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Transylmania
Transylmania
Directed by	David Hillenbrand; Scott Hillenbrand
Written by	Patrick Casey; Worm Miller
Produced by	Radu Badica; Viorel Sergovici; Kim Swartz; Sanford Hampton; Jor Van Kline
Starring	Patrick Cavanaugh; James DeBello; Tony Denman; Musetta Vander; Jennifer Lyons; Oren Skoog; Paul H. Kim; David Steinberg; Irena A. Hoffman
Distributed by	Full Circle
Release date	December 4, 2009
Running time	92 min.
Language	English
Box office	$263,941

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Transylmania is a 2009 horror/farce sequel to the 2006 comedy National Lampoon's Dorm Daze 2, the film is directed by the brothers David and Scott Hillenbrand^[1] and written by Patrick Casey and Worm Miller. The film received very poor reception from critics and the box office, making it one of the biggest flops of 2009.

Synopsis

Transylmania is a story of a group of not-too-bright American college kids on a semester abroad at the only college that would accept them: The Razvan University. This movie is a Spoof horror in which a group of college kids do a semester abroad in Romania and realise that if the partying doesn't kill them, the vampires just might! ^[2].

Cast

Patrick Cavanaugh as Pete^[3]
James DeBello as Cliff^[4]
Tony Denman as Newmar^[5]
Paul H. Kim as Wang^[6]
Jennifer Lyons as Lynne^[7]
Oren Skoog as Rusty / Radu^[8]
David Steinberg as Dean Floca
Musetta Vander as Teodora van Sloan^[9]
Irena A. Hoffman as Draguta Floca
Natalie Garza as Lia^[10]
Nicole Garza as Danni^[11]
Ali Adawiya as Night club owner
Ashley Barron as Pretty Girl
Adriana Butoi as Asha
Colin Campbell as Siegfried Fischbacher
Patrick Casey as Mike
Kommerina DeYoung as Romanian stripper
Carey Embry as Laverne
Jessica Mei Gershen as Contortionist
Mandinga
Elena-Cristina Marchisano as Carrie
Worm Miller as Brady
Bonnie Morgan as Woman Contortionist
Jonathan Perkins
Claudiu Trandafir as Van Sloan
Paul Zies as Bearded Guy
Brett Gipson as 3 legged Yoga Student

Release

The movie premiered at American Film Market in November 2008, and was later screened at the European Film Market in February 2009 and was set to be released theatrically on December 4, 2009.^[12] Unlike the straight-to-dvd release of "National Lampoon's Dorm Daze 2" the film had a theatrical release on December 4, 2009 opening in 1,007 theaters.^[13] The DVD was released on April 27th 2010 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.^[14]

Production

The movie was entirely shot in Romania in 2007 and the Vgp Effects & Design was created by Vincent Guastini.^[15]

Reception

Critical

The film has been universally panned by critics. Review aggregate Rotten Tomatoes reports that 0% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 17 reviews, with an average score of 1.9/10.^[16] Review aggregate Metacritic awarded the film an average score of 8 out of 100 based on 10 reviews, indicating Overwhelming dislike.^[17]

Tom Russo for the Boston Globe called it "Woefully dim-witted." Steve Hyden for the AV Club called it "such a colossal comedic misfire that it makes the execrable Scary Movie films look like masterworks of Preston Sturges-esque genius by comparison." Frank Scheck for The Hollywood Reporter called it a "Lame vampire spoof" that "has no bite." Adam Markovitz for Entertainment Weekly called it "a no-stars, no-plot, no-point vampire spoof about a group of coeds studying abroad in a haunted castle, Transylmania boasts the kind of acting and direction usually relegated to the adult section of your local video store." Mike Hale of The New York Times said that Transylmania is "destined to spend a short and painful life in theaters and then join the ranks of the DVD and late-night-cable undead." Robert Able of The Los Angeles Times said that "If your idea of a good time is laughing with repulsion at a humpbacked Romanian nympho with a torture-loving midget dad, or tittering every time a bong appears, a darkened theater awaits you." Brian Orndorf in his review said that "I surveyed the crowd at the screening I attended, feeling the chill in the air as seven strangers sat in stone-cold silence -- not a single laugh from anyone. The eighth moviegoer? Fast asleep five minutes in. I've never envied a person more."

Box office

The film opened extremely poorly, at #21 with only $263,941 from 1,007 theaters, making it the 3rd worst movie opening since 1982 for films which opened in more than 600 theaters, and the worst ever for films opening in over 1,000 theaters.^[18]^[19]

References

External links

[1] Red Band Trailer For 'Transylmania'

[2] Transylmania Red Band Trailer Offers Lots of Naughty

[3] Patrick Cavanaugh Talks Transylmania

[4] Critics Consensus: Everybody's Fine Is Just Ok

[5] Another New Transylmania Clip

[6] Two More Transylmania Clips

[7] New Transylmania Cilp

[8] Exclusive: 'Transylmania' Unveils New Scenes, Hopes to Dazzle Twilighters This Weekend

[9] The Red Band Trailer for Transylmania

[10] Watch the Red Band Trailer for Transylmania

[11] The Red Band Trailer for "Transylmania"

[12] Video Clip from the Forthcoming Horror Comedy 'Transylmania'

[13] Transylmania DVD Specs, Laughs Remain Barebones

[14] Transylmania (2009)

[15] FX Artist Wraps Scream of the Banshee

[16] ttp://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/transylmania/

[17] ttp://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/transylmania?q=transylmania

[18] WEEKEND BOX OFFICE 4-6 December

[19] ttp://www.cinematical.com/2009/12/08/congratulations-to-the-record-breaking-transylmania/?icid=main%7Caim%7Cdl5%7Clink6%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.cinematical.com%2F2009%2F12%2F08%2Fcongratulations-to-the-record-breaking-transylmania%2F

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-'''''Transylmania''''' is a [[2009 in film|2009]] [[Horror film|horror]]/[[farce]] [[sequel]] to the [[2006 in film|2006]] [[comedy]] ''[[National Lampoon's Dorm Daze 2]]'', the film is directed by the brothers [[David Hillenbrand|David]] and [[Scott Hillenbrand]]<ref>[http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/17614 Red Band Trailer For 'Transylmania']</ref> and written by [[Patrick Casey]] and [[Worm Miller]]. The film received very poor reception from the critics and the box office, making it one of the biggest flops of 2009.
+'''''Transylmania''''' is a [[2009 in film|2009]] [[Horror film|horror]]/[[farce]] [[sequel]] to the [[2006 in film|2006]] [[comedy]] ''[[National Lampoon's Dorm Daze 2]]'', the film is directed by the brothers [[David Hillenbrand|David]] and [[Scott Hillenbrand]]<ref>[http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/17614 Red Band Trailer For 'Transylmania']</ref> and written by [[Patrick Casey]] and [[Worm Miller]]. The film received very poor reception from critics and the box office, making it one of the biggest flops of 2009.
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