October 5, 2012
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ABOUT MOVIES, TV, ARTS AND EVENTS IN THE VALLEY
Hotel Transylvania Worth Checking In To. By Art Byrd
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Horror movies are usually a no-no for kids under 10. The movies could have blood-sucking Dracula, the brute Frankenstein and the slow walking, undead Mummy. What if, you turn these frightening characters into funny characters. Now, you have a top-notch animated movie that not only can kids see, but adults like myself can have a good time, too. Hotel Transylvania was one of the best places, you could check-in for laughs and fun. As adults, we take the world so seriously. This movie brings out the laughter and the kid in us. The story is about a hotel called Hotel Transylvania run by Count Dracula who is voiced by Adam Sandler (Happy Gilmore). The hotel is where monsters and their families can have a good time and have the freedom to be monsters without the threat of humans to bother them. Famous monsters like Frankenstein and his bride, the Mummy, the Invisible Man and the Werewolf, who has lots of bad kids and other assorted characters are at the hotel. They are there to celebrate Dracula's daughter, Mavis’ 118th birthday. Mavis, voiced by Selena Gomez (Wizards of Waverly Place), who wants to see the real world. Daddy Dracula has drummed into Mavis's head that the humans are mean and will do her harm. Stiil, she wants to go. Then, Johnny, voiced by Andy Sandberg (Saturday Night Live), a human traveling by backpack who stumbles onto Hotel Transylvania. He encounters Dracula who tries to hide him from his guests by painting him blue and saying that he is the cousin of Frankenstein called Johnny Stein.
“I don't know who I touch and who I don't. I work hard trying to make people laugh. I try to do the kind of stuff that made me laugh growing up. I don't have any secrets. I don't know the reasons I've been so well received.” Actor/Producer, Adam Sandler, plays Count Dracula in the animation hit movie, Hotel Transylvania, now in theaters.