WHERE MONSTERS GO TO GET AWAY FROM IT ALL. 

Count Dracula has built a luxurious hotel in Transylvania to serve as a getaway for the monsters of the world… and as a way to protect his daughter from mankind.

Assembling all the familiar monsters for an animated comedy is not a novel idea (this one was likely inspired by Mad Monster Party (1967)), but one so ripe with possibilities that it’s worth doing again. This 3D adventure may be a little too hysterical for anyone over the age of eight, and it wouldn’t have hurt if the writers had spent a little more time on the story.

Music segments are more annoying than engaging… but it’s still fun, never a dull moment.

2012-U.S. Animated. 91 min. Color. Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky. Screenplay: Peter Baynham, Robert Smigel. Voices of Adam Sandler (Count Dracula), Andy Samberg (Jonathan), Selena Gomez (Mavis), Kevin James, Fran Drescher, CeeLo Green, Steve Buscemi, David Spade, Jon Lovitz. 

Trivia: Co-executive produced by Sandler. Miley Cyrus was first cast as Mavis. Followed by three sequels, starting with Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015), and an animated TV series (2017-2020).