)
Phoebe: "Mom says you have to let me in the club, or else its prescription!"
Sean: "That's discrimination jerkoid! Prescription's drugs, which you're on
if you think you're gettin' up here!"
Sean: "Mom, do you know who wrote this book?!"
Emily: "Yeah, uh what, Van Helsing something. Now he's the one that fights Godzilla right?"
Sean: "Dracula mom."
Emily: "Well then which is the really tall one?"
Sean: "That's Godzilla!"
(Reviewer's Note: You know, most adults, just don't get it! Hopefully I'll never be so dumbed down
that I won't be able to tell the difference between a vampire and a giant radioactive lizard!)
Horace: "Scary German Guy is bitchin'!"
Sean: "Kick him in the nards!"
Horace: "What?!"
Sean: "Kick him in the nards!"
Horace: "He doesn't have nards!"
Sean: "Do it! DO IT!"
Horace: [Kicks the Wolfman in the crotch then stares in disbelief]. "Wolfman's got nards!"
(Reviewer's Note: That last line was legendary amongst all of us "children of the 80s." It's nice to
know that if I'm attacked by a werewolf on some creepy moonlit night, I merely need to kick it
in the balls to get away! Hahaha!)
Patrick: "Where ya going Rudy?"
Rudy: "I'm in the goddamn club, aren't I?"
E.J.: "Hey, fat kid! Good job."
Horace : "My name [pumps shotgun], is Horace!"
Dracula: "Give me the amulet, you BITCH! HISSSS!"
(Reviewer's Note: Dracula says this line to Phoebe at the film's
climax and it's just awesome! Dracula is so bad ass that he won't even let a six-year old girl
stand in his way!)
- Beginning - Van Helsing and friends botch their invasion of Dracula's castle.
- 2:01 - Did I just see an armadillo waddling across the dungeon floor? (Yup!)
- 2:58 - Impressive! Dracula can go from being a naked bat to a fully clothed man in ten seconds flat!
- 10:52 - Hahaha! The greatest Wolfman argument I've ever heard!
- 13:29 - Oof! Dracula delivers his powerful "backhand of death."
- 16:59 - Hahaha! Dracula drives in style! His ride is a sporty black hearse with a chrome skull as
a hood ornament!
- 28:32 - For the love of God! It took Sean long enough to figure out who Mr. Alucard is!
- 42:37 - Hahaha! So this is what Stand by Me would've
been like if Frankenstein's Monster was in it.
- 44:05 - Monster Squad Montage! ("Rock until you drop! Dance until your heart stops!")
- 47:10 - "Well, I'll go have a bite while you change into something more, comfortable."
- 49:03 - Werewolves hate phone booths!
- 50:22 - "Creature stole my twinky."
- 54:53 - "Wolfman's got nards!"
- 57:14 - See! There is an upside to being friends with a fat kid!
- 59:48 - "See ya later, band-aid breath!"
- 61:06 - "Meeting adjourned." (KABOOM!)
- 65:46 - Ouch! The Wolfman gets blown to smithereens...
- 66:53 - ... then literally pulls himself back together! Craziness!
- 68:12 - After being blown up and shot, the Wolfman's clothes are still in near perfect condition.
- 68:25 - Hahaha. For a second there, I thought a Ninja Turtle was about to enter the battle!
- 69:23 - The Gillman dies! NOOOOO!
- 71:22 - "Give me the amulet, you BITCH!" [HISSSSSSSS!]
- 75:07 - The army showed up? So if I wrote a letter to the United States Army and claimed that
monsters have invaded my small town, they'd show up a day or two later in full force?!
- 76:00 - The End Credits, featuring the "Monster Squad Rap!"
Recommended Viewing:
- Director Fred Dekker has had a very short-lived film career. Along with the The Monster
Squad
he has made the cult favorite Night
of the Creeps. This film is also out of print and highly sought
after by fans the world over. (Hint: Check eBay!) Sadly, Mr. Dekker's third directorial effort
was the one that crippled his budding career. Of course I speak of the travesty that was
Robocop 3. (a.k.a. The film that killed
Orion Pictures.) As of my writing this review, Fred Dekker has yet to direct another film!
