Hotel Transylvania (2012)

Dracula, who operates a high-end resort away from the human world, goes into overprotective mode when a boy discovers the resort and falls for the count's teenaged daughter.

Director:

Genndy Tartakovsky

Writers:

Peter Baynham (screenplay by), Robert Smigel (screenplay by)

Stars:

Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Andy Samberg

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 14 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Adam Sandler	...	Dracula (voice)
Andy Samberg	...	Jonathan (voice)
Selena Gomez	...	Mavis (voice)
Kevin James	...	Frankenstein (voice)
Fran Drescher	...	Eunice (voice)
Steve Buscemi	...	Wayne (voice)
Molly Shannon	...	Wanda (voice)
David Spade	...	Griffin (voice)
CeeLo Green	...	Murray (voice)
Jon Lovitz	...	Quasimodo (voice)
Brian George	...	Suit of Armor (voice)
Luenell	...	Shrunken Heads (voice)
Brian Stack	...	Pilot (voice)
Chris Parnell	...	Fly (voice)
Jackie Sandler	...	Martha (voice)

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.

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Plot Keywords:

dracula | monster | hotel | transylvania | invisible man | 

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Taglines:

Pack your bags, get away, rest in peace.

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some rude humor, action and scary images

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 September 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Hotel Transylvania

Box Office

Budget:

$85,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$42,522,194, 30 September 2012, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$148,313,048

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$358,375,603

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Happy Madison Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Datasat Dolby Digital Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Samberg also worked with Adam Sandler on That's My Boy (2012) and Grown Ups 2 (2013).

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Goofs

On the roof Jonathan exclaims "Look at the view from here, you can almost see Budapest..." The film is set in Romania however, so perhaps he meant Bucharest, more likely to be spotted from a high point in Transylvania. However, Budapest (capital of Hungary) is not much further away from Transylvania and and as Transylvania used to be part of Hungary (more precisely the Austro-Hungarian Empire) at the time the original Stoker novel was written, Jonathan might as well mean Budapest, indeed.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Dracula: Peek-a-boo!
Baby Mavis: [crying]
Dracula: No, no, no, no, no. I didn't mean to starle you, my little baby. Shh, shh, shh.
Dracula: [Dracula singing to baby Mavis] Hush, little vampire, don't say a word / Papa's gonna bite the head off a bird
Dracula: A-bitty-goo-bah! I vant to kiss your *tush.*
[Dracula kissing tush to baby Mavis and changes the diaper]
Dracula: I vant to kiss your *tush!*

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Crazy Credits

Production Babies Avery Lynne Barger , Leilani Walker Brandt, Isabella Sage Chen, Chloe Rose Chen, Meena Chugani Wyatt Lee Danaher Audrey Erekson Elliot Fievet Michael Williams Gebhardt, Alison Harmon, Alexander Heng, Luka Enzo Ibanez, Olivia Gabrielle Ibanez, Lucas Dale Jolly, Noah Jonas, Olivia Jonas, Delilah Anthony Larson, Kimberlin Noel, Nathaniel Noel, Vincent Oswald, Nina Prebende, Asher Thomas Siomacco, David William Anthony Walters, Darshana Rachael Wilson

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Connections

Featured in AniMat's Reviews: Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014)

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Soundtracks

Where Did The Time Go Girl
Written by Robert Smigel and Dennis White
Produced by Static Revenger
Performed by Kevin James and CeeLo Green
CeeLo Green appears courtesy of Eight Entertainment/Elektra Entertainment Group, Inc.

User Reviews

Very enjoyable experience

I gave this a complete 10 because both the wife and I (as well as the other movie-goers -going by their reactions) thoroughly enjoyed it from the beginning to the very end.

Was it predictable? Of course. Its an animation geared towards children (what would you expect?) -but like most of the animation movies of today, there were quite a few 'hidden humor' spots as well which would be completely missed by the younger audience (not unexpected since it is the adults, after all, who are forking over the bread and it doesn't hurt to keep THEM entertained as well). The movie is fairly fast-paced and the animation well done. I'm usually a little apprehensive when I've harbored good expectations from a movie based on clips/previews, but in this case I felt it truly delivered. This one will be added to our library when it (eventually) hits the shelves. Too many people look for a great amount of depth and unpredictability in animation movies -but THAT is a bit unrealistic (no pun intended) -think about it: These things USED to be called CARTOON MOVIES for a reason. They weren't intended to fit that kind of expectation. They ARE intended to be fun -and this movie is just that: FUN.