Monster High: The Movie

As a dork who loves silly fantasy-high school musicals, this this was a fun way to veg out at the end of a long day! The songs were catchy, and you could tell the actors were having fun with their roles.

I will note I know nothing about this franchise and just happened to come across the movie on the hotel's tv. Not sure what fans of Monster High universe will think, but as a total newbie the characters were fun, especially Frankie. Loved seeing the inclusion of non/binary characters too.

Recommend for a fun, Halloween movie for those who love the spooky season but can't handle actually horror/terror movies.

It is SO BAD, I wanna give you a zero, but that's not possible, so I give you a one.

This has literally ruined my whole childhood, I don't even want to call it a movie. It's a hellish nightmare that ruins the true Monster High.

The songs are very grindy and aren't good. Compared to Boo York, this was more like letting your drunk uncle on the karaoke machine.

The character's are not true to their original selves and it is TRIGGERING. Draculaura is not her usual fun personality and she is also missing her iconic accent. Abbie has no accent either! Lagoona is no longer an Aussie! Frankie looks 50 years old not like a teenager. CLEO AND DEUCE AREN'T TOGETHER.

I JUST HATE IT.

I want the original MH back and would honestly sell my organs for it.

This is pretty fine musical and school story with a teense bit heroic student friends. Not too much as origin but not that far from it.

Characters are very similar, good choice here.

The only but critical minus is origin Clawdeen - why oh why she is half human here?? She is not! Hyde was half human! Wanted concept about humamonstafobia and solving it in one heroic jest - go with the origin person who you can work with! But no. And why no is the reason this movie fails the own choosing concept and fail itself big time. Sorry I want rate it higher for every else good stuff in movie but that only fail ruined it for good.

Whilst this movie in a technical sense isn't terrible, The newest revival to the monster high franchise has tarnished the legacy.

My biggest gripe with the movie is the characters. As a Monster High fan since 2010, it's hard to let go of the childhood nostalgia. They of course needed to freshen up there outfits, hobbies and overall aesthetic to fit modern trends. However watching Big Bad Clawdeen Wolf in purple sneakers and awkward mom length skirts made me turn off this movie before even hitting play. Clawdeen was known for her leopard print fits and heels up to the heavens. Realistic for a 15 year old? No but no one is watching this for realism but rather an escape.

Frankie being non-binary is an amazing edition to the series, but could've been more streamlined to be more visually appealing. Non-binary people such as Cara Delevingne or Miley Cyrus could've been used as a guideline for a modern ,cool FASHIONABLE character.

Draculaura visually was one of the better characters, but her cold, not warm personality was a far cry from her previous self.

With a character overall and higher budget, this movie could've been tolerable. Monster High didn't need a live action movie. Instead of a clean slate, Mattel needed to just scratch off the rust of an amazing franchise they already had.

Monster high is a line of fashion dolls- why do they look like production gave them 50$ spirit halloween gift cards and they went to town??

Boring plot, bad one liners, acting was less than sublime and full of plot holes.

The songs.. THE SONGS- every scene change had a song. I had to genuinely skip through the songs.

The whole movie was basically:

Person a: i dont fit in!

Person b: me too let me explain this in a song

I honestly really had high hopes for this movie, but now i realize that Monster High was just a cash grab from a big company trying to profit off of an older generations nostalgia.

Ironically, the movie just looked really cheap?

This movie will likely follow me into my nightmares. Might be good for a horror movie marathon I suppose, but other than that a 1/10. Happy halloween..