Animated comedy featuring the voices of Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg and Selena Gomez. Count Dracula is the gracious host at his daughter's 118th birthday party, which he's throwing at his own "five stake" resort for monsters. But he's less welcoming of a mortal backpacker who takes a shine to his precious girl.
In this brash and frenetic CGI-animated ghoul-fest, Count Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) has kept his daughter (Selena Gomez) away from torch-bearing humans for a century by operating a castle resort for famous monsters only. But he can only watch in horror when she falls for a stray backpacker (Andy Samberg, from BBC3 comedy Cuckoo). TV-cartoon genius director Genndy Tartakovsky (Samurai Jack, Star Wars: Clone Wars) fails to add anything of note to the hackneyed overprotective-dad story, which is etched in often overbearingly exaggerated style. Nor do the snippets of inconsequential songs help. All the genre references are obvious, the slapstick sight gags a pale Tex Avery imitation and, despite a few acceptable groaners - zombie Beethoven, scream-cheese hors d'oeuvres, shrunken head "do not disturb" tags, digs at Twilight - it's painfully unfunny. True, the ultimate message about ignorance being the scariest thing of all is a sincere one, but it gets lost in the nonstop, eager-to-please, uninspired zaniness.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Dracula | Adam Sandler |
| Jonathan | Andy Samberg |
| Mavis Dracula | Selena Gomez |
| Frank / Frankenstein | Kevin James |
| Eunice | Fran Drescher |
| Wayne, the werewolf | Steve Buscemi |
| Wanda | Molly Shannon |
| Griffin, the invisible man | David Spade |
| Murray, the mummy | CeeLo Green |
| Quasimodo | Jon Lovitz |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Genndy Tartakovsky |
