the most ironic thing about this is how adamant the school is about “all humans are bad, they suck, only true monsters” because in the popular cartoon series the school was made for inclusivity, and there are human presenting people in that show, and the main characters even dance and have fun with the humans in fact they had a movie about connecting with humans and “not worrying about differences” how did they manage to completely leave the original subject matter behind so well, it’s a bit crazy

The thing that pisses me off most about this movie is the idea that monsters hate humans. In the original, Monster High (the school) was a place of inclusivity for everyone, human or monster. They even had a Jeckyll/Hyde character: Jackson Jeckyll, who was a timid little human guy who didn't feel accepted at MH, and Holt Hyde, who was excited and fun about being there, but they had an arc about accepting themselves and learning that, no matter who they are, Monster High welcomes all into its walls. Nearly every student there was also taught that wheather you're monster or normie (the original MH term for humans), you will be accepted, "Freaky flaws and all" I'm nearly 18 now, but I grew up watching MH. It was the only reason I ever learned to accept myself for who I am, and to never discriminate against others for what they look like or what they can/can't do. This series meant so much to me, taught me so many lessons that are still a deep part of my personality today. These bastards ruined it.

Ghoulia isn't supposed to talk. She grunts.

THE SCHOOL'S MOTTO WAS ALWAYS "anyone is welcome in monster high" AND THEY JUST THREW THAT ALL AWAY????

I love how they had two chances to get the reboot right and failed them both.

As someone who was obsessed with Monster High as a kid, all I can say is this: Look how they massacred my boy.

"You found it. No, the school found you" "You don't find your room, the room finds you" Boy, those writers were really proud of that line weren't they xD

its crazy to me that they managed more character development in the original 2 minute webisodes than they could accomplish in a full movie. the scene with the songs Scars in the 20 minute special New Ghoul @ School was so iconic.

as a 19yo it’s honestly embarrassing how upset i am that my childhood dolls got turned into such a bad movie 😭

- Clawdeen was my favorite. Look at what they did. They massacrated my girl. - Cleo was their friend??? She's wasn't a bully at all????? - How did they manage to butcher the whole message of the whole franchise

My complaint about the movie is the fact that the show was already inclusive from the getgo. I mean, there were all sorts of characters! There were tons of different races. There was a Romanian, a Russian, an Aussie, an Egyptian, a Mexican (the skull girl), and an Asian too! Not to mention they had all sorts of monsters! Tons and tons of werewolves, vampires, goblins, deuce, whatever heath is, Jackson Jekyll, Holt Hyde, a centaur, a zombie pony hybrid boy, a ghost mermaid, a spider chick, a dude with huge ears-. the point is there are an incredibly large amount of people on the school. Monster high was about inclusivity, being who you are, embracing your flaws, and accepting everyone around you despite their differences. This movie went against the entire concept of the original series. Everyone sounds the same. There’s nothing inclusive about the movie anymore except Frankie-who isn’t the new “girl “ ((in the original she went by she/her)) who’s trying to fit in (the whole point of the monster high webisodes)- who now goes by they/them. This movie has such good potential if they could at least keep their designs and backstories remotely similar instead of changing the whole concept of monster high and its lore. Anyway you guys can hate on me back for my commentary if you want to I just needed to complain about my childhood being destructed. I’m gonna watch Monster high: Ghouls rule :)

It's so hilarious how 'nOrMAl pEoPLe' react to seeing a girl with ears in these movies. I mean, most people would probably be something like "Woah, that's kinda odd. How'd that happen?" And maybe a little surprised. But no, in this movie everyone is just like "aAAaaAH fReAK sToP pOIsOnING mY wORlD yOu AnImaL yOu areN't eVen hUMaN"

What shocked me the most was the fact that they wrote Chloe and Lagoona to be best friends. It makes no sense.

Why have Clawdeen be the new girl at school? That was quite literally Frankie's story. Freshly created high school student utterly new to pretty much everything around her. Using Hyde, or rather Holt Hyde-Knock Off, as the villain as well is another baffling choice consider Clawdeen's whole "am I human or am I monster" thing was HIS story. He was the great grandson- not son- of Dr. Jekyll/ Hyde and had a more timid human counterpart named Jackson that actually had a full story arc in one of the animated films because he felt so out of place over at Monster High as neither him nor Holt had control over who was out. In fact, Holt and Frankie actually become a couple! Why absolutely butcher a lore thats perfectly laid out, there's more than enough material that you don't need to utterly rearrange the entire universe.

