With Halloween right around the corner, my kids and I have been watching all kinds of spooky, kooky, and not-so-scary horror movies. The first few Friday movie nights this October were filled with Hocus Pocus, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and the classic Disney Channel original movie, Halloweentown. But when my wife was going to be out of town for the weekend (the final one before the holiday), I thought they were ready for The Monster Squad.
Spoiler alert: I was wrong. Maybe it was a combination of kids being in perilous situations, or maybe it was that admittedly scary opening scene, perhaps it was the bats. Whatever it was, my kids were shook while watching with a Paramount+ subscription. Not enough to stop the movie (something I tried), but they’ve been acting a little different since they saw that Stephen King-obsessed motley crew take on those iconic monsters.
