Robert Vaughn Teri Copley Steve Altman Ace Mask Angus Scrimm Jay Robinson Boris Karloff
Cinematography
Zoran Hochstätter
Edited by
Nina Gilberti
Music by
Chuck Cirino
Distributed by
Concorde Pictures
Release date
1989 (1989)
Running time
90 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$1 million[1]
Transylvania Twist is a 1989 comedy film that parodies horror films. Originally released by Concord Production Inc., this film is distributed on home video by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In the film Angus Scrimm reprises his role of the "Tall Man" from the Phantasm films, as a parody.[2] The humor of the film is most often said to be in the style of Airplane!,[3][4] and Mel Brooks[2][5] comedies. It occasionally breaks the fourth wall rule with characters looking at the camera, and one even saying "I'm in the wrong movie". The film's main theme has been released on a variety of albums, and the entire soundtrack was released on CD and as a direct download in the year 2010, twenty-one years after the movies initial release.
It was directed by Jim Wynorski, who made over 150 films. In 2013 he said this film "comes closest to my personality and was the film I had the most fun making. It was the show I never wanted to end".[6]
In the film, a female member of the Orlock family inherits her family's ancestral castle in Transylvania. A vampire cousin of the heiress is trying to use a stolen magical book to summon a monster to Earth. A vampire hunter of the Van Helsing family tries to cope with his new life as a vampire.
^ Scapperotti, Dan (March 1990). "Transylvania Twist". Cinefantastique. Fourth Castle Micromedia. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
^ abTV Guide, Movie Reviews. ""Transylvania Twist" Review". TV Guide. Archived from the original on November 13, 2014. Retrieved October 29, 2010.
^Weldon, Michael (1996). The Psychotronic Video Guide. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 582. ISBN 0-312-13149-6.
^Harris, J. P. (2002). Time Capsule: Reviews of Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films and TV Shows. IUniverse. p. 244. ISBN 0-595-21336-7.
^"'Transylvania Twist', Overview". allmovie.com. 2010. Retrieved October 29, 2010.
^"Jim Wynorski - look out world he's on facebook". Guest Stars. 16 January 2016.
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