Honestly watching Deuce having no snakes for hair 24/7 is really weird

1:01 That guy knew he was only gonna get one scene and he gave it his absolute all. I respect that!

I hate the way every character was treated, but Ghoulia is probably the most upsetting for me as a person on the spectrum...

What pisses me off the most, is that they made Ghoulia Yelps "speak". She's a zombie, so she can only speak zombie (moans and grunts). Because of this, many kids with disabilities and/or difficulty speaking, related to Ghoulia and felt represented. For Nickelodeon to ignore this and made Ghoulia "normal", is a complete slap in the face Edit: I know it's cliche & annoying to say, but thanks for the likes everyone. I was worried ppl wouldn't agree with me & almost didn't post this

I loved Monster High growing up. I’m the movie “Boo York Boo York”, it was revealed that Monster High and Ever After High were in the same universe, and that show was another huge part of my childhood. I was so excited when I saw that, and I wish they did more than just give us a revelation and forget about it. I can’t even watch this movie without wanting to punch someone, they really screwed up.

Hi Hello. 19 yo here who grew up with, and was honestly a bit obsessed with Monster High as a child. I can't tell if my constant laughter while watching this was out of pain or embarrassment I can't tell which. Seeing what they did to Cleo and Deuce is tragic.

They ruined literally every character with this movie.. the $2 outfits and the complete personality changes.. they ruined my girls 😭

I cannot believe that they turned Cleo into a mean girl. She was not like that! She was pretty snarky but she was never outright mean to people.

As a kid I loved the animated Monster High movies, the tv show and nintendo games so much and im so disappointed that they just changed nearly every aspect of the original lore, rip

Funnily enough, Descendants was the reason Monster High and Ever After High were stopped. Shame. the only good thing from Dsecendants were a couple of songs. Also, I just noticed, Frankie and Ghoulia, basically anyone whose skin color is any color like blue or pink or any color other than the normal skin, look like they are painted on, like a costume. Really, ya couldn’t get a cgi program or a company to do this? 😅like come on.

I have to give one thing to the creators. It's rare to see a reboot that this perfectly eliminates every ounce of what made the original series into what it was. It takes talent to be able to destroy nostalgia to the very last bit.

It's funny how cosplayers did a better job then nickelodeon's high budget makeup/design team

As a straight female who was into Monster High for a minute, but never had any of the dolls and followed the lore pretty closely, I never liked the idea of this reboot. As (originally) the daughter of Frankenstein and the Bride of Frankenstein, Frankie was originally female and made with female parts. Cleo and Deuce breaking up was a stupid decision since they were once the Jade and Beck of Monster High, but without the toxicity. Deuce wore sunglasses, Lagoona was Australian, and there was a Jekyll and Hyde character already who was a student who had full control over his powers. He dated female Frankie and everything. The whole witchcraft thing doesn't make sense because there was already a character who was a witch and Draculaura had her own problems. There are so many things wrong that others have pointed out already and I don't like it.

"Do you know who is always AMONG US and is never SUS?... Jesus" I lost it there

1. Abbie Bominable has a Russian accent. They ruined it. 2. Ghoulia never talks. They ruined it. 3. Lagoona is blue and Australian. They ruined it. 4. Clawdeen says she's the one destroying the school, the portal opened up for her. Otherwise it wouldn't have revealed itself. 5. Cringe jokes. 6. Bloodgood is dressed like a jockey, yet there's no horse. 7. Clawdeen has siblings. They ruined it. 8. Draculaura has a Transylvanian accent. They ruined it. 9. Why does Hyde's son have horns? 10. Clawdeen is supposed to be the cool chick.

I think the problem with most modern kids movies is a reluctance to have any sort of serious character arc and instead they rely on popular/trending things or ideas

Monster High: Okay so Deuce is supposed to act like a stoner. Nickelodeon: You said loner, right?

