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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91Entertainment WeeklyJason ClarkEntertainment WeeklyJason ClarkFred Dekker’s 1987 horror comedy is, like totally, the ultimate ’80s movie. An agreeably goofy, Little Rascals-meets-The Goonies time passer, the movie is proudly anti-CGI.
- 80EmpireKim NewmanEmpireKim NewmanSharper than a stake in it's genre references, The Monster Squad appeals to cinephile as well as teen sensibilities.
- 80IGNIGNThe film paints a nostalgic portrait of the fears we all shared as children - the common knowledge that when our parents left the room, the monsters under our beds - or locked inside our closest - started to shift and scratch; that our only friend in the midnight hour was the nightlight in the corner of the room.
- 80Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasThe Monster Squad is such fun, it makes you wish you were a kid again.
- 80Film ThreatFilm ThreatIt’s every kids dream to fight monsters, and in some ways The Monster Squad helps us live out that fantasy. And it’s a damn good film chalk full of horror movie references, and nods to classic films that only the discernible eye can catch.
- 75The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinSquad joins The Lost Boys, Fright Night, Gremlins, and Poltergeist in a winning '80s subgenre dedicated to ghoulies invading the suburbs.
- 70Time OutTime OutMore of a clever comic parody than a jokey pastiche, this lively kiddies' horror pic delivers frights and laughs which are rooted in a sure and sympathetic grasp of Monster Movie mythology.
- 50The New York TimesVincent CanbyThe New York TimesVincent CanbyA silly attempt to crossbreed an Our Gang comedy with a classic horror film, which usually means that both genres have reached the end of the line.
- 50Washington PostHal HinsonWashington PostHal HinsonMost of what's included in this unapologetically scrambled mixture of Goonies, Hardy Boys adventures, Ghostbusters and Abbott and Costello monster films is bad actors wandering around in bad makeup and rubber masks and two kinds of kids -- cute, intolerably noisy, smart-alecky kids and not-so-cute, noisy, smart-alecky kids. I don't know which kind I liked least.
- 40TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineThis second feature from director Fred Dekker is a poorly paced and haphazardly scripted horror-comedy that is neither scary nor particularly funny.