Boring, but Practical: Dracula discovers the kids interfering with his plans, and what power does the Prince of Darkness employ? He throws a stick of dynamite in their treehouse.
there's only one way to kill a werewolf after all. He is still awake and aware, though he eventually pulls himself together.
Body Horror: Wolfman after he's blown apart by dynamite. Bloodstained Glass Windows: The kids attempt to invoke this trope, but the church door is padlocked shut. And Sapir does make it a good two-thirds through the movie. Also, he's only the first named character to die - several un-named background people die first. #Makeup monsters at first bite movie#
Black Dude Dies First: But he does get the consolation prize of best monster movie death ever: blown up with a stick of dynamite by Dracula. Big "NO!": Dracula lets one out as he is sucked into Limbo. Big Damn Heroes: At the end of the film Abraham Van Helsing emerges to pull Dracula into Limbo and end Dracula's reign of terror forever. Big Bad: Dracula's tendency to lead any Monster Mash continues here. Battle Aura: Dracula displays one before he lays waste to the local cops. 
until it turns out that he's actually just serving them some home-made pie, having welcomed them into his house and happily discussing legends of monsters with them.
Bait-and-Switch: After catching the boys snooping around his house, Scary German Guy is next seen brandishing a knife in what seems to be a threatening manner. A-Team Montage: There is a montage of the heroes using their skills to plan the assault on Dracula and his minions set to "Rock Until You Drop". Artifact of Death: The Amulet may be concentrated good but it's just as dangerous to innocents as to monsters, as the opening scene shows us. And Your Little Dog, Too!: After Detective Del Crenshaw fails to subdue Dracula, the vampire twists the knife by warning, "I will have your son.". All Germans Are Nazis: Teased with the Scary German Guy, but he turns out to be the exact opposite - a concentration camp survivor. Bad boy Rudy has a major crush on Patrick's sister Lisa. Only Rudy (and by accident, Franky) takes the pictures of the Girl Next Door, since the boys aren't old enough to have those kind of feelings yet (they don't really understand what a virgin is), and one of them is said girl's brother! All Men Are Perverts: Subverted by most of the Squad, including Franky. Affably Evil: Dracula can come across this way when talking to his fellow monsters, particularly Frank and the Wolfman. Compare this with him surviving numerous times being shot throughout his original trilogy and surviving just about each time. Adaptational Wimp: Sure, Gill-man kills numerous police officers, but a single shotgun blast is enough to kill it. Adaptational Villainy: In his films, Gillman was a Tragic Monster who only became violent after being provoked by humans, Here, he is a participant in Dracula's plan for the monsters to take over the world. Action Prologue: The film begins with a prologue of Van Helsing trying to stop Dracula and his minions.
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