Hotel Transylvania, a beloved animated film series, has been a hit with audiences around the globe. Starting with the adventures of Dracula running a hotel for his monster buddies and moving to the family antics of Drac, Mavis, and their ensemble, here’s how you can immerse yourself in their tales from start to finish.
The “Hotel Transylvania” franchise, blending humor with classic monster motifs, welcomes fans to a world where the infamous Count Dracula isn’t a fearsome bloodsucker but a doting father and a hotelier. It’s a place where the ghouls and monsters you were told about as bedtime stories vacation and revel. Over the course of four films, we’ve seen these iconic monsters navigate family, love, prejudice, and even summer vacations.
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Starting off with the first movie, we’re introduced to Hotel Transylvania – a...
The “Hotel Transylvania” franchise, blending humor with classic monster motifs, welcomes fans to a world where the infamous Count Dracula isn’t a fearsome bloodsucker but a doting father and a hotelier. It’s a place where the ghouls and monsters you were told about as bedtime stories vacation and revel. Over the course of four films, we’ve seen these iconic monsters navigate family, love, prejudice, and even summer vacations.
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Starting off with the first movie, we’re introduced to Hotel Transylvania – a...
- 9/18/2023
- by Buddy TV
- buddytv.com
Features the voices of: Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James, Fran Drescher, Steve Buscemi, Molly Shannon, David Spade, Keegan-Michael Key, Jim Gaffigan, Kathryn Hahn, Chris Parnell, Joe Jonas, Chrissy Teigen | Written by Genndy Tartakovsky, Michael McCullers | Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky
In Hotel Transylvania 3, Mavis surprises Dracula with a family voyage on a luxury monster cruise ship so he can take a summer vacation from providing everyone else’s vacation at the hotel, and the rest of Drac’s Pack cannot resist tagging along. The monsters are all having a great time, indulging in all of the shipboard fun the cruise has to offer, from monster volleyball to colossus sized buffets and exotic excursions, but then the unexpected happens as Drac falls for the intriguing-yet-dangerous captain of the ship. Balancing family, friends, and a budding romance might just be too much, even for the most powerful vampire…
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In Hotel Transylvania 3, Mavis surprises Dracula with a family voyage on a luxury monster cruise ship so he can take a summer vacation from providing everyone else’s vacation at the hotel, and the rest of Drac’s Pack cannot resist tagging along. The monsters are all having a great time, indulging in all of the shipboard fun the cruise has to offer, from monster volleyball to colossus sized buffets and exotic excursions, but then the unexpected happens as Drac falls for the intriguing-yet-dangerous captain of the ship. Balancing family, friends, and a budding romance might just be too much, even for the most powerful vampire…
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- 12/5/2018
- by Jak-Luke Sharp
- Nerdly
Asked to direct Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation—following his work on two prior installments of the franchise—the biggest obstacle Genndy Tartakovsky faced was that he didn’t want to make the film in the first place. Seeing installments one and two snowball to major commercial success, the director was nonetheless loathe to repeat himself, continuing the story of Dracula—played by Adam Sandler—and the castle to which he is bound.
Breaking out in television, through the creation of hit Cartoon Network series including Dexter’s Laboratory and Samurai Jack, Tartakovsky was used to the creative control that came with this arena, which presented an altogether different creative experience, still informing his work to this day. When he was approached by Sony Pictures Animation to make his feature debut with the original Hotel Transylvania, Tartakovsky couldn’t have anticipated the internal conflict that would result. Seeing major results...
Breaking out in television, through the creation of hit Cartoon Network series including Dexter’s Laboratory and Samurai Jack, Tartakovsky was used to the creative control that came with this arena, which presented an altogether different creative experience, still informing his work to this day. When he was approached by Sony Pictures Animation to make his feature debut with the original Hotel Transylvania, Tartakovsky couldn’t have anticipated the internal conflict that would result. Seeing major results...
- 11/14/2018
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Hammer’s Dracula goes out with a whimper in this final Chris Lee-Peter Cushing vampire opus, which posits the Prince of Darkness as a super-mogul super-villain (with insufficient infrastructure). He’s battling Scotland Yard, MI5 and his old nemesis Van Helsing, while still arranging ritual sacrifices. And don’t forget the quartet of vampire babes he keeps in the cellar.
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1973 / Color / 1:75 widescreen / 88 min. / Street Date November 13, 2018 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Michael Coles, William Franklyn, Freddie Jones, Joanna Lumley.
Cinematography: Brian Probyn
Film Editor: Chris Barnes
Original Music: John Cacavas
Written by Don Houghton
Produced by Roy Skeggs
Directed by Alan Gibson
The final Hammer horror Dracula opus with Christopher Lee is The Satanic Rites of Dracula, a direct sequel to Dracula A.D. 1972, which is frequently named as the worst film of the series. A.
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1973 / Color / 1:75 widescreen / 88 min. / Street Date November 13, 2018 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Michael Coles, William Franklyn, Freddie Jones, Joanna Lumley.
