Girl vs. Monster

 is a 2012 fantasy teen comedy Disney Channel Original Movie that premiered on October 12, 2012. The film stars Olivia Holt as Skylar, a teenage girl who discovers on the eve of Halloween that she is a fifth-generation monster hunter. Before she can practice the family tradition, the monsters will try to stop her. The film was directed by Stuart Gillard and produced by Tracey Jeffrey.

Dialogue

 * Scarecrow: Where ya goin'?
 * Deimata: It's a Halloween party, I need a costume. [she vanishes]
 * Scarecrow: You think we need costumes?
 * Witch: If you were any stupider, I could sell you as a paperweight.
 * Scarecrow: Oh, don't be a hater.


 * Deimata: Whoa! You Have No Idea How Good It Feels To Be Out! 15 Years Crumpled Up In A Little Ball.
 * Witch: Never Know It To Look At You. You're Positively Exquisite.
 * Scarecrow: Yeah, You've Been Working Out, Huh?
 * Deimata: I've Been Stuck In A Tank, You Idiot!
 * Scarecrow: Oh, My Bad.
 * Deimata: So Much Catching Up To Do. How's The Fear Business? Stephen King Still Writing?
 * Witch: Yes, But His Last Novel Was Historical Fiction.
 * Deimata: Scary Historical Fiction?
 * Witch: Not Particularly.
 * Deimata: Hmm. What About Horror Movies? Still Big With The Kids?
 * Scarecrow: No, It's All Gross-Out Comedies Now, But Vampires Are In.
 * Deimata: Ooh. Well, That's Promising.
 * Witch: Except They're Romantic Vampires Who Fall In Love.
 * Deimata: Yuck! We've Got Work To Do.
 * Witch: 'Been Working Out'? Your Brain Is Made Of Straw.
 * Scarecrow: Well, Surprise. So Is The Rest Of Me.


 * Sadie: The emidula is the part of the brain that orchestrates the response when danger is detected.
 * Henry: You're going to fry your brain if you don't take a break.
 * Skylar: Stop stressing over your presentation. You're going to do great.
 * Sadie: You know how I fall apart under pressure. When I have to get up in front of the class, I will totally freeze up and look like an idiot.
 * Skylar: Just don't let it scare you.
 * Sadie: Said the girl with no fear.

Cast

 * Olivia Holt as Skylar Lewis
 * Brendan Meyer as Henry
 * Kerris Dorsey as Sadie
 * Luke Benward as Ryan Dean
 * Katherine McNamara as Myra Santelli
 * Tracy Dawson as Deimata
 * Anna Galvin as Theodosia
 * Stefano Giulianetti
 * Jennifer Aspen as Julie Lewis
 * Brian Palermo as Steve Lewis
 * Adam Chambers as Cobb
 * Kurt Ostlund as Lead Jock and Henry's bully