JamesG
12-08-2009, 02:54 PM
Movie Reviews: Transylmania
Not showing Transylmania to critics in advance didn't help the movie any, it would seem.
It had the worst opening attendance of any film in modern times with many theater complexes no doubt screening it to empty seats. The film averaged about $270 per theater for the three days.
To be sure, the vampire spoof wouldn't have been helped by the reviews, either.
If vampires draw blood, the affliction suffered by this film is that "someone has drained all the laughs out of it," commented Mike Hale in the New York Times.
Robert Abele in the Los Angeles Times used the words "moronic," "inept" and "tiresome" to describe the script.
Tom Russo in the Boston Globe called it "lowbrow."
And Frank Scheck in the Hollywood Reporter summed up: "Bottom Line: Lame vampire spoof has no bite."
Most critics simply ignored it.
-IMDB News
Not showing Transylmania to critics in advance didn't help the movie any, it would seem.
It had the worst opening attendance of any film in modern times with many theater complexes