Transylvania Twist (1989)

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In Transylvania Twist, producer Roger Corman and director Jim Wynorski make Mel Brooks movies look like Noël Coward drawing-room comedies. The film begins with nubile innocent Patty (Monique Gabrielle) being chasing through the woods by the Greatest Horror Hits of the 1980s --with Jason, Freddy… More In Transylvania Twist, producer Roger Corman and director Jim Wynorski make Mel Brooks movies look like Noël Coward drawing-room comedies. The film begins with nubile innocent Patty (Monique Gabrielle) being chasing through the woods by the Greatest Horror Hits of the 1980s --with Jason, Freddy Krueger, and Leatherface all vying for a piece of her. Robert Vaughn has the hammiest role as a vampire named Lord Byron Orlock. His ravishing niece Marissa (Teri Copley), an American singing star, arrives at Lord Byron's castle in Transylvania after the death of her father. Accompanying her is Dexter Ward (Rick Altman), her wise-cracking Donald O'Connor-inspired sidekick. What happens next involves a frantic search for a mysterious book that will raise "the evil one" from the dead. The flimsy plot serves as a handy clothesline on to which to hang self-referential parodies of the horror film genre, with time out for some clever editing of an appearance by long-dead Boris Karloff. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: PG, 1 hr. 30 min.
Directed By: Jim Wynorski
Genres: Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy

In Theaters: Dec 31, 1989 Wide
On DVD: Mar 27, 2001
Studio: MGM Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

Felix Vasquez Jr., Cinema Crazed
Still a fun time to be had, especially by folks tired of the modern attempts at humor that just don't even try...
Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
I have no idea what they thought they were doing, but they oughtn't have done it.

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Cast

            Robert Vaughn as Lord Byron Orlock

            Teri Copley as Marisa Orlock

            Stephen Altman as Dexter Ward

            Monique Gabrielle as Patty (Patricia)

            Angus Scrimm as Stefen

            Ace Mask as Prof. Van Helsing

            Jay Robinson as Uncle Efrem

            Steve Franken as Hans Upp

            Howard Morris as Marinus Orlock

            Becky Le Beau as Rita

            Brinke Stevens as 1500 Year Old Vampire

            Deanna Lund
            
            Kelli Maroney
            
            Toni Naples
            
            Forrest J Ackerman
            
            Michael Chieffo
            
            Magda Harout
            
            Lenny Juliano
            
            Joe Lerer
            
            Stu Nahan
            
            Frazer Smith
            
            Michael Vlastas
            
            Jack Behr
            
            R.J. Robertson
            
            Arthur Roberts
            
            Jon Locke
            
            Art Hern
            
            Becky LeBeau
            
            Clement von Franckenstein
            
            Steve Altman
            
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