Like The Goonies, The Monster Squad congers up memories of my childhood. I remember the first time I saw it, when I was around 8 or 9 years old, and thought how awesome it was that you had all these classic movie monsters on one screen AND have a group of kids fight them. So when I finally got the chance to watch it again after nearly two decades, I was enthusiastic as ever. It was like opening up a time capsule, now encased in a two disk DVD. Yet, after about half-way through I realized that like Pop Rocks and Santa Claus, I had outgrown The Monster Squad. (more…)
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