Hotel Transylvania

Director: Genndy Tartakovsky
Writer: Peter Baynham, Robert Smigel
Cast: Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James, Fran Drescher, Steve Buscemi, Molly Shannon, David Spade, CeeLo Green
Language: English
Theatrical Release Date: September 28, 2012
Festivals: Toronto International Film Festival

Tagline: Where monsters go to get away from it all

Synopsis: Welcome to the Hotel Transylvania, Dracula’s lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up, free to be the monsters they are without humans to bother them. On one special weekend, Dracula has invited some of the world’s most famous monsters — Frankenstein and his wife, the Mummy, the Invisible Man, a family of werewolves, and more — to celebrate his daughter Mavis’ 118th birthday. For Drac, catering to all of these legendary monsters is no problem — but his world could come crashing down when one ordinary guy stumbles on the hotel and takes a shine to Mavis. [Synopsis courtesy of TIFF]

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Watch: Adam Sandler & Andy Samberg Continue Their Bromance In New Trailer For 'Hotel Transylvania'

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