Aren’t werewolves half human? That also didn’t make much sense to me when they say in the movie Clawdeen is a werewolf half human when it was already the thing with werewolves.

As a monster high fan, I’m so disappointed to see it end up like that. They cheaped out on a lot of details that were missed in books and the animated version. I wish they put the time and effort plus resources to make this better than it was.

i like how they're all trying to say "all humans are bad" when in the original story, a lot of the main characters were human at some point draculaura was a human girl until her mom got sick and died and to be saved dracula turned her into a vampire cleo was human until her and her family had to like bury themselves or something and are mummies frankie, as you said, is literally made up of dead humans the entire point of a werewolf is they're half human half wolf spectra was a human girl until she died and became a ghost ghoulia is a zombie which is literally an undead human and the list continues like.... did the writers of this movie just not do any basic research

7:20, thanks for not making us listen to that song

If I can remember correctly, from one of the movies (ghouls rule?), the monsters & humans didn’t like each other (playing pranks on each other’s schools, etc.) and had their disputes. But then that was all fixed by the end of the movie & they had that huge party, where the humans and monsters reconciled. Dunno why this movie had to focus on “human bad” sm 😭 and so many students are already half human-

it always amazes me how studios with (relatively) big budgets and access to all the costumes, wigs, and make-up artists in the world can never figure out how to even get close to the amound of quality that some random cosplayer got to with a budget of 50 bucks and an amazon gift card

okay but why does it look like nickelodeon got every single one of their personalities wrong? like clawdeen is a fashionista, not a nervous clumsy nerd, cleo isn’t a menacing mean girl and draculaura definitely had no interest in witchcraft. did they not watch the animated series for research? 😂

"WoAh, mY bEaNiE sEnSeS aRe TiNgLiNg" had me rolling LOL

Ok so as a monster high lover, I watched the new animated series and I have really warmed up to it. Even the designs.(Some of them still suck but you get the idea) It’s a bit more “child friendly”, than before but it still feels pretty nice. Kind of like mlp, it handles its stories well by still being childish but still being enjoyable for older people. Although The first episode where Clawdewn first turns into a werewolf was kind of bad and really “cringe” and Clawdewn and Claud’s thing is till a bit, strange but you get the idea. I also really relate to Twiligha and her redesign, since in the new series she’s autistic and I’m autistic, so that kind of adds to my love for the series.Even though that’s not something I was paying attention to, there’s good representation, and it’s not done in a “woke” or “cringe” way, it’s just there. But the movie….this movie, is atrocious. What even is this!? This is how you used to promote the new series? The new animated series, Which directly contradicts the information in the movie… This is a joke!

Okay, the “No humans or half-humans” rule makes no sense. First of all, like you said, Frankie is made of human body parts. Second of all, Cleo is a mummy-a human who died and was buried a specific way. Yes, she’s undead now, but if you gave her a DNA test, it would read as human. Draculaura is a vampire-again, she was once human, and many vampires can pass as human rather convincingly-the original Dracula, for example. Clawdeen may be risking discrimination for only being half werewolf, but even a full-blooded werewolf would naturally be human, only transforming into a wolf on the full moon. What makes Frankie, Cleo, and Draculaura-all of whom were once human, or many humans in Frankie’s case-okay, but Clawdeen, who actually does have monstrous DNA, a target? I want to like this movie, but the rules of the setting don’t make sense.

This ain't Monster High, this is Monster Elementary

alex's soft fake barfing is literally my favorite thing because i feel that so deep in my soul

This movies looks a mix between descendents and zombies

Monster high was a franchise they could have made more mature and adult and people would have loved it. Their target demographic shouldn’t have been the 8 year olds, it should have been the late teens and early 20s who grew up with it. The original movies already dealt with some pretty heavy topics, so it wouldn’t be anything too drastic, but to see the characters brought to life and made into a more serious (but still got the MH vibe) would be awesome. Too bad we got this instead…

How did they make _Clawdeen_ of all people the friendless misfit??? She was always on top of the foos chain with a confidence that couldn't be scratched by _anything_ Also I do really loath that they made Cleo A) into just the school Bully and B) that they broke her and deuce up. Those two were really cute together: And Cleo was snobbish and aloof, but she was never cruel. She never kicked down. It was more a "I am royalty which comes with certain perks, but I am also responsible for the people around me since, you know, _I'm Royalty_ " And her and Deuces reelationship desüite the fact that he was pretty low ranking and many people thinking he wasn't "good enough" for her, including himself on several occasions made all their lovey dovey stuff why sweeter, because he was the exact opposite of a Trophy Boyfriend.

