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Jun 18, 2018 · It’s amazing that a lot of people that grew up in the 80’s don’t remember the movie The Monster Squad.This means that they certainly don’t recall Brent Chalem, who played Horace.
Brent Chalem (1975-1997) Brent Chalem. A native of Westlake Village, Los Angeles, he was a popular child actor in the '80s, although he only had very small roles in nearly all but two of the movies he appeared in. He can be seen playing the (almost) central character "Horace" or "Fat Kid" in The Monster Squad (1987).
- Actor
- February 7, 1975
- Brent Chalem
- December 9, 1997
The Monster Squad is a club of pre-teens who idolize the Universal classic monster movies and their non-human stars. Club leader Sean Crenshaw, whose younger sister, Phoebe, desperately wants to join the club, is given the diary of legendary monster hunter Dr. Abraham Van Helsing, but his excitement abates when he finds it is written in German.
Brent Chalem. Actor: The Monster Squad. A native of Westlake Village, Los Angeles, he was a popular child actor in the '80s, although he only had very small roles in nearly all but two of the movies he appeared in. He can be seen playing the (almost) central character "Horace" or "Fat Kid" in The Monster Squad (1987). He appeared in TV roles such as Quantum Leap and Dance Til...
- February 7, 1975
- December 9, 1997
- DIRECTOR FRED DEKKER WAS REJECTED BY TWO FILM SCHOOLS. As a teenager, Fred Dekker applied to become a film student at both USC and UCLA. However, those universities both had other ideas.
- THE FLICK GOT A BRIEF SHOUT-OUT IN NIGHT OF THE CREEPS. When he received the greenlight for The Monster Squad (which he’d co-written with Shane Black), Dekker was busy shooting 1986’s Night of the Creeps.
- THE CREATURE DESIGNERS WORKED HARD TO AVOID LEGAL PROBLEMS WITH UNIVERSAL. First and foremost, The Monster Squad is an affectionate tribute to Universal’s iconic horror movies of the 1930s, ‘40s, and ‘50s.
- CASTING THE MUMMY INVOLVED A BIZARRE WANT AD. Mummies aren’t usually noted for their girth. “I’ve always been super skinny,” says actor Michael Reid MacKay.
Oct 4, 2021 · The commentators mention that Brent Chalem, who played Horace in the film, passed away in 1997 from pneumonia, and this is the first I’m hearing about it. Rest in peace. Rest in peace. 7.
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Horace : Wolfman's got nards! E.J. : Hey Fat Kid! Good job. Horace : My name... is Horace! [Cocks shotgun] Scary German Guy : [as Sean, Patrick, and Horace are leaving Scary German Guy's house] I expect you boys thought I was some kind of monster myself, mm? A vampire, perhaps? That's quite all right. But I am not, you know.