Cinematography: Brian Probyn
Film Editor: Chris Barnes
Original Music: John Cacavas
Written by Don Houghton
Produced by Roy Skeggs
Directed by Alan Gibson
The final Hammer horror Dracula opus with Christopher Lee is The Satanic Rites of Dracula, a direct sequel to Dracula A.D. 1972, which is frequently named as the worst film of the series. A.
- 10/30/2018
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Following last weekend's release of Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, which has already grossed nearly $100 million worldwide, Sony Pictures Virtual Reality and immersive content firm Specular Theory are introducing a Vr "rhythm game," dubbed Hotel Transylvania Popstic.
It's now available at roughly 500 Vr arcades in North America, Europe and China.
The game lets players choose between characters Drac, Mavis or Johnny as DJ and select songs from that character’s playlist. Players then use their dancing skills to hit incoming targets and avoid obstacles, using a Specular Theory-developed Vr peripheral called a Stic.
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It's now available at roughly 500 Vr arcades in North America, Europe and China.
The game lets players choose between characters Drac, Mavis or Johnny as DJ and select songs from that character’s playlist. Players then use their dancing skills to hit incoming targets and avoid obstacles, using a Specular Theory-developed Vr peripheral called a Stic.
“...
- 7/17/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Following last weekend's release of Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, which has already grossed nearly $100 million worldwide, Sony Pictures Virtual Reality and immersive content firm Specular Theory are introducing a Vr "rhythm game," dubbed Hotel Transylvania Popstic.
It's now available at roughly 500 Vr arcades in North America, Europe and China.
The game lets players choose between characters Drac, Mavis or Johnny as DJ and select songs from that character’s playlist. Players then use their dancing skills to hit incoming targets and avoid obstacles, using a Specular Theory-developed Vr peripheral called a Stic.
“...
It's now available at roughly 500 Vr arcades in North America, Europe and China.
The game lets players choose between characters Drac, Mavis or Johnny as DJ and select songs from that character’s playlist. Players then use their dancing skills to hit incoming targets and avoid obstacles, using a Specular Theory-developed Vr peripheral called a Stic.
“...
- 7/17/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Sunday Update: Sony, the studio responsible for delivering Dwayne Johnson’s biggest movie of all-time at the domestic box office earlier this year, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle ($404.5M), beat the family action star’s Skyscraper this weekend with their family-animated film, Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, $44.1M to $25.4M.
The animated feature, efficiently budgeted at reportedly $80M before P&A, contributes to summer’s franchise momentum, fueled by Incredibles 2, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Avengers: Infinity War and Deadpool 2, and at a start that currently marks the second-best domestic opening for the Adam Sandler vampire animated series behind Hotel Transylvania 2 ($48.4M). Sony is looking forward to some great weekday business on what is arguably the last mass-appealing animated pic of the summer. The threequel is no doubt bound to be more profitable than its predecessor, which reaped $159.5M in black ink off a $473.2M Ww box office.
The animated feature, efficiently budgeted at reportedly $80M before P&A, contributes to summer’s franchise momentum, fueled by Incredibles 2, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Avengers: Infinity War and Deadpool 2, and at a start that currently marks the second-best domestic opening for the Adam Sandler vampire animated series behind Hotel Transylvania 2 ($48.4M). Sony is looking forward to some great weekday business on what is arguably the last mass-appealing animated pic of the summer. The threequel is no doubt bound to be more profitable than its predecessor, which reaped $159.5M in black ink off a $473.2M Ww box office.
- 7/15/2018
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Offshore audiences are checking in to Sony Pictures Animation’s Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation as rollout expands this weekend. HT3 had already bowed in Australia on June 28 to capitalize on school breaks, and in its first 16 days of release has surpassed the total gross of HT2, setting a franchise record in the market. The Oz cume is $8.56M. The movie will be in 48% of the overseas footprint through this weekend. The international box office cume through Thursday is $15M.
The return of the Drac Pack, again directed by Genndy Tartakovsky and with Adam Sandler atop the voice cast, staged a global push when it sailed onto the Hotel Carlton’s dock a day ahead of the Cannes Film Festival.
The previous Ht movies have been winners for Sony, increasing domestically and internationally. Both were released in the fall, so this is the first summer tryout. HT2 finaled at...
The return of the Drac Pack, again directed by Genndy Tartakovsky and with Adam Sandler atop the voice cast, staged a global push when it sailed onto the Hotel Carlton’s dock a day ahead of the Cannes Film Festival.
The previous Ht movies have been winners for Sony, increasing domestically and internationally. Both were released in the fall, so this is the first summer tryout. HT2 finaled at...
- 7/13/2018
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Plot: Dracula, in desperate need of a vacation (and love life) is surprised by his daughter with a vacation on a luxury cruise ship. Unbeknownst to them, the captain of the ship is a relative of Drac's arch-enemy Van Helsing, and she aims to do away with him for once and all. Review: The Hotel Transylvania movies are somewhat difficult to critique. They're essentially designed to be colorful 90-minute... Read More...
- 7/13/2018
- by Eric Walkuski
- JoBlo.com
When writer-director Genndy Tartakovsky and writer Michael McCullers started work on Sony Pictures Animation’s Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation in mid-2016, they knew they were embarking on what is first and foremost a comedy, but as the production progressed, they were struck by how relevant its underlying message about tolerance and acceptance had become.