The RED FLAG ⛳️ orchestra killed me 😂

My little brother and sister used to watch the monster high movies all the time and I remember Clawdean having and older brother and younger sister, where are they at 🤣

As a straight dude who has loved monster high for 10 years, my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

Clawdeen in G1: A fierce fashion designer who will always stand up for herself and her friends. Clawdeen now: I’m new and peopow down’t undewstand me.. Draculara in G1: A slightly insecure, slightly naïve vegetarian vampire with a heart of gold. Draculaura now: A run-of-the-mill popular girl who practices witchcraft.. for some reason. Frankie in G1: A fish out of water trying her best to figure out the freaky world of high school, dating, and helping her friends whenever she can. Frankie now: An ignorant moron and also a situational genius, depending on what the plot demands. Somehow knows how every facet of the world works (minus obvious things like that they’re being bullied) despite only being alive for fifteen days. Lagoona in G1: A down to earth surfer ghoul who everyone can always count on, the rock that balances out the flaws of the others. Lagoona now: A neurotic maniac who wants to rip and tear everything that lives, to slaughter the innocent, and use their bones as trophies. Cleo in G1: While a bit of a pretentious rich girl, she has a good moral compass and a high drive to succeed. There’s ultimately a good person under those bandages, even if she sometimes acts a little haughty. Cleo now: An unremarkable bully that picks on Frankie (among others) just because she feels like it. Ghoulia in G1: The noverbal genius who excels and computer science, chemistry, and basically everything else, all while being a good friend to pretty much everyone. Comic book enthusiast, occasional punching bag, and a problemsolver unlike any other. Ghoulia now: SCREEEEEEE

clawdeen gives off that's so raven energy.

There is absolutely no way I just heard Frankie say “my pronouns are they them”

Watching this movie is like handing someone your precious child, watching them drown it, and then handing you back a different child that's unrecognizable from the first one, and then having them gaslight you with "It's the same child". My childhood is crumbling, and my crops irish patato famined.

say it with me class.. NOT EVERY CARTOON NEEDS TO HAVE A LIVE ACTION

Have Clawdeen's fangs been on the wrong teeth this whole time or am I seeing it wrong?

When this came out, the main thing I wondered was why it existed at all. I never watched the original Monster High cartoons but I knew it existed and I kind of wondered why they decided that do this reboot and why they did a live action movie. It's even weirder because the also made a reboot cartoon that has nothing to do with the movie.

literally I'm 98% sure the directors never watched Monster High

Still can’t get over the fact that Clawdeen and… Duece? - Cleo and Duece have always been Monster High’s it-couple, just saying their relationship went through a lot in the older movies but they always found their way back. Plus let’s just talk about how Clawdeen has always been the confident, big sister of the group with fierce fashion taste and has never needed a man - now compare the ‘revamp’. I really needed to get this out of my system I’m just disappointed MH isn’t what it used to be :(

Awesome content! Keep it up, man :)

I love your videos. I am literally just binging all your old videos

The Audacity of making Cleo evil, breaking up deuce and her. Making monster high so prejudiced, like tf

why is Cleo making fun of Frankie for being made of dead people when Cleo is literally a mummy 💀

What the- wasn‘t Frankie the new one..? and „I‘m Clowdeen she/her“ I can‘t do this anymore. It’s so embarrassing.

Amazing ‘A Christmas Story’ reference 😂

Checking up on the Monster High franchise every couple years is like checking up on an old buddy from high school every few years and seeing his life progressively getting worse and worse and falling apart each time you see them.

Okay the fact that Cleo and Deuce aren’t a couple is one of the worst things they did. Like they were the number one couple and when they broke up and torn apart from it, it really showed how big they were in each other’s hearts

Monster high actually has a lot of 3d animated movies that I remember watching.

this actually gets me so mad sometimes cleo was always my fav growing up and then they made her a mean girl??? excuse me she was their friend???????

