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ABC Afterschool Specials: Summer Switch (1984)
The movie that started the 80's body swap films
Most people don't realize that this movie predated the father/son body swap movies such as Like Father Like Son and Vice Versa. Of what I remember of it both actors played their parts a little over the top once they had switched personalities. Robert Klein played his sons personality as if he was like 7 years old when in fact he was teen. Scott Schwartz played his dad a bit better but had a pipe in his mouth a lot of the time which looked kinda ridiculous. The script was weak and not nearly as enjoyable as Like Father Like Son or Vice Versa in which the actors played their roles with a bit more realism. This is a film that is probably nearly impossible to locate today anywhere.
The Monster Squad (1987)
Good but needed more spit and polish
The Monster Squad had a lot of major names attached to it. Shane Black (Lethal Weaponfilms , Predator films), Stan Winston(Terminator films, Predator films) and Peter Hyams(2010, Running Scared). The film was enjoyable though the script could have used more polishing. While this film starred kids, the kids in focus were basically teens and the film could have played a bit more seriously. Andre Gower had a great screen presence. The rest of the cast was good to but the cutesy little sister thing should have been eliminated or toned down. It made the film feel as though it was unsure if it wanted to be a horror film or a campy kiddy flick. There were scenes that were clearly not meant for a 7 year old viewer. I think the film should have played itself more seriously. Still it was a fun film. Another thing, why does poor Tom Noonan always get stuck playing psycho bad guys and monsters all the time :-)