Hotel Transylvania (2012)

Release date: 2013-11-01
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Genndy Tartakovsky
Production Co: Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Happy Madison Productions
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Rating: 7.1/10
Length: 1h 31min

Storyline

In 1895, Dracula builds a resort in Transylvania, hidden from the humans, to raise his beloved daughter Mavis in a safe environment. In the present, the place is the Hotel Transylvania, where monsters bring their families to vacation far from the frightening humans. Dracula invites his friends - Frankenstein and his wife Eunice; Wayne and Wanda, the werewolves; Griffin, the invisible man; Murray, the mummy; Bigfoot, among others - to celebrate the 118th birthday of Mavis. When the party is ready to start, the 21-year-old Jonathan is walking through the forest and stumbles upon the hotel. Dracula sees Jonathan and disguises him as a monster to hide Jonathan from the guests. But Mavis also sees Jonathan and Dracula forces him to pose as a monster. Soon Mavis believes that Jonathan is the "zing" of her life despite the advice of her father about humans.

Plot Keywords

bigfoot, mummy, invisible man, transylvania, hotel, monster, candlelight dinner, crying baby, frog, portrait, lollipop, psychotronic film, first part, cgi animation, hiding, romania, altered version of studio logo, studio logo segues into film, no opening credits, housefly

Short Review

Comedy gothic isn't exactly novel, and frankly there is a sense here of a movie coasting along on Halloween hype-marketing, without providing as many laughs and ideas as it really could have done.