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Fred Dekker (born April 9, 1959) is an American screenwriter and film director best known for his cult classic horror comedy films Night of the Creeps and The Monster Squad (written with Shane Black). He contributed the story ideas for House (1986) and Ricochet (1991), and also directed and co-wrote RoboCop 3 with Frank Miller.
- Fred Dekker - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
Fred Dekker (n. San Francisco, California; 9 de abril de...
- Fred Dekker - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
Fred Dekker (n. San Francisco, California; 9 de abril de 1959) es un director de cine y guionista estadounidense reconocido por dirigir las películas de culto Night of the Creeps y The Monster Squad (escrita junto al actor y director Shane Black ).
Fred Dekker. Writer: The Monster Squad. Writer/director Fred Dekker was born on April 9, 1959 in San Francisco, California. An avid comic book fan, monster movie buff, and film nerd from an early age, Dekker was rejected by both USC and UCLA film schools. He wound up attending UCLA as an English major instead.
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The Monster Squad is a club of pre-teens who idolize the Universal classic monster movies and their non-human stars. Club leader Sean Crenshaw, whose younger sister, Phoebe, desperately wants to join the club, is given the diary of legendary monster hunter Dr. Abraham Van Helsing, but his excitement abates when he finds it is written in German. Sea...
Development and writing
The film had a relatively quick development, being first discussed in 1985 and shot the following year. Dekker was toying with the idea of rebooting some classic series, such as The Little Rascals and the Universal Monsters. Upon watching Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, he thought about doing a crossover of the two. While Dekker was putting the finishing touches to his debut Night of the Creeps, he offered Shane Black, his friend and roommate at a West L.A. filmmakers residence nicknam...
Casting and creature design
Duncan Regehr narrowly beat a then little known Liam Neeson for the role of Dracula. Neeson was still supposed to appear as a human disguise conjured by Dracula to conceal his identity, but that scene was not shot. Following his breakthrough performance as a serial killer in Manhunter, Tom Noonan became sought after for similar, unsettling roles. He chose this film over Near Dark as his next project due to its more lighthearted nature, but Kathryn Bigelowwas persistent and showed up on set to...
Filming and post-production
Principal photography kicked off on October 13, 1986. Exteriors were shot at Warner Bros. Studios and the Warner/Columbia Ranch in Burbank, California, Universal Studios in Universal City, and on location throughout the Los Angeles metropolitan area. Many interiors were shot at Culver Studios in Culver City. Due to most of the film taking place at night and regulations regarding how late young actors could work, the children filmed their scenes first for about three hours in the early evening...
The Monster Squad was marketed through a series of posters designed to look like "Wanted" police placards, although the model used for Dracula was not Duncan Regehr. The main poster featured the Ghostbusters-inspired slogan "You know who to call when you have ghosts. But who do you call when you have monsters?". The film held its premiere party at ...
Home video
The Monster Squad was first issued by Vestron Video in February 10, 1988 on VHS and Betamax, with the LaserDisc released shortly after by Image Entertainment. It was the film's only domestic release for nearly two decades. Following the 2006 reunion (see Theatrical revival section below), a fan campaign led to a 20th Anniversary Edition two-disc DVD being released by Lionsgate on July 24, 2007. It contains a variety of bonus features, including a five-part retrospective documentary titled Mon...
Theatrical revival
On April 16, 2006, Ain't It Cool News writer Eric Vespe organized two screenings of The Monster Squad at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Austin, Texas. The event, which was attended by Dekker, Gower, Banks and Lambert, was a sellout and marked a turning point in the film's revival. It led to many more screenings and a letter-writing campaign for the film's home video re-release. For its 30th anniversary, Gower and Lambert took the film on a tour of 17 American cities in association with Alamo...
On the heels of The Monster Squad, Dekker re-signed with Taft/Barrish for his dream project, a feature adaptation of the 1960s TV series Jonny Quest, but the box office failure of the former put the film in limbo. Actor Brent Challem did not get to witness the film's popular resurgence, having met an untimely death from pneumoniain 1997, at the age...
The Monster Squad's score was composed and produced by Bruce Broughton. Film Score Monthlycalled it "one of the most full-blooded and enjoyable scores of the late 1980s", rating it four stars out of four. Singer and producer Michael Sembello also contributed two original songs, "Rock Until You Drop" and "The Monster Squad Rap", the latter of which ...
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- August 14, 1987
Overview. Born. April 9, 1959 · San Francisco, California, USA. Mini Bio. Writer/director Fred Dekker was born on April 9, 1959 in San Francisco, California. An avid comic book fan, monster movie buff, and film nerd from an early age, Dekker was rejected by both USC and UCLA film schools. He wound up attending UCLA as an English major instead.
- April 9, 1959
San Francisco, California; 9 de abril de 1959) es un director de cine y guionista estadounidense reconocido por dirigir las películas de culto Night of the Creeps y The Monster Squad (escrita junto al actor y director Shane Black ). Contribuyó con la historia de las películas House (1986) y Ricochet (1991).
Night of the Creeps is a 1986 American science fiction horror comedy film written and directed by Fred Dekker in his feature directorial debut, starring Jason Lively, Jill Whitlow, and Tom Atkins. The film is an earnest attempt at a B movie and an homage to the genre.
