Transylvania Twist (1989)
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51% of users liked it
(341 ratings)
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
- Directed By
- Jim Wynorski
- Genres
- Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy
PG,
- In Theaters
- Dec 31, 1989 Wide
- Studio
- MGM Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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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...
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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
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Robert Vaughn
as Lord Byron Orlock
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Teri Copley
as Marisa Orlock
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Stephen Altman
as Dexter Ward
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Monique Gabrielle
as Patty (Patricia)
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Angus Scrimm
as Stefen
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Ace Mask
as Prof. Van Helsing
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Jay Robinson
as Uncle Efrem
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Steve Franken
as Hans Upp
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Howard Morris
as Marinus Orlock
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Becky Le Beau
as Rita
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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
