Transylvania Twist [VHS]

Transylvania Twist [VHS]
by Jim Wynorski

Transylvania Twist [VHS]

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Actor: Ace Mask, Angus Scrimm, Robert Vaughn, Steve Altman, Teri Copley
Director: Jim Wynorski
Cinematographer: Zoran Hochst?tter
Writer: Jim Wynorski
Editor: Nina Gilberti
Producer: Alida Camp
Producer: Roger Corman
Writer: R.J. Robertson
Edition: VHS Tape
Format: NTSC
Running Time: 90 minutes
Release Date: 1993-09-22
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Publisher: MGM/Ua Studios
Studio: MGM/Ua Studios

VHS Movie Reviews of Transylvania Twist [VHS]

Movie Review: I love it
Summary: 5 Stars

A fine low budget comedy that pokes fun at just about any horror film you can think of,The dvd looked better than I expected since it came from concorde which is known for bad transfers, over all a fine film.

Movie Review: It's BAD but that's ok. It's supposed to be bad.
Summary: 4 Stars

Plot

Dexter Ward (Steve Altman) comes to see his Uncle Ephram (Jay Robinson) who has recently died. It turns out that Uncle Ephram is not dead and needs to get a huge, yet very lightweight, book called "The Book of Ulthar". Somehow this book can raise 'The Evil One' to come forth and conquer the world. It turns out that this evil book was checked out of Ephram's library several decades ago by Marinas Orlock (Howard Morris), who looks like a cross between Sigmund Freud and Colonel Sanders... in other words VERY SCARY LOOKING. Dexter goes to find Marinas's daughter, Marissa Orlock (Teri Copley), and together they travel to castle Orlock in the most obvious of horror places... Transylvania.

Acting

This is one of those movies where you really cannot tell if the acting is intentionally bad or just bad in general. Steve Altman does several pretty good impersonations. Teri Copley plays two people that look and act exactly the same, but with only a slightly different voice. The vampire girls act like they're in a medium-quality porno flick. The people at the tavern don't really sound like they're from Transylvania. They sound like a mixture of people from all over Europe, and all with pretty bad accents. You do see appearances from other mainstream horror movies including Freddy Kreuger, Jason Voorhees, Leatherface, and Hellraiser's Pinhead.

Sound and Music

The movie has a distinct musical theme running through it. The title music makes it's appearance in different forms throughout the movie. The score is a mixture of cellos, clarinets, singing voices and what sounds like a harpsichord. I think the music is done quite well for a cheesy horror spoof.

Special effects

The effects are pretty good. There's your standard fake movie blood, but not too much of it. There are intentional bad props, such as a rubber bat and clearly-visible string in the dungeon. Special effect lighting is good, for what little there is of it. The only major effects I saw were cartoon stars swirling around Dexter's head when he was knocked out, as well as a room in 3-D. Sadly, there were no 3-D glasses included in the box. That would be icing on the cake for wackiness.

Overall

This movie is good for parties, especially if you have your own "Bad Movie Night". If you like cheesy vampire flicks such as "Transylvania 6-5000" and "Blood & Donuts", then you'll love this movie. People who don't like intentionally ridiculous and campy humor will certainly be turned off by this movie. So you do have to be in the right mindset to enjoy it.

Movie Review: You gotta love that bowtie.
Summary: 5 Stars

This movie is what you'd get if Airplane! had crash-landed in Transylvania. The general plot: A young man must fulfill his Grandfather's dying(?!?) wish to hunt down a rare and dangerous volume of Occult rituals with the aid of a plucky young actress descendant of the man who'd checked out the book. Together, the trio must brave the Transylvanian countryside and the vampiric Count Orlock along with his Tall Man servant (played by Angus Scrim) to regain the book before the count can use it to reserect an ancient, world destroying demon. Lots of site gags, sound gags, bad jokes and psuedo-cameos; more than enough to choke a Frankinstien.

Movie Review: Long, Hard Ride
Summary: 1 Stars

Imagine a movie like Airplane, only with a change of setting. Oh, and the jokes aren't funny. Here's a clue, folks: wacky doesn't equal funny without a little help, and this movie could use more than a little help. It has it's moments, but they aren't worth waiting for.

Movie Review: Horror Hilarity
Summary: 5 Stars

This movie had me hooked from the very beginning with "amateurs." After that I never stopped laughing. The horror puns, spoofs and cliches abound.

I couldn't believe that they had finally released a DVD version. It seems like it had been an eternity waiting for a version that I could keep.

This movie is definitely aimed at horror fans, but others, not in my league of horror fanaticism, have enjoyed it.

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