Talk about a bad dream I hadn't watched this film before because I'd been swayed by Leonard Maltin's shortest ever film review on Entertainment Tonight: after bobbing his head to a few seconds of the Glenn Miller Orchestra, he just said, "'Transylvania 6-5000.' Stinks." (IMDB says he said 'Stunk,' but I remember him saying 'Stinks.')
I finally rented the DVD after enjoying Jeff Goldblum's performance in "Pittsburgh." If you see "Transylvania 6-5000," I recommend watching "Pittsburgh" if you haven't already, and vice-versa.
The director, Rudy De Luca worked on several Mel Brooks films, and at times this feels likes a cross between Brooks' "Young Frankenstein" and Merrie Melodies' "Transylvania 6-5000" Bugs Bunny cartoon from 1963. I laughed more than I did during Brooks' mid-eighties films; I especially appreciated the surgeon who says "you don't lobotomy, I don't lobotoyou" and the newspaper editor's confusion about a Rope Factory.
I forgot to listen to the audio commentary before I returned the disc. I wanted to find out more about what DOW chemical company had to do with the film. IMDB mentions DOW funded the film to make use of frozen finances in Yugoslavia.
phone home classic comedy and so out there it's actually bad. Geena Davis with fangs, yes please and seeing a young Kramer (seinfeld) is cool, he's also funny in Problem Child. I loved this comedy, but it is weird.
80s Horror Fun Well, if you grew up during the 80s, you might remember this little gem of a comedy/horror film. This film used to play on HBO a lot, during the young years of HBO when it used to be nothing but movies and those who grew up during that time will sure remember it. Richards saves this movie a lot when the movie drags (fans of Richards will sure to pick it up im sure) and fans of Davis will enjoy it too , a very young Davis. Anyways, very funny and love the movie very much and good for that change of effect of gore to comedy on Halloween. Recommended!!
Great old movie I love this movie. It is so funny and makes my day when I see it. One movie I can watch over and over.
Too dumb for me Its often intriguing to watch famous comedians in their early days when they played supporting roles to bigger stars and had to make do with slapstick comedy. Such is the plight of Michael Richards (of Seinfield fame) in this movie. This camp comedy came out in the mid 1980s and highlighted three of the bigger stars of that time; Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, and Ed Bagley Jr. None of these three were top-notch comedians of their time, and it showed in this spoof of horror movies. Basically, two reporters are sent to Transylvania to generate a story for their tabloid newspaper employer. There, they encounter modern day versions of Dracula, Werewolf, the Mummy and Frankenstein, but with an interesting twist of course. Taking place in what should be Romania, none of the Transylvanian characters seem Eastern European by any stretch of the word, and hence the accents are really crappy. So with the acting in general. The DVD itself is very bare-bones; no subtitles even. All in all, a waste of money and time.
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