The basic idea at the heart of the animated “Hotel Transylvania” movies has never exactly been dignifying toward some of cinema history’s most feared classical monsters. The blood-thirsty Count ...

Hotel Transylvania: Transformania begins with Dracula (voiced by Brian Hull) and his wife, Ericka (voiced by Kathryn Hahn), as they decide to retire. They plan to pass the hotel onto Mavis (voiced by ...

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The last thing you see before the title card for “Hotel Transylvania: Transformania” drops at the end of the movie is a character shrugging with a smile as if to say, “It is what it is.” It’s a pretty ...

For a cartoon-starved 7-year-old whose family had just fled Russia for Columbus, Ohio, nothing was more thrilling than a new TV blaring the old: reruns. "In Russia, there was like one animated show," ...

It’s all about the zing. If you are not up on monster speak, the term zing refers to what happens once in the life of a vampire, mummy, werewolf, etc. It’s that moment when they know they have found ...

There’s a veritable mafia of “Saturday Night Live” alumni involved with the 3D animated “Hotel Transylvania.” The vocal cast alone is a Who’s Who of “SNL” veterans including Adam Sandler as Count ...

It becomes clear in the first few minutes of "Hotel Transylvania 2" that the makers of the animated comedy didn't have much of a plan. It's as if they had an all-night brainstorming session, then used ...