In the film, which opens today and like the other entries in the franchise was inspired by the Tex Avery style of animation, the vampiric Drac (Adam Sandler) reluctantly embarks on a cruise with his family. He then finds himself falling for the captain of the ...
In the film, which opens today and like the other entries in the franchise was inspired by the Tex Avery style of animation, the vampiric Drac (Adam Sandler) reluctantly embarks on a cruise with his family. He then finds himself falling for the captain of the ...
- 7/13/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
When writer-director Genndy Tartakovsky and writer Michael McCullers started work on Sony Pictures Animation’s Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation in mid-2016, they knew they were embarking on what is first and foremost a comedy, but as the production progressed, they were struck by how relevant its underlying message about tolerance and acceptance had become.
In the film, which opens today and like the other entries in the franchise was inspired by the Tex Avery style of animation, the vampiric Drac (Adam Sandler) reluctantly embarks on a cruise with his family. He then finds himself falling for the captain of the ...
In the film, which opens today and like the other entries in the franchise was inspired by the Tex Avery style of animation, the vampiric Drac (Adam Sandler) reluctantly embarks on a cruise with his family. He then finds himself falling for the captain of the ...
- 7/13/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation has fang-tastic movie monster characters, gorgeous animation, and a top-notch voice cast, and though it’s the weakest entry in this franchise so far, it still manages to be just enough fun to recommend. After a 19th century prologue with Dracula (Adam Sandler) battling his nemesis Professor Van Helsing (Jim Gaffigan), Part 3 finds The Count continuing to run his monster Hotel in Transylvania along with his daughter Mavis (Selena Gomez) and her husband Johnny (Andy Samberg). A TV commercial encourages Mavis to surprise her dad with a trip on a luxury cruise liner for monsters that starts at the Bermuda Triangle and ends up in Atlantis, so the whole monster gang packs up for a fun adventure at sea. Complications arise when Dracula feels a “zing” (monster lingo for love at first sight) for the ship’s captain Ericka (Kathryn Hahn), who, unbeknownst to the Count,...
- 7/13/2018
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
In the first “Hotel Transylvania,” Count Dracula’s refusal to conform to the clichés of vampire legend was a mantra for the whole movie, a fast-paced and joke-filled riff on monster mythos that, in its best moments, played like a self-contained Looney Tunes version of “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein.” After that mildly pleasant surprise, the sequel mostly abandoned the monster hotel conceit in favor of a lackadaisical venture into the human world and Drac’s vain attempt to coax fangs out of his half-human grandson. Now “Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation,” by far the worst of the series, spends virtually no time in the hotel and runs out of commentary on classic monsters, despite renewing the rivalry between Dracula and the vampire slayer Van Helsing. In the dead of summer, younger audiences won’t likely care that it’s blah, blah, blah, and it seems destined to drain another $150 million out of parents’ pockets.
- 7/7/2018
- by Scott Tobias
- Variety Film + TV
Drac and the gang are headed on a cruise in Genndy Tartakovsky’s Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, set to arrive in theaters on July 13th, 2018. If you’d rather not wait that long, however, Variety reports this morning that Sony and Amazon have partnered to make sure you’re able to see it Two Weeks early! The site notes […]...
- 6/21/2018
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
For anyone who is afraid of flying, look away now. A new trailer for Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation has landed featuring an almighty death trap of an aeroplane and the worst airline staff you could imagine.
In the third instalment, Drac and friends venture out of the hotel for their very own holiday, on a cruise ship, despite Drac’s displeasure of leaving his hotel on dry land just to be stuck on a hotel on the water.
Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky, the film features the voices of Adam Sandler (Dracula), Andy Samberg (Johnny), Selena Gomez (Mavis), Kevin James (Frank), David Spade (Griffin), Steve Buscemi (Wayne), Keegan-Michael Key (Murray), Molly Shannon (Wanda), Fran Drescher (Eunice), and Mel Brooks (Vlad).
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The film arrives in cinemas July 27th
Hotel Transylvania...
In the third instalment, Drac and friends venture out of the hotel for their very own holiday, on a cruise ship, despite Drac’s displeasure of leaving his hotel on dry land just to be stuck on a hotel on the water.
Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky, the film features the voices of Adam Sandler (Dracula), Andy Samberg (Johnny), Selena Gomez (Mavis), Kevin James (Frank), David Spade (Griffin), Steve Buscemi (Wayne), Keegan-Michael Key (Murray), Molly Shannon (Wanda), Fran Drescher (Eunice), and Mel Brooks (Vlad).
Also in trailers – What happened to Emily? Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick feature in teaser trailer for A Simple Favour
The film arrives in cinemas July 27th
Hotel Transylvania...
- 5/8/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Drac and the gang are headed on a cruise in Genndy Tartakovsky’s Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, set to arrive in theaters on July 13th, 2018. In this first clip, Dracula (Adam Sandler) and Mavis (Selena Gomez) take the Gremlin Air to their destination, which is an expectedly bumpy ride. In the third installment, “Mavis surprises Dracula with a family voyage […]...
- 5/7/2018
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
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