Dracula first hit silver screens in Dracula (1931) with
Bela Lugosi as the titular character. Since then other actors have played the famous vampire
count with varying degrees of success. Duncan Regehr from The Monster Squad
is definitely one of the best Draculas that I've seen. Other notable "Drac-actors" include Gary Oldman (Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)),
Frank Langella (Dracula (1979)), and
Christopher Lee (The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1974) et al.).
Having multiple monsters in a movie is not a new idea in the least. House of Frankenstein (1944)
features the Wolfman (Lon Chaney Jr.), Dracula (John Carradine), and the Frankenstein Monster (Glenn Strange).
Then there's House of Dracula (1945), which
featured the same monsters (and actors). Others worth mentioning are: Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman (1943),
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948),
and the recent homage to classic monster films, Frankenstein vs. the Creature from Blood Cove (2005).
If you want to see more of Frankenstein's Monster, The Mummy, the Gillman, and the Wolfman, check
out these classic films: Frankenstein (1931),
The Bride of Frankenstein (1935), The Mummy (1932),
The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), Revenge of the Creature (1955),
The Creature Walks Among Us (1956), and The Wolfman (1941).
The main heroes of The Monster Squad are youngsters and
they end up doing a lot more than the adults that surround them. Here's some other cool films that involve
adventurous kids fighting the forces of evil: The Goonies (1985),
The Lost Boys (1987), and Stephen King's IT (1990).
Useless Trivia:
had thirteen minutes trimmed from the final cut because some executives didn't want the movie
to run over ninety minutes! (Curse you evil executives!)
Dustin Diamond (a.k.a. Screech) had a small role in
The Monster Squad as a kid that
tries to sell comic books to Sean and his friends. This scene sadly ended up on the cutting room floor.
Veteran actor Liam Neeson was paid for a bit part that was never
shot.
Michael Faustino who played Eugene in the film, is the younger brother of David Faustino who
is best known as "Bud Bundy" from the hit TV show, Married With Children.
Brent Chalem who played Horace in The Monster Squad
died on December 9, 1997 of pneumonia in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was only twenty-two years old. (Rest in peace "Fat Kid," you will be
missed!)
In The Monster Squad,
Frankenstein's Monster was played by Tom Noonan, who portrayed drug
kingpin "Cain" in Robocop 2 (1990). A year later, Monster Squad director
Fred Dekker would write and direct the highly unpopular Robocop 3 (1993), just
before Orion Pictures went bankrupt. Coincidence? I think not!
The Monster Squad was nominated for several awards
in the 1988 by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror Films including
best costume design, best original soundtrack, best performance by a younger actor, and best supporting actor. Sadly
it did not win in any of these categories. However, the film did win the 1988 Young Artist Award
for "Outstanding Young Actors/Actresses Ensemble in Television or Motion Picture." This movie
also won the Silver Raven award in 1988 at the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film!
The scene where Dracula lifts Phoebe up and she screams was done in one take. (Quick reminder:
"Give me the amulet you BITCH!") Duncan Regehr wouldn't wear his red contacts or fangs around the
five year old Ashley Bank because it scared her too much. For the
scene, director Fred Dekker just told Ashley to scream once the platform raised her. When she
asked, "When?" Dekker told her, "Oh, you'll know," and proceeded to shoot. The terrified
scream you hear when Dracula opens his eyes, is Ashley's genuine scream of fright!
Download(s):
*Note: These two songs are audio-rips from the Lionsgate DVD, made by "Long Island Ripper" from The Inferno Music Crypt. Though this rips
are very high quality, there is a little "hiccup" at the beginning of each one, due to music being on two seperate DVD tracks. Enjoy
the music and be sure to visit The Inferno Music Crypt for more groovy cult movie soundtracks!*
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Review posted on December 9, 2006.
(Review last updated on July 12, 2008.)
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