Insight can come from the most unlikely places, and the 2000 film Monster Mash perfectly examined the rise, fall, and rebirth of all horror icons. Whether it’s Freddy Krueger or Frankenstein, Xenomorph or the Wolf Man, pop culture shifts to reflect the changing faces of horror. Remarkably, Monster Mash captured the journey that every major horror franchise encounters in humorous and profound ways.Almost a staple at every Halloween party worldwide, it’s a rare person who hasn’t heard Bobby “Boris” Pickett & The Crypt Kickers’ 1962 song “Monster Mash.” However, in 2000, a straight-to-video animated film loosely inspired by the creepy classic debuted and brought to life the colorful characters mentioned in the iconic song. Although it hasn’t achieved the same popularity as Hocus Pocus, Halloweentown and other Halloween movies, Monster Mash has garnered a small cult following, primarily due to its bizarrely creative premise.Despite evoking the name of the classic song, Monster Mash is not a direct adaptation of it. Strangely, it’s an animated film exploring the legacy of the classic Universal Monsters and comically pitting them against their modern counterparts in a cartoony courtroom drama that risked stripping them of their scary status. Monster Mash called into question the relevancy of old horror films and whether they were frightening to begin with, asking audiences to reflect on when they last took Dracula, Frankenstein or The Wolf Man seriously.RELATED: Van Helsing Greatly Altered Three of Its Classic Monsters – But Only Perfected One
Insight can come from the most unlikely places, and the 2000 film Monster Mash perfectly examined the rise, fall, and rebirth of all horror icons. Whether it’s Freddy Krueger or Frankenstein, Xenomorph or the Wolf Man, pop culture shifts to reflect the changing faces of horror. Remarkably, Monster Mash captured the journey that every major horror franchise encounters in humorous and profound ways.
Almost a staple at every Halloween party worldwide, it’s a rare person who hasn’t heard Bobby “Boris” Pickett & The Crypt Kickers’ 1962 song “Monster Mash.” However, in 2000, a straight-to-video animated film loosely inspired by the creepy classic debuted and brought to life the colorful characters mentioned in the iconic song. Although it hasn’t achieved the same popularity as Hocus Pocus, Halloweentown and other Halloween movies, Monster Mash has garnered a small cult following, primarily due to its bizarrely creative premise.
Despite evoking the name of the classic song, Monster Mash is not a direct adaptation of it. Strangely, it’s an animated film exploring the legacy of the classic Universal Monsters and comically pitting them against their modern counterparts in a cartoony courtroom drama that risked stripping them of their scary status. Monster Mash called into question the relevancy of old horror films and whether they were frightening to begin with, asking audiences to reflect on when they last took Dracula, Frankenstein or The Wolf Man seriously.
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