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Skylar Lewis (Olivia Holt) comes from a family of monster hunters and she doesn't know it. Her parents keeps her home for Halloween but she decides to cut the power to the home alarm. The problem is that power is also cut from the containment vessel and various monsters are released. Family friend Cobb reveals the family secret. With her scared friends Henry and Sadie, she must recapture Deimata who intends to possess her.

This Disney movie is a showcase for some of its young stars and is aimed for their young fans. It's inferior in many ways. The writing, the adult actors, the special effects, and the plotting are all second rate in one way or another. Mostly, this relies on the movie's young stars. Olivia Holt is definitely a beauty although she may be better off playing the mean girl. Kerris Dorsey plays the best friend and she may have better dorky innocence to accentuate the leading role. Why not have the mean girl and the sweet girl team up to defeat the monsters? The plot doesn't really make any sense. I don't know why she would go to the party except that it needs to manufacture the situation. It does have the central premise about fear which is very appealing. One must grade on a curve for these kinds of movies.

The Magic Kingdom came up short with this made for TV movie designed to showcase the talents of Olivia Holt and Luke Benward. Girl vs. Monster if you're over the age of 12 will have you laughing in all the wrong places.

Not that Benward and Holt are bad, in fact they make this somewhat tolerable. Their best moments are in the musical interludes. There should have been more of them.

Young Olivia typical teen with strict parents wants to go to a Halloween Party real bad, but she's got a curfew. The parents have reason to worry about her though. Unbeknownst to their daughter, they're professional monster hunters with equipment that the Ghostbusters got rid of of in a garage sale. When some monsters get loose on Halloween that's when Olivia discovers her roots.

Now maybe if the folks who made Ghostbusters did this one it might have been a whole lot better. Girl vs. Monster is not the best product out of the Magic Kingdom.

The kindest thing you could say about this mess is that the budget was too low so they had to take shortcuts.

Unfortunately if you read the credits you will see that this is a 100% Disney Channel product, so you had one of the greatest and most powerful corporations on the planet behind this film, so you can't merely blame the budget.

You can however blame some overpaid Disney exec blueskying with his team, saying something like "Halloween is upcoming and everyone knows we OWN that franchise but ever since High School Musical, we also have a musical franchise, so let's kill two birds with one stone and do both at the same time. Now, where do we go for lunch today?" This kind of thinking led to the creation of the SPORK.

Nothing is right here -- the writing, the acting, the special effects, the excessive use of colored smoke, easily one of the worst Disney productions of all time.

When Skylar Lewis, a savvy tween, accidentally releases a ghostly evil in her town, she discovers that she is a fifth-generation monster hunter. With the help of her right hand, Sadie, Skylar must defeat the monsters during a thrilling Halloween party.

"Girl Vs. Monster Was Reminiscent Of Those Disney Classics We Know And Love Such As 'Halloweentown' And 'Twitches'. Action-Packed And Full Of Family Friendly Scares, The Movie Maintained A Ghostbuster-esque, Cartoon-ish Vibe. The Cast Constantly Entertains And The Story Flows Steadily. The Campy Visual Effects And Catchy Soundtrack Give The Movie That Creepy Monstober Ambience That All Of Us 90's And 2000's Babies Were Partial To; So It's Safe To Say That This Was The Last Satisfactory Original Disney Horror Film... 71%!

Okay, I think Disney Channel Original Movies are enjoyable but this has been the worst year for Disney Channel movies. "Let It Shine" was unwatchable, this one is another example, and "Frenemies" was somewhat enjoyable but still not very good but unfortunately the best DCOM of 2012. Olivia Holt is pretty and talented and I like her in "Kickin It" but holy CRAP... why did she have to make this movie at all?. Olivia Holt is decent here as well as Luke Benward (good to see him again since I haven't seen him since "Minutemen"(AWESOME Disney Channel movie) and "Mostly Ghostly"(decently enjoyable movie)) but man he looks different. The acting except for Olivia Holt and Luke Benward which was overall not too bad but nothing spectacular was just HORRENDOUS... it's so bad, cheesy, and puke-worthy that it's not even funny. Good thing this movie didn't release in theaters because it would've been the biggest failure at the box office. Some of the mild sci-fi action was somewhat cool but it's hard to enjoy the film 1000 times more when it has acting that makes you wanna jump off a cliff, humor that is so horrible and so cheesy that you wanna knock yourself into a coma, and a storyline that could have potential to be good but had so many damn wrong things with it. Also, just like most of the Disney Channel movies... there is actually singing like what the hell??? NOT every movie should be singing, singing, singing, just because it's on Disney Channel. :/ It's predictable and they even made a good message about fear so unbelievably sloppy that it tastes like soiled and expired milk. I don't want to be harsh with this film considering the fact it's NOT a movie in theaters and a movie on television but we wanna a fun treat and this was most definitely NOT a fun treat. It's a stupid, predictable, atrocious piece of crap that you need to stay away from. Even though "Frenemies" was mediocre and not all that good, it definitely ain't bad and I rather watch that movie again then this film because at least that film had some kind of enjoyment. Just please everyone reading this review, watch any other Disney Channel Original Movie... just stay away from "Girl Vs. Monster", I'm begging you. :/

Trying to keep a rival from her crush, a teen's attempt to sneak out to a party frees the captured monster spirits collected by her monster-hunter parents and must round them up before they overtake the town during the Halloween party.

