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Dracula and his friends try to bring out the monster in his half human, half vampire grandson in order to keep Mavis from leaving the hotel.Dracula and his friends try to bring out the monster in his half human, half vampire grandson in order to keep Mavis from leaving the hotel.Dracula and his friends try to bring out the monster in his half human, half vampire grandson in order to keep Mavis from leaving the hotel.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 11 nominations
Adam Sandler
- Dracula
- (voice)
Andy Samberg
- Jonathan
- (voice)
Selena Gomez
- Mavis
- (voice)
Kevin James
- Frankenstein
- (voice)
Steve Buscemi
- Wayne
- (voice)
David Spade
- Griffin
- (voice)
Keegan-Michael Key
- Murray
- (voice)
Asher Blinkoff
- Dennis
- (voice)
Fran Drescher
- Eunice
- (voice)
Molly Shannon
- Wanda
- (voice)
Megan Mullally
- Grandma Linda
- (voice)
Nick Offerman
- Grandpa Mike
- (voice)
Dana Carvey
- Dana
- (voice)
Rob Riggle
- Bela
- (voice)
Mel Brooks
- Vlad
- (voice)
Jonny Solomon
- Blobby
- (voice)
Chris Kattan
- Kakie
- (voice)
Sadie Sandler
- Winnie
- (voice)
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- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaCeeLo Green did not reprise his role as the voice of Murray the Mummy due to being arrested. Keegan-Michael Key replaced him in this film, same said for Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018) and Hotel Transylvania 4: Transformania (2022).
- GoofsIn the first movie, Jonathan mentions having six siblings. However in the second one he has only three.
- Crazy creditsThe Torch Lady in the Columbia Pictures logo turns into a vampire bat.
- Alternate versionsThe home video and digital releases alter a line of dialogue spoken by Kakie the Cake Monster that proved controversial: Kakie (Theatrical Version): Slow down, Wuzzlelumplebum! The scariest monster of all is diabetes! Kakie (Home/Digital Version): Slow down, Wuzzlelumplebum! (Chuckles)
- ConnectionsEdited into Orange Carpet Special Edition: Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)
- SoundtracksI'm In Love With A Monster (Salaam Remi/Andres Levin Remix)
Written by Harmony Samuels, Carmen Reece (as Carmen Reece), Sara Mancuso, Edgar Etienne and Eric Coulter
Produced by Harmony Samuels (as Harmony "H-Money" Samuels)
Performed by Fifth Harmony
Fifth Harmony appears courtesy of Epic Records/Simco Ltd.
Featured review
With Disney and Pixar reigning over animation genre, it's hard for other studios to compete against their emotionally engaging tales. Hotel Transylvania 2, while not particularly incredible, is unexpectedly funny and enjoyable. The large cast of fumbling monstrosities and the nocturnal vampire household deliver enough charming wit for a few simple warm laughs.
Story follows Drac and friends as they welcome the newest member of the half-man half-vampire family. The boy is clearly a cuddly bait for empathy, in fact many of its adorable gimmicks are built to relate to casual audience. This admittedly might feel cheesy at times since the movie opens up with overly comical tone.
However, once it hits the midway point, it warms up pretty well. The odd union between man and vamp is strangely relatable. Mavis is a good character, she's youthful, full of curiosity and also naturally protective of her son. It makes a good contrast against Johnny's family, which is a cynical take on suburban parents. The couple compromises on different often trivial things, and despite being parents they are still exuberant, identifiable to both young and old.
Drac and his merry band are vanilla version of monsters. Each of them produces a couple of timely funny gags, so they don't seem crowded. Visual cues help a lot, not only on creating slapstick humor, but also emotional body language which is occasionally interesting when monsters perform them.
There's an underlying message of acceptance, a closer touch on prejudice. It's not entirely spectacular but still a strikingly effective analogy. Most of the humor comes from pop culture references and physical jokes. These may seem excessively flashy, but oddly enough, they are whimsically tickling, especially those on second act.
Hotel Transylvania 2 is teeming with average family comedy troupes, although it also brings healthy dose of clever quips and cordial value to merit a viewing.
Story follows Drac and friends as they welcome the newest member of the half-man half-vampire family. The boy is clearly a cuddly bait for empathy, in fact many of its adorable gimmicks are built to relate to casual audience. This admittedly might feel cheesy at times since the movie opens up with overly comical tone.
However, once it hits the midway point, it warms up pretty well. The odd union between man and vamp is strangely relatable. Mavis is a good character, she's youthful, full of curiosity and also naturally protective of her son. It makes a good contrast against Johnny's family, which is a cynical take on suburban parents. The couple compromises on different often trivial things, and despite being parents they are still exuberant, identifiable to both young and old.
Drac and his merry band are vanilla version of monsters. Each of them produces a couple of timely funny gags, so they don't seem crowded. Visual cues help a lot, not only on creating slapstick humor, but also emotional body language which is occasionally interesting when monsters perform them.
There's an underlying message of acceptance, a closer touch on prejudice. It's not entirely spectacular but still a strikingly effective analogy. Most of the humor comes from pop culture references and physical jokes. These may seem excessively flashy, but oddly enough, they are whimsically tickling, especially those on second act.
Hotel Transylvania 2 is teeming with average family comedy troupes, although it also brings healthy dose of clever quips and cordial value to merit a viewing.
- quincytheodore
- Sep 23, 2015
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- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Hotel Transylvania 2 3D
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $80,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $169,700,110
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $48,464,322
- Sep 27, 2015
- Gross worldwide
- $475,186,976
- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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