Tabloid reporters Jack Harrison and Gil Turner are sent to Transylvania with two choices: find the Frankenstein monster or find new jobs. But before the jumpy journalists can dig up their ...
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Tabloid reporters Jack Harrison and Gil Turner are sent to Transylvania with two choices: find the Frankenstein monster or find new jobs. But before the jumpy journalists can dig up their big story, they must first face the horrors of an extremely clumsy butler, a nymphomaniac vampiress and a semi-mad doctor, as well as assorted mummies, werewolves and more Transylvanian oddballs. Can these two bumbling heroes unravel this monstrous mystery or are they in for some very scary surprises? Written by Michael Silva <silvamd@cleo.bc.edu>
Plot Keywords:
father son relationship | colleague colleague relationship | co worker co worker relationship | reporter as protagonist | journalist as protagonist |Taglines:
WANTED: Two thrill-seeking reporters, brains optional, looking to dig up the story of the century. For information call...Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
8 November 1985 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Reise nach Transilvanien See more »Edit
Box Office
Budget:
$3,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$2,507,542, 10 November 1985, Wide ReleaseGross USA:
$7,196,872Company Credits
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[grabs her bazonkers]
Formerly Ugly Hattie: I'm so content!
Radu: You should be.
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by Carl Sigman, Jerry Gray and Bill Finegan (as William Finnegan)
Arranged by Bill Finegan (uncredited)
Used by permission of CBS Robbins Catalog Inc.
All rights reserved
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The "animal" discovered in the bushes is actually the writer/director, Rudy De Luca. He filmed that scene with his pants down and bare butt showing, but it was edited out to get a PG-13 rating. See more »Goofs
The plane shown taking off in the opening credits is not the same type of plane shown flying in the air, and the plane shown landing is yet a third type. This could be a goof, but in the 1980s it likely would have been a connecting flight. See more »Quotes
Formerly Ugly Hattie: Ooh, bazonkers! I never counted on bazonkers.[grabs her bazonkers]
Formerly Ugly Hattie: I'm so content!
Radu: You should be.
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Pennsylvania 6-5000by Carl Sigman, Jerry Gray and Bill Finegan (as William Finnegan)
Arranged by Bill Finegan (uncredited)
Used by permission of CBS Robbins Catalog Inc.
All rights reserved
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This comedy has some tolerably funny stuff in it, surrounded by a lot of unfunny stuff. Just about every scene involving the servants of the castle and their silly antics is a waste of time. And the plotting is so sloppy that it makes you wonder if they actually had a script ready before they started filming this, or they were simply making it all up as they went along. (*1/2)