This here managed to be a pretty enjoyable and entertaining children's horror effort that has a lot going for it. By starting off with all the usual teen drama over the wishful relationship, the friendships between each other and their ability to almost be superheroes by accomplishing anything no matter the situation or solution presented gives this a rather easy integration into the horror scenes, watered-down as they are for such a release format as this one has, that come later on. Those aren't bad, with a creepy graveyard stalking, a rather enjoyable confrontation in the woods between the group and a pretty creepy creature as well as a rousing hunt for the creatures inside the mansion party when they get released and begin wreaking havoc with the guests, only to be saved by another dose of the super-teen lifestyle mentioned earlier. It's also got a lot of good by showcasing the monsters mostly as practical effects instead of CGI only for minimal use, plus it has a lot in the overcoming of your fears which is a good message to spread and does nicely in managing to mix the two genres together nicely. As usual, the comedy's hit-or-miss but it's not enough to hurt it much overall for the lame joke or pratfall doesn't hurt it as much as it could have.

Rated Unrated/PG: Mild Violence.

I hate this movie SO much. Olivia Holt doesn't deserve to be where she is at. There are so many nicer and more talented people in the world. Why did you have to choose her? This movie makes her look like she is put over all the other characters: Oh, she gets the boys, she's pretty, she can sing, and she is not afraid of monsters. No girl is perfect like this. This movie is making guys think that there is going to be someone just like Olive Holt out there, but nobody is really that perfect. It makes girls feel bad about themselves who don't have as good as a life as Skylar in this movie. Some people out there have been so nice, but they get stepped on all over because they are shy and will always let the bratty people get their way. This movie shows like it is SUPPOSED to be good to put the outgoing people over everyone else. Some people have been so nice and talented their entire lives, but just because they are shy they don't get anything in return? This is horrible. Please don't watch this. I am sorry but Skylar or Olivia Holt just don't deserve anything. Some people are shy in this world and have a fear they will never get a boy. This is ridiculous.

The music, acting, characters, story, and effects were fantastic! The movie never disappoints with bringing the fun and catchy music. It also deals with a great message about facing your fears. Olivia Holt is perfect as Skylar, along with the other actors/actresses' in this movie. It felt very real. I also loved the action and monsters through out. This movie is honestly one of the best Halloween Disney Channel movies.

Horrible watch, won't watch again, and do not recommend.

It's interesting to see how confident Disney is in their products by how they attach their logo, and this is just the word "Disney" near the title.

The premise is interesting: a girl without fear and monster hunter parents who suddenly has to learn fear and hunt monsters.

It's a great way to draw the audience in, but the hokey effects, and the Disney need to unnecessarily make it into a "teen rock band" movie really hurt it.

It's a little refreshing to say that a Disney movie didn't have enough of a budget to make it look good, but it's just to show this was a lower studio trying to execute a good idea, so I feel bad it didn't work out.

It was surprising so see a young Kate McNamara ("ShadowHunters") show up, and she showed up just enough to show she was being under utilized. Olivia Holt definitely showed that she can carry a movie, but it just a shame it didn't come out better.

The movie just isn't good, every time I thought it was about to get better they introduce some new problematic execution ruining whatever I was enjoying.

I'm not sure about alternative "teenage monster hunting" movies, usually they're running from the monsters.

The idea that underlies this movie is pretty good if unoriginal but literally everything gets in the way of it especially the TERRIBLE music

I have watched this and everytime I do, I just want to break something. This movie sucks worse than a man. I hate this movie.

This came out when I was 10 and I loved it so much, I am going to go re-watch it asap just for some memories of childhood. I would recommend this title to anyone who had children that are into defeating monsters or who are excited by futuristic devices, as this will fulfill their imagination as it definitely did to me. I loved this movie!

Monsters are gaining strength and power as they feed on the increased fear of humans on Halloween. Meanwhile, a teen girl who simply wants to enjoy her normal life, discovers she belongs to a family of monster hunters

There is definitely an audience for this movie. Just not a very big one. The problem with movies like this is that they don't age well. The music and the story are geared toward a very specific audience and time period. There's a line in one of the songs that says, "You don't have to try that hard." That feels like the motto for this movie. From an adults viewpoint, it's poorly written and poorly executed to the point that it's hard to overlook and enjoy what's presented here. It feels long and gets repetitious. The acting and dialogue is cringey at times. I've never seen ghostbusters, but from what I know about it, this movie feels like a preteen version of that movie.

This movie is enjoyable they should make more movies why do you people hate it? Come on! It's one of the best movies I ever saw My favorite part was when Deimata as that girl went on stage and started singing strangely, that is what you call a movie obviously you people have no good taste in movies whoever criticized the movie it's better than any horror movie and I hated them movies called scary movies 1,2,3,4,and 5 I actually watched a few of them on T.V and I wasn't scared! plus Deimata was really scary looking when the first preview came out last year I was optimistic about it and think it was going to be great I was right It was great it should be the Highest rated movie on Disney channel all the other movies as of the 2010's were HORRIBLE! but I liked the camp rock movies,I really hated teen beach movie,High school musical was good but it wasn't great,Olivia Holt does a good job acting and singing not like actors in other movies compared to her so what are you complaining about?

I'm neither a tween nor a pre-tween but I watch this every Halloween season. Colorful fanciful movie with two particularly talented stars, Olivia Holt and Benward. It's not serious but too scary for very little ones but I think just right for 9 and above. It has a full storyline, even if unrealistic, because my gosh... it's a monster movie so how realistic should it be? I think it's adorable and perfect Halloween fun anytime of the year.

I also thought the special effects were pretty well done for a TV movie so not sure why some other griped about that.

I'd like to see Disney bring back fun little movies like this. No embedded messaging, just plain fun.