10710926_10152738966882328_5146327273773526587_nFor this special edition of Awesome 80s Bedrooms I thought I’d change things up a little and try my best to do a breakdown off all the cool stuff in the Monster Squad Clubhouse.  There is so much stuff in there with every flat surface literally wallpapered with movie posters and stills.  I’ll be honest, 60% of it I can’t figure out, or can’t see well enough to make out.  Either way there is still a ton of fun stuff I can identify.  First up, a nice shot of the clubhouse and the description that was in the script to set the mood…

MSClubhouse

Script Description

Let’s start with probably the most famous shot of the Clubhouse which appeared during the scene when the Club was giving Rudy the Monster Test…

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1). Return of the Living Dead movie poster (which is obscured by another poster that’s overlapping it on the bottom that I can’t identify…)

2). Hammer’s Vampire Circus movie poster

3). Movie still of Bela Lugosi as Dracula

4). The Being movie poster

5). Inhumanoids D’Compose action figure

So, technically, this next picture of the clubhouse is a “behind the scenes” photo (which I sourced from an issue of Fangoia), but I wanted to include it for completeness sake because it’s the only shot I know of that includes the ceiling.  This shot isn’t in the movie (that I’m aware of) but it includes some fun stuff like…

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6). Frightmare movie poster

7). Movie still of Jerry (Chris Sarandon) from Fright Night

8). Movie still from Critters (Couldn’t find the exact still for this one, but you get the idea)

Up next I’m gonna jump to a shot inside the clubhouse right after Dracula shows up to blow the thing to smithereens (a single tear just fell down my cheek)…

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9). Dr. Jekyll Aurora Monster Model Kit

10). The Hunchback Aurora Monster Model Kit

11). Famous Monsters of Filmland Issue 28

12). The Mummy Aurora Monster Model Kit

For 13, there are two posters I want to identify.  On the left is…

13a). Zombie (Zombi 2) movie poster

Then to the right of that in the shadows is one that I had a terrible time trying to figure out.  I reached out to the horror community, even to Fred Dekker (who was super kind with his time to answer, though he was stumped too.)  But my good buddy Ben Rollier of BatFan.com stepped up, tapped into his well of Batman detecting skills and solved the mystery!  Man I love the community on the internet…

13b). Hannah Queen of the Vampires movie poster from 1973

14). Movie still of the Ray Harryhausen Cyclops from the 7th Voyage of Sinbad

Next up…yet more movie stills and posters and stuff ;)

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15). Movie still of David Niven in Old Drac

16). Some of the club’s monster drawings including illustrations of the Gillman, Dracula, and Frankenstein’s Monster

17). Finger wall hook (these are seen ALL throughout the clubhouse…)

18). Godzilla, War of the Monsters movie poster

19). Movie still of Lon Chaney Jr. in The Wolfman

There’s a closer look at that Godzilla poster in this next screen capture…

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20). Blood of Ghastly Horror movie poster

21). Assorted Garbage Pail Kids and GPK puffy stickers…

22). Movie still of Sissy Spacek from Carrie

We get a few different angles in the scene when Rudy and Patrick are blackmailing Patrick’s sister to help them with some virginal German linguistics…

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23). Ultraman Toy

24). Metaluna the Mutant Model Kit by Tsukuda

25). Movie still from The Creature From the Black Lagoon

26). B&W Promo still of Robert Englund as Freddy Kruger

27). Inhumanoids Tendril action figure

I was really surprised to spot the next three toys in this scene with the Monster learning to talk…

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28). Roboto Masters of the Universe action figure

29). Mantenna Princess of Power action figure

30). Leech Princess of Power action figure

There are some more toys in this scene, as well as the boxes for those Aurora model kits of Dr. Jekyll and the Hunchback.  There are more toys on that makeshift shelf that I can’t identify…

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31). Remco 3 &  3/4″ Dracula action figure

32). Gillman model kit by Tsukuda

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33). Movie still from the 1925 Phantom of the Opera movie starring Lon Chaney Sr.

34). Movie still from the 1931 Dracula featuring Bela Lugosi and Edward Van Sloan

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35). Sssssss movie poster

Sssssss

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36). Still from Hammer’s The Curse of Frankenstein starring Christopher Lee as the Monster

Curse of Frankenstein

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And finally one more movie poster…

37). Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors movie poster

Dr Terror

Now, I need to print out a bunch of these photo and posters and start building my replica clubhouse!

As an added bonus, here’s an ACTUAL bedroom breakdown, a quickie featuring the only shot of Sean’s room from the film…

Seans Room

Sean’s bedroom appears for a split second in the film at the very start of the Rock Until You Drop montage sequence and even though it’s really quick there are a number of cool things lying about.  I can’t identify all of it unfortunately, like what appears to be a Creature From the Black Lagoon toy/statue on his dresser, or the specific issue of MAD magazine all the way on the left.  That being said, here’s what I could figure out…

1a). Famous Monsters of Filmland Issue 28 (he obviously brought it in from the Clubhouse…)

1b). MAD Magazine issue 199

Thanks to Erick of the rad Wonderful Wonderblog for identifying the issue of MAD magazine to the left of FMoF #28!

2). Inflatable T-Rex (for the life of me I couldn’t identify the specific model or maker)

3). MAD Monsters Issue 5

4). “This Place Gives Me The Creeps” mini poster

5). Fantastic Four Issue Number 1 Poster

6). Famous Monsters of Filmland Issue 29

7). Plastic Frankenstein’s Monster statue (again, for the life of my I couldn’t figure out the year or maker…)

Before I close this out, here’s today’s Monster Squad trading card!

Monster Squad Wrapper

Today’s card is #21, E.J. & Derek!

21 EJ and Derek F-B

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