Does Van Helsing's journal ever say the virgin has to be a girl? They try so hard to find a virgin that's a girl to bring on limbo. But aren't all the kids in the Monster Squad virgins? Just curious.
BTW I love this movie, reminds me of when I was a little kid in the 80's.
From the moment I had explained to me what a virgin is (during the watching of this movie when I was 10), that was the first thing I asked. 'So, aren't they ALL virgins?'
I think it's an unwritten law going back to the dawn of time that said virgin implicitly must be female.
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Yup, they are using the old definition as it pertains to females only.
shareOld definition? It seems that someone is just pulling things out thin air, unless you have a source.
shareOld definition? It seems that someone is just pulling things out thin air, unless you have a source.
I've wondered this too. When one of the kids (don't remember who) asks why Scary German Guy doesn't read it, the reply is "Because he's not a virgin." It should have been "He's not a girl."
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The movie itself seems to imply that the old German guy could have worked if he was a virgin, and if it had not done so the whole "It must be a female" would have made more sense.
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In most older vampire movies, the vampires only drink the blood of females. For some reason the necks of males are never good enough, it has to be the blood of a girl or woman. I just assumed it was the same kind of thing here.
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Nope, pretty sure everybody in The Monster Squad was getting some poon on the regular
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This was a sticking point for me, too. Even at a young(er) age, I remember thinking "well, aren't the boys virgins too? Can't one of them read from the book?"
It seemed a bit 'plot contrived' to me that it had to be a female virgin but back in the old classic horror days, almost all of them were, I believe. And since the movie is about the classic horror characters come to life, I guess that's what they were going for?
But we couldn't get one line to explain? Ah well, still love the movie anyway.
Neville, did you say a pig was climbing up the outside of the house?
The film is using the older definition of virgin which meant a young woman who has not had sex.
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Kinda sexist if you ask me
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