Transylmania (2009)

Spoof horror in which a group of college kids do a semester abroad in Romania and realise that if the partying doesn't kill them, the vampires just might!

Directors:

David Hillenbrand, Scott Hillenbrand

Writers:

Pat Casey (as Patrick Casey), Josh Miller (as Worm Miller)

Stars:

Patrick Cavanaugh, James DeBello, Tony Denman

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Oren Skoog	...	Rusty / Radu
Josh Miller	...	Brady (as Joshua 'Worm' Miller)
Pat Casey	...	Mike (as Patrick Casey)
Jennifer Lyons	...	Lynne
Tony Denman	...	Newmar
Patrick Cavanaugh	...	Pete
Paul Kim Jr.	...	Wang (as Paul Hansen Kim)
David Steinberg	...	Dean Floca (as David J. Steinberg)
Natalie Garza	...	Lia
Nicole Garza	...	Danni
Musetta Vander	...	Teodora Van Sloan
James DeBello	...	Cliff
Irena Violette	...	Draguta Floca (as Irena A. Hoffman)
Claudiu Trandafir	...	Van Sloan
Radu Andrei Daniel	...	Edward Van Sloan

Storyline

Moronic American student Rusty arranges a student exchange program for his closest friends and him to study in Romania for six months and meet his Internet girlfriend Draguta. He travels with potheads Pete and Wang, Pete's girlfriend Lia and her twin sister Danni, the naive and romantic Newmar and his dippy girlfriend Lynne, the nerd Brady and his sexually confused roommate Mike, and crook Cliff. His friends actually intend to party. While traveling by train to Razvan they learn that five hundred years ago the vampire Radu lost his beloved Stephania, whose spirit was trapped in a music box. Ever since, Radu has kept Stephania's body while seeking the music box to bring her back. One of Radu's minions has recently retrieved the music box but, mortally wounded by the vampire slayer Teodora Van Sloan, drops the object in a gypsy's basket. Newmar unwittingly buys the music box and gives it to Lynne, who opens it and is possessed by Stephania. When all arrive at the university, they are ...

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Plot Keywords:

dark humor | cringe comedy | psychotronic film | 16th century | 2000s | 

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Taglines:

College kids. The other white meat.

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for crude and sexual content, nudity, drug use, language and some violence

Did You Know?

Trivia

Filmed and completed in November and December 2007, but not released until November 2009.

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Goofs

When Danni, Pete and Wang find out Lia's head has been removed from her body, the headless body is lying on its front. When they are unknowingly undoing the thread, the headless body lies on its back. Nobody moved the headless body.

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Quotes

Rusty: Here, look. Got something for ya. The Codex Eroticon. A classic. Written like 1000 years ago. Makes the Kama Sutra look like Martha Stewart's prison notes. Ooh! You know what else I got? It's erotic comic books that I've been working on in conjunction with my memoirs.
Newmar: [reading the cover] "Uncensored and raw?"
Rusty: [reconsidering] You know what? The book'll do ya.
Newmar: I don't know about this.
Rusty: TAKE the Codex Eroticon, please! There's a legend that surrounds this hallowed tome, Newmar. They say that the moves ...
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Connections

Spoofs Dr. 90210 (2004)

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Soundtracks

Bad Moon Rising
Written by John Fogerty (as John Cameron Fogerty)
Performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Courtesy of Concord Music Group, Inc.

User Reviews

I'm pretty sure that I'm now a bad person....

I don't really care for many comedies. "American Pie," "There's Something About Mary," and similar films simply don't appeal to me. I just don't find them funny.

Now, this is not to say that "Transylmania" was funny. It never made me laugh. But it WAS more entertaining and less frustrating than most comedies. The Hillenbrand brothers at least managed to keep the pace up through most of the movie. And they cheerfully steal from (er...pay homage to, I guess) numerous other films.

The sets and locations are decent, the animated title sequence is a bit more imaginative than following one of the characters around campus (as most films do), and you can actually see and hear what's going on.

The major puzzle is why it's as tame as it is. I watched the "unrated' version, which is basically a mild R-rating. The little violence and nudity is pretty comical, though the language can be a bit strong. The relative lack of nudity was also surprising. None of the extra-busty (or buff, take your pick) leads ever peeled down. And only a few of the extraneous characters ever got nekkid. Now, this isn't essential to a film like this, but it's pretty much the norm. Plus, if you're shooting in Romania, you're going to find lots of attractive actors there who are anxious to make a splash. I'm just surprised, is all.

OK for people with nothing better to do.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 December 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dorm Daze 3

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$263,941, 6 December 2009

Gross USA:

$397,641

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$408,229

Company Credits

Production Co:

Film Rock, Hill & Brand Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min 97 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby SR Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1