Jackpollins Review of Transylmania

Transylmania (2009)

You can rip on me for this, but I think this is one of the funniest comedies thus far this year

[10/10 · 5 December 2009]

The only reason I was even slightly expecting to like Transylmania is because it was supposed to be like the Dorm Daze films according to some people who got an advanced screening that I had a conversation with. I have read increasingly negative reviews online and I am not surprised. These are professional critics doing the talking, and while I aspire to become a professional film critic as well, I would see film critics of a professional nature admitting that they like this film. The film is essentially a spoof on vampire films, a film genre I was long getting tired of. The thing that is really going to bake your noodle is that unlike most spoofs these days, this one has a plot and follows it and is constantly funny. After watching this, I saw another direct-to-DVD spoof called Stan Helsing. Stan Helsing is also a spoof on horror films, not the vampire films, but horror films. Stan Helsing also has a plot and is consistently funny. I am not shocked that both these films have been getting overwhelmingly appalled reviews online. Both these films are of a genre that is known to have bad film written all over it. Transylmania is one of those films where the idea was dead when it was written, but somehow the execution is more than funny enough to make the movie worth seeing. Transylmania is a film people should see when they want to let their brain take an hour and a half off and just laugh continuously.