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Carol Kane, Donald Gibb, Ed Begley Jr

A pair of tabloid reporters is sent to Transylvania with two choices: find the Frankenstein monster or find new jobs. Can these two bumbling heroes unravel this monstrous mystery or are they in for so...( read more  read more... )me very scary surprises? Starring Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis, this wacky comedy is an underappreciated gem.

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PG, 94 min.

Directed by: Rudy De Luca

Release Date: November 8, 1985

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DVD Release Date: April 2, 2002

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  • creepfreak
    May 16, 2008
    creepfreak
    I thought Transylvania 6-5000 was a laugh riot. I also use to always watch this around Halloween time, and I forget what channel it was but there was this channel that use to always have something called "Shock-tober" every month of October. Does anyone else remember Shock-tober ...( read more)back in the 80's? Well anyway they use to always play Transylvania 6-5000 along with other films such as The Wraith, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, The Gate, and The Blob. Wow, what a wonderful time that was...I miss Shock-tober.

    "Transylvania 6-5000 is about two tabloid reporters Jack Harrison and Gil Turner who are sent to Transylvania with two choices: find the Frankenstein monster or find new jobs. But before the jumpy journalists can dig up their big story, they must first face the horrors of an extremely clumsy butler a nymphomaniac vampire and a semi-mad doctor as well as assorted mummies, werewolves and more Transylvanian oddballs. Can these two bumbling heroes unravel this monstrous mystery or are they in for some very scary surprises?"

    Just for the record this movie is not scary at all, it's an all out wacky-screwball comedy. This isn't a laugh out loud like crazy humorous movie, nor is it raunchy or anything, but it's definitely funny enough to give you the giggles every few minutes as well as a few out loud belly laughs. It's also a rated PG comedy/horror movie so don't expect any nudity or foul language, or anything like that. What makes the movie so damn funny is the complete silliness of it's characters. I swear to God, the characters in this movie are so fucking retarded it's hilarious.

    Take Fejos for instance, a goofy idiot played by Michael Richards(who played Kramer on Seinfeld), who taunts hotel guests and asks them to do stuff like sniff ashtrays and slip on banana peels. Fejos is actually one of the strong points of this movie and plenty of the stand out funny moments here have revolved around him. Another strong point that helps make the movie so funny are the reactions and facial expressions of Jack(played by Jeff Goldblum) and Gil(played by Ed Begley Jr.). It's funny to see how they reacted while they were in a town fully surrounded by complete idiots. And then we get the mad scientist, a Sicilian doctor named Victorio Malavacqua, who somehow goes completely mad every time he just steps out of his laboratory for a split second. Plus we get all of our favorite horror movie monsters in one setting...the wolfman, vampire, mummy, Frankenstein monster. It's just all a very silly good time.

    It's a wacky movie, with many wacky characters, and a lot of wacky fun! I recommend it.

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  • lavenderfawn
    May 1, 2007
    lavenderfawn
    This movie is so friggin' funny...one of my favs!
  • Lerch0783
    January 17, 2009
    Lerch0783
    Lol...I've been watching a lot of these 80's cheese ball horror films lately and I've loved it. This one was no different than the others. I loved it!!!! Very entertaining with some bigger named actors than some of the other ones I've watched lately.
  • chadroesti
    August 26, 2007
    chadroesti
    Holy Christ look at how young Goldblum is. Watched this at the theaters when I was a kid. It sucked then too.
  • newvogueravyn
    October 15, 2009
    newvogueravyn
    Oh Jeff Goldblum and Genna Davis, I'm so glad your careers were not ruined by this hideously unfunny film.
  • bastet05
    October 4, 2009
    bastet05
    Has it's funny moments but is overall camp. Geena Davis as the buxom vampire babe was a funny throwback to the past with her older roles before things like A League of Her Own. A background movie more than anything, not really a gut buster.
  • baberman123
    September 29, 2009
    baberman123
    One of my all time faves! Great Cast too!
  • samanthaseaotter
    July 24, 2009
    samanthaseaotter
    What a dumb, dumb movie. It should have been better - Joseph Bologna, Carol Kane, Ed Begley, Jr., Geena Davis and Jeff Goldblum - but it was just a G-rated (there was nothing to warrant a PG except maybe Geena Davis' costume) mess. Geena Davis looks absolutely stunning and Jeff ...( read more)Goldblum was mouth-waterlingly delicious at this point but the film was stupid.
  • vampsdeadlydreamgirl
    June 9, 2009
    vampsdeadlydreamgirl
    the cast is terrific in this movie. i really like the story and the madscientist character.
  • helwigs
    June 8, 2009
    helwigs
    It's super cheesey but i'ts funny, so tha'ts all that matters.

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  • jasoniusminimus
    July 19, 2006
    jasoniusminimus
    Rented it by accident, watched it 12 times before returning it! Too many funny things in this movie to be able to narrow it down to one. Basically anything that Michael Richards does is funny.
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