THE MONSTER SQUAD [1987]

Director Fred Dekker co-writes with the then unknown Shane Black, a wild ride of a horror/comedy for the kids called The Monster Squad.
Take the filthy mouthed kids of The Goonies, Stand By Me & The Lost Boys then toss in all the classic Universal Monsters and you have yourself a entertaining ride.  The editing is noticeably sloppy but it's so fast-paced you might not notice.  Stan Winston's creature effects are top-notch as always and Bruce Broughton's music fits the tone perfectly.  It's scary enough to engulf the little horror hound monsters and just enough to keep the older crowd entertained with it's tongue-in-cheek cliches and coincidences.
In short, it's all about fun, fun and more fun.

3½ wolf dorks out of 5

NIGHT OF THE CREEPS [1986]

Night Of The Creeps is a comedy/horror film from director Fred Dekker doing his best to make it so bad it's good.
Starting off on an alien ship, in a Star Wars homage, it quickly turns into a weird slasher flick set in the 50's and then a zombie film in the mid 80's making for a bumpy narrative that somehow ties it all together rather sloppily.  At times it is actually quite funny in a bad way and at other times it's just plain stupid but is too short to wear out it's welcome.  With a bit of better casting choices it might have actually become better than what it is but I'm more than sure it has it's legions of cult classic followers.

3 "zombies, exploding heads, creepy crawlies and a date to the formal" out of 5