Mystery Monsters

1997
PG
1h 21m

IMDb RATING

4.2/10

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Tommy has just joined the cast of the top-rated kids' show, "Captain Mike's Mystery Monsters," and is anxious to find out just how the special effects crew gets the monsters to work. Imagine... Read allTommy has just joined the cast of the top-rated kids' show, "Captain Mike's Mystery Monsters," and is anxious to find out just how the special effects crew gets the monsters to work. Imagine his surprise when he discovers they're not special effects at all! Adding to the situatio... Read allTommy has just joined the cast of the top-rated kids' show, "Captain Mike's Mystery Monsters," and is anxious to find out just how the special effects crew gets the monsters to work. Imagine his surprise when he discovers they're not special effects at all! Adding to the situation, the monsters' original owner, evil Queen Mara, has returned to Earth to reclaim her pro... Read all

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2qfaloon

So Horrible I Couldn't Turn It Off

If the main purpose of a movie like this is to draw you in such a way that you have to finish it out of sheer absurd curiosity, then this movie accomplished that. Horrible writing and acting (Here's looking at YOU "Queen Mara"), and the aliens were hideous. It's hard to figure out who you're supposed to root for. My five year old instantly lost interest. I give this a two based solely on the fact that I couldn't look away. Yes, a complete train wreck. We got this movie from a Redbox only because the other movies my son wanted to watch were out of stock. What a waste of $1.00. Do yourself a favor, skip this flick and get something from the MST3K series instead.

10thecolonade

A masterpiece

charles band excites and delights with horrific monsters and creepy David icke scaring reptilians. A great title i will be exposing my future children to, I am a huge full moon fan though ... the style of the monsters the in jokes the slight tongue in cheek nature its all there subtle and magnificent!!!!

Watch if you love puppet master or ghoulies or hideous! or head of the family or demonic toys ...but you are looking after some kids and you want to give hem nightmares for years to come ahaahahhaha

genius a rip roaring success

10 out of 10 BRAVO CHARLES BAND

4lee_eisenberg

that's the most accurate description of the FBI that I've ever heard

Charles Band's "Mystery Monsters" is one of those second- (or third-)rate TV movies made to appeal to the tykes. It focuses on a kids' show whose grotesque stars turn out to be monsters from another dimension whose queen is after them. Yeah, it's obvious that they didn't put much if any thought into this.

I didn't give it a one-star rating simply because the sheer weirdness and over-the-top cringey acting makes it the sort of movie that you have to see to believe. Well, if you can tolerate something this lowbrow. If you expect anything even remotely intelligent, then you'll want to avoid this like the plague.

8cmoreland-50752

So cringey but I LOVED this movie as a kid

I gotta be real about this movie. It is cheesey and "bad" in every way that a B-movie from the 90s would be. But we had it on VHS as a kid and I watched it all the time. Am I bias from nostalgia? Yeah probably.

Mystery Monsters sort of reminds me of a low-budget Labyrinth (Labyrinth fans please don't come at me!) It's got weird puppets, the cheesiest evil queen lady, kids figuring out a mystery and trying not to get in trouble... some fun adventure elements that kids will enjoy even if the acting and writing is unbearable at times. It's wonderful in every "bad" way!

I used to pop this baby into our little portable VHS TV and stick it in the back of the car to watch while on road trips...Nostalgia box checked. You probably won't love this movie, but your kids might!

4CabbageCustard

OK for younger kids - maybe.

If your kids are aged in single digits they may well enjoy this movie. You may too, but on a different level: you'll find it falls squarely and completely into that group of movies that are so bad they're actually enjoyable. The script is ludicrous, the acting is laughable, the special effects (if you can call them 'effects') are ridiculous. Honestly, who makes these movies and why??? I feel sorry for the kids who act in these things. No doubt they sign on expecting it will kick start a career in movies. I wish them luck.

This is definitely good for a laugh, but that's about it.