The Monster Squad - videos, teasers and stills from filming

All videos, teasers and footage from the filming of the film "The Monster Squad"

The Monster Squad (1987)

Timing: 1:22 (82 min)

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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).

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