Yeah, they really dumbed down the lore. The book series the dolls are based on has pretty decent lore, the original doll line created surprisingly rich lore on its own, aaaaand the reboots threw out all of it.

I mean, the whole point of the original doll line was to accept who you are and own your flaws. Sadly, I'm not surprised they managed to not only butcher the hell out of the characters but also water the whole thing down into...whatever this malarkey is.

this ain’t monster high this is Monster Musical.

Love love love your videos 😊 I remember how I randomly stumbled upon your video about "hocus pocus 2" video and I swear I haven't ever laughed as hard as I did at a breakdown video especially when you said "Ahhh yess John Pritchett the hottest dude on ticketh tocketh" 😂😅 and rewinded that part so many times I almost didn't even get through the rest of the video 🤣 and from that day on I've been obsessed with your videos. You be having me crack the heck up 😂😅😅😅😆🤣 like dying laughing so hard that I can't even breathe and it always takes me a cool little minute to even be able to stop laughing and finish the video 😆😅😂🤣😭😆😆! Please don't ever stop making them!!!👏👏👏👏

Honestly watching Deuce having no snakes for hair 24/7 totally changes his concept of monster, he's just a human now and I'm mad for it

One of the worst things about this reboot is they literally just rotated the main three’s personalities around. Clawdeen became the nerdy new girl, which was Frankie. Frankie became the more naive innocent one which was Draculaura, and then Draculaura is just super super sassy and the more chic one which was Clawdeen. Then the fact that when trying to change clawdeen from being the stereotypical sassy black girl they instead made her made her biracial quite literally LESS black/lighter (Zendaya-like) and less threatening/fierce, like “one of the good black people” it’s insanity.

"🎶ALLEGEDLY GROWN MAN WATCHING A KID SHOW!🎶"

It’s the way they couldn’t even make Claudine dark skin for me💀

I absolutely hate everything that they've done with the characters and the lore and I didn't even watch the movie. But what irks me the most is what they've done with Cleo and Deuce's relationship. They were THE power couple at MH and made sure to make a plot point out of it. The way Cleo had her diva moments and Deuce would be the only one fully capable of toning it down without even trying, they completed each other perfectly.

"There's no cell signal so no one comes up here anymore" is what I'd expect to hear before an axe made itself acquainted with my cortex O_o

“But do you know who’s always among us and never sus , jesus “😂😂man!!

"Clawdeen Is Half-Human Half-Werewolf." Wait, aren't Werewolves in general ALWAYS half human?!

