The Monster Squad was marketed as a kids’ movie, but really, it isn’t. It has kids starring in it, it isn’t gory, it can be pretty funny sometimes…but Dracula in this movie is nowhere near kid-friendly, in fact I’d go so far as to say he’s barely even kid-appropriate. And I’m only giving him the ‘barely’ because he didn’t actually murder any children on-screen.
That said, I think this is a great movie. It has all five major movie monsters, it has enough camp to keep it from getting too dark, and it also has enough elements of real horror to keep an adult viewer interested in the universe.
Interesting tidbit: The Nostalgia Critic did a review of this movie, but the studio blocked it on YouTube because they apparently don’t get the concept of ‘fair use’ as pertaining to movie reviews. However, you can still watch it with French subtitles! Enjoy!