Platinum Dunes, the company behind the modern remakes of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday the 13th, and the upcoming Nightmare on Elm Street, is sinking its teeth into another 1980s remake - The Monster Squad.
The original Monster Squad, which came out in 1987 and was directed by Fred Dekker, revolved around a group of pre-teens who squared off against Universal’s entire classic movie monster line-up (Dracula, Wolfman, Mummy, Gill-man, and Frankenstein’s Monster).
After exhausting his Ouija board adaptation talking points, Brad Fuller spoke with Shock Till You Drop on the status of The Monster Squad remake – and whether the film would include the original monsters or bring in a new roster.
The producer was coy about the exact line-up of monsters audiences should expect, stating that he doesn’t have an answer yet – but that they are ”definitely using the original film as a blueprint.”
According to Fuller, the team is still working on finding a writer for the project and they plan on having someone “in the next two or three weeks.”
Whoever that writer turns out to be – they’d better have seen the original film, Fuller goes on to explain:
“We have three or four different takes, some stick closely to the original – others are going to be a bit different. It’s about sitting down with Rob Cohen and the studio and figuring out which storyline we’re going to go with. But I can tell you all of the story lines, whereas Friday the 13th isn’t like the original, this will be close to the original. It’s about a group of kids who have a monster squad, monsters come to their town and they’ve got to figure it out.”
In my opinion, given the pantheon of upcoming movie remakes, The Monster Squad actually sounds like something that should be made.
According to Screen Rant’s Top 5 Rules for Movie Remakes, The Monster Squad easily falls under Rule 2 (the original is terribly dated in either setting or pacing and style) as well as Rule 4 (the remake does in fact bring something new while respecting the original).
While the original film wasn’t particularly successful when it first premiered, it has gone on to become a cult classic among people who grew up in the late 1970s and early 80s. The original film’s built-in fanbase, coupled with a resurgence in the popularity of movie monsters in the last three years, hints at the possibility of the remake actually becoming a success.
Would you like to see The Monster Squad remade? What monsters would you like to see included in the line-up?
Source: Shock Till You Drop
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I wouldn't mind seeing all the monsters shown in the pic if they can come up with a story that actually justifies their presence.
THIS MOVIE SHOULD NOT BE REMADE, PERIOD. ITS PERFECT IN EVERY WAY AND REMAKING IT IS A BAD IDEA. EVEN IF THEY DO A GOOD JOB (WHICH IS DAMN NEAR IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL IS SO GOOD) IT WILL ONLY BRING POSERS INTO THE INNER CIRCLE OF REAL MONSTER SQUAD MOVIE FANS. IT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN. I understand the remake for nightmare on elm street and friday the thirteenth (and they were not very good). They make sence because the average person knows who JASON is and who FREDDY KRUEGER is, so a remake makes sense as people who are familiar with the characters or at least heard of them get a shot to see a modern day version of these characters. Making a monster squad remake doesnt make sense because 99 out of 100 people dont know what it is. So making a remake would only bring people in who dont know whats going on and not appreciate the original, let alone the posers who will jump out of the wood work and go buy the 20th anniversary dvd (but most likely they will re-re-release a dvd at the time the movie comes out). Even though us real fans have an original VHS copy or a even rarer Lasor Disc copy (which i own, along with my original 1987 uncut movie poster) So the movie being made into a remake is as unnessicary as a remake of the first “Die Hard” or “Ferris Buelers Day Off” which with the way remakes are going i wouldnt be surprised if they made it. Honestly I’d rather see a Goonies remake than the monsters squad, and i the goonies has a spot in my heart, but nothing compares to the monster squad in my eyes. It means alot to me, as well as many other die hard fans and a remake will just be distasteful and a slap in the face to all the real fans out there. If Rob Cohan and Mr.Platinum Dunes really wana go ahead with this remake they better do an AMAZING job or i will boycot ever movie they make from now on. They should email me for ideas or have me on set or script editor or something cause im pretty serious about this project. ALSO— the score by Bruce Broughton is a masterpiece and should not be messed with at all. Anyone who wants to protest this with me email me at Dakotaplaysguitar@gmail.com or find me on facebook and put monstersquad in a message so i know why your joining my page lol. Also i have a youtube channel by the same name with no spaces in it. Or of course you could send me a letter, my address is 666 Shadowbrook rd
The Mummy's pretty useless. I say get rid of it and bring on Jack Torrance!
Hugo Weaving can play Count Dracula and he can make an awesome villain. Casper Van Dien can play The Werewolf. Ray Romano can play Franky The Frankenstein, Doug Jones as The Gill Man, and Nathan Lane as The Mummy How does that sound ?
The Brides of Dracula will be played by Laura Vandervoort, Keira Knightley, and Mischa Barton and the first scene of the movie In a Horror Journey Van Helsing will be played by Daniel Craig.
I loved watching The Monster Squad growing up, and I love that there's a remake in the works. I think the original lineup should be kept (since they're original Hammer Horror monsters, they shouldn't be changed). I'm looking forward to hearing more on this!
As far as someone directing they should go with Bryan singer He flippin rocks
I loved this movie as a kid…I say keep the main villains. I have no idea on the cast yet but there is only one man who should direct this movie…JOSS WHEDON. Dont agree? Watch Buffy the vampire slayer and Angel, then tell me I'm wrong.
One of my favourite movies as a kid. Just didn't know why. But I love it- a remake may not be a bad idea.
part of me says keep the classic monsters, but another part of me always wanted to see a version with “contemporary” characters ie Pinhead, Freddy Krueger, Leatherface, Jason, and Michael Meyers.
I think buttly muddwater is on 2 something I love the OG movie but the monsters of the past there’s no outlet 4 the wolfman is the only 1 that kids can understand simply cause that’s the only monster movie in 10 years or better no franky no dracula the only mummy the know is the 1 with brenden frasier and the blacklagoon is nothing 2 them but freddy jason micheal meyers pinhead and leather face are monsters more in tune with kids nowadays I was born in 83 I love the OG and eather way I’m there but my you should think about how crazy it would be to have all the slasher films monsters go’n after some kids big box office bucks
I hate to be a kill joy, but lets keep in mind Platinum Dunes is mike bay’s producction company.
I too would love to see it modernised to include this generations of Movie Monsters, Freddy, Jason, Meyers, Pinhead, Leatherface etc etc but i feel there would be a few issues:
a) Getting the rights to show all these in one movie
b) Monster squad is essentially a kids movie and to have a G Rated movie with those Icons in it would cause a massive uproar
I grew up with Monster squad as a kid and my brothers and i used to watch it over and over again – simply awesome. I have no isses with a remake, it would be nice to see the remake go Rated R include all the new age monsters it would be Hardcore !!
Just do this movie right, with original monsters, and real people and costumes. I hate CGI, perfect example the new nightmare on elm st was horrible, to the point that I was cringing. My personal opinion is, just leave this movie alone, for tons of people like me it’s a great way of being reminded of our childhood, and a great capture in time on film.
I just found out about this, typed monster squad into my search engine on a whim to see if I could any cheaps dvd copies online anywhere, and I see this article, proclaiming that Monster Squad is going to get a remake. Heh.
Like many others, I was a huge fan of this growing up, and am very torn about the idea of a remake. I mean, sure we know that one of the guys involved with the original will be one of the driving forces behind it, but that could be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on which way he wants to push this. I myself would prefer less CGI and more of the old costume-style monsters. I’d be willing to let a little CGI slide if they could slip it in seamlessly for a hyrbid-style filming where you can’t tell that it’s CGI even if you know otherwise, but movies dominated by CGI often lack a certain substance that the good ones without it often possess in spades. James Camerons’s Avatar managed as well as it did I think by going so far in the other direction that you can’t tell CGI from real because it all looks CGI, which just works somehow. Kinda separates from reality and makes it semi-animation/Pixaresque but ultimately very fantastic (in the knights and dragons fantasy sense,) and almost ehtereal and unearthly I guess. Probably pretty appropriate really, but I dunno if that’ll work with a Monster Squad remake.
As for monsters to be included, I wouldn’t mind some new monsters but I think they’ve got to include at least some of the originals. I mean, maybe they could do without the Mummy or the Creature Frome The Black Lagoon, but they need either Dracula or a Dracula-Equivalent as the driving force behind the Monster Squad’s enemies, and… I’m not sure about Wolfman. On the one hand, redoing the classic “Wolfman’s got nads!” line could be very redundant, but on the other hand that was a classic line and it would a shame to remove it. I dunno really. I guess Frankenstein’s monster is also a tossup for me. He was the reason for Dracula’s whole moving to the town the Squad resides in, yes, but a replacement monster could possibly serve as well if a good enough explanation is developed. And new monsters… I dunno. Sasquatch maybe? Been a while since I’ve seen, or even heard of, a GOOD apelike movie monster. And the only two I can think of are both King Kong (orig. and remake.)
Sorry for the long text, I guess I just feel strongly about this.
My cousin and I absolutely loved Monster Squad growing up. I am for a remake for the sole reason that it may bring more attention to the original movie, and collect some new followers. I just hope that with whatever storyline or monster choice they go with….they don’t ruin the movie with too many computer effects or cgi. In the original they used good old costumes and make up. So many remakes these days, in my opinion, are ruined because of the over use of technology. I think there is more talent, visual appeal, and overall beter movie making when raw materials and creativity is used.
@Rachel—- half the fun of the monster squad is saying “here is a movie you never heard of, now watch it” haha they cant make one as good as the original so the remake will only bring more people in to watch the original and they probably wont get it lol as for the CGI the costumes by Stan Winston are perfect, wolfman is a little weird but cool in its own way. IDK what they are gonna do for the new one. Though CGI nowadays can be better than some of the other old movie make up of the glory days of the 80s. Take point the original hell raiser, clive barker is awesome but some of the make up in that is just silly. I will def see the remake of the monster sqaud but i still think its sacred and shouldnt be touched. I was listening to the score by Bruce Boughton in the car the other day, i was driving on an empty road driving home late at night, it was only me though, no one up front making “spooky sounds”
My fear is that I will not be able to watch it with my kids.