The physical pain I was in while watching this is immeasurable. As a lover of the original series, seeing it get rebooted was bad enough. When I found out Nickelodeon was making a live-action version, my hopes weren't high but this was just so disappointing. I have several notes: 1. Why is Clawdeen the main character? It was usually Frankie that the series focused on, or it was Frankie AND all her friends equally. This isn't a big point with me, but it's definitely the first thing I noticed. 2. They switched around lots of the personalities of the characters. Frankie is this clumsy and naive, but kind-hearted girl just trying to figure life out since she's only 16 days old. Clawdeen is sassy and stubborn and will go above and beyond for her friends. Draculaura is excitable and bubbly and a total hopeless romantic. Cleo is snobby and self-indulgent, but she does care for her friends, and especially her boyfriend. In this movie, it feels like they just made everyone so cookie-cutter. No one feels unique. 3. Speaking of Cleo's boyfriend, IT'S DUECE. No ifs, ands, or buts. Frankie did have a thing for him in the first movie, but then she let it go once she realized his relationship with Cleo. They had their problems, of course, they even broke up a couple times throughout the show and movies, but they always got back together because they belonged together. They balanced each other out. And Duece was the ONE person that Cleo loved no matter what. He was the consistent factor in her life. So the fact that Nickelodeon broke them up and made Duece a love interest for Clawdeen really rubbed me the wrong way. CLAWDEEN of all people. 4. And also...WHERE ARE DUECE'S SUNGLASSES? Having him just wear glasses isn't enough to stop him from turning people to stone. You can still see his eyes through glass. That is such a big part of his character. He's the son of Medusa, so he wears sunglasses so he can look at people without turning them to stone. 5. Lagoona was never Cleo's best friend like it was depicted in this movie. Lagoona was never her sidekick. Cleo's sidekick was always Ghoulia, who I think is who Clawdeen talks to when she's looking for her dorm room. Only...well, Ghoulia's a zombie. She can't actually SPEAK. At least, not coherently. She usually just hobbles about, moaning. Others can understand her, of course, but still. I guess I get why they made Ghoulia able to talk in the movie but how she did was not what I was expecting. What was that cackle?! And if they wanted to include Lagoona, why didn't they include her boyfriend Gil? And on that note, if they included Draculaura, why didn't they include her boyfriend Clawd? Both guys are pretty important characters. 6. If they wanted to do a whole plot about humans being bad and making the school act weird because there's not a true monster heart, and this whole thing with Jekyll and Hyde...then WHY ISN'T JACKSON/HOLT HERE? Jackson and Holt were two of my favorite characters because of their dynamic with each other and their personalities (not to mention they were both potential love interests for Frankie). Plus there was a whole thing about Jackson being bullied because he was human and not realizing that he was actually part monster in the form of Holt, and vice versa. The school eventually learned to accept them both because even though they were half human, half monster, they were still good people. I could go on for ages about this so I'll stop here. But yeah, these were just some thoughts I had. I'm disappointed with this movie. It just felt like the creators didn't pay much attention to the actual characters and lore. But that's just me.

Frankie being NB is the least of this movies problems LMAO It's like making new characters and settings with different attributes to the old show like completely, but using their names and likeness.

I love how funny you make these videos 😂

1. Deuce is medusa‘s son 2. Draculaura is a vampire 3. It’s Frankie’s story 4. Cleo + Deuce 4ever 5. Clawdeen,Darculaua,lagoona, and abby all have a specific accent 6.Ghoulia doesn’t talk 7. Monster high is supposed to be about how monsters and humans can live/be together in harmony This movie should of had all of this or at least keep most things the same they completely change the plot/ story line of the og movies like omg, the 2016 reboot aleast keep most things the same but still made it new, this movie is just completely different from the ogs. This was my childhood and they really just ruined it.

The biggest issue is that all the original die hard monster high fans are now mostly in their late teens and early 20s, and they made a movie fit for children. They just totally mistook their target demographic.

It seems like the ultimate movie to make all the weird girls in school feel accepted for being obsessed with animals and cosplay lol

I grew up with all generstions of mosnter high (yes all), i love all of them a lot

The movie almost completely changed the characters and changed the dynamic of all the characters too. Its just really sad to see how they ruined all the iconic character traits. Speaking as a past huge monster high fan who watched all the movies as a kid and collected the dolls.

One of the worst things they did was have Ghoulia talk. Like she didn’t before why would they change that. She was also very obviously neurodivergent coded.

These Monster movie creators are High, no doubt.

Love your video Alex

The thing with Clawdeen getting excited over lockers and vending machines feels like a Frankie thing imo, like Frankie obviously states they’re 15 days old and so stuff like that would probably hype them up more than it should for Clawdeen. Great video tho, thanks for reviewing the movie

Are we gonna ignore how Deuce is supposed to be the son of Medusa - y’know, stare into her eyes and you turn into stone - and this movie seems to do nothing about him concealing his eyes so that no one gets turned into a decorative statue? Also, let’s appreciate Kyle Selig.

The most unrealistic part about this movie is people screaming at “monster” girls and boys. You just need to one google search to know that would be the opposite reaction IRL. Especially from teenagers going through puberty.

Great vid 👍🏼

My daughter used to love MH. This made her audibly roll her eyes. You could hear the eyes grinding against the bone, she was so disappointed.

I love how Alex always takes one for the team so we don't have to suffer through these cringe movies

im surprised they made a sequel with how the reaction from the audience went

Werewolves are already half human so essentially she’s half human another half human and half wolf that’s super confusing

I love the fact that the old monster high series/movies were about begin kind with anyone, even humans and then Nickelodeon changed everything.