Fred Dekker's 1987 movie
The Monster Squad, written by Dekker and
Shane Black, is a film that couldn't be made today. Not because it was groundbreaking, but because it has a blend of enthusiastic naivite,
fun effects, and young actors that don't look like they were cloned from the same attractive DNA and grown in a vat hidden in Santa Monica.
Which means, of course, that a remake is happening. Almost two years ago
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