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:

Where monsters go to get away from it all

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

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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 Corporation,Sony Pictures Animation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Datasat Dolby Digital Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In some shots, there are as many as twenty-five million blades of grass.

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Goofs

In the first chaos scene after Johnny enters the hotel (when he realizes the monsters are real) a fly is depicted with multiple eyes (like a fly would have). In all later depictions of the flies, they have human-like eyes, with whites and pupils, etc.

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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

At the opening, the Columbia Pictures "Torch Lady" turns into a bat. Other than the studio titles at the start and the movie's title after five minutes, there are no opening credits.

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Connections

Featured in Nostalgia Critic: Top 11 New Halloween Classics (2014)

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Soundtracks

Hush Little Baby
Traditional
Arranged by Robert Smigel and Genndy Tartakovsky
Performed by Adam Sandler

User Reviews

Let the child in you enjoy this adventure

Cute movie. Has a couple of great messages -- especially one about prejudices. There are some adult jokes, some childish jokes, lots of laugh out loud moments but most importantly the following messages: Hatred against those we don't know is wrong; Let yourself get to know a person before deciding whether they are good or not; and go along for the ride and let yourself enjoy life.

I also love the fact that this is a Dad raising his child situation. There are really few movies that show a Dad can step up and do the right thing for their children if given the chance.

While I didn't particularly care for the fart joke or some of the childish parts the kids in the theater laughed and laughed.

Well done!