The Monster Squad

The Monster Squad (1987)

Timing: 1:22 (82 min)

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Release date

1987-08-14

Country

United States

Production

TriStar Pictures, Keith Barish Productions, TAFT Entertainment Pictures, HBO

Genre

Comedy, Action, Fantasy

Budget

$12 000 000

Revenue

$3 769 990

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Director

Fred Dekker

Actors

André Gower, Robby Kiger, Stephen Macht, Duncan Regehr, Tom Noonan, Brent Chalem, Ryan Lambert, Ashley Bank, Michael Faustino, Mary Ellen Trainor
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Scenario

Shane Black, Fred Dekker

Producer

Jonathan A. Zimbert, Rob Cohen, Keith Barish, Peter Hyams

Operator

Bradford May

Composer

Bruce Broughton

Artist

David F. Klassen

Audition

Penny Perry

Editing

James Mitchell
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• According to director Fred Dekker, the first screenplay written by Shane Black was far too monumental. At the beginning of the film, during the storming of Count Dracula's castle, Van Helsing was supposed to appear accompanied by numerous zeppelins and hundreds of riders. Dekker stated that the cost of this scene alone would have exceeded the entire film's budget.
• Liam Neeson received a fee for a role in a film he never actually played.
• The scene in which Count Dracula lifts the heroine, played by five-year-old Ashley Bank, into the air and she screams, was shot in one take. The actor playing Dracula, Duncan Regehr, tried not to wear red contact lenses or fake fangs when Bank was nearby, because it all frightened her. Before filming this scene, director Fred Dekker asked Bank to scream as loudly as possible. She asked, “When exactly?” to which he replied along the lines of “you’ll know when,” and began filming. The girl let out a piercing scream when Dracula opened his eyes.
• The facial features of the Werewolf bear a resemblance to those of Stan Winston, the director, producer, actor, and screenwriter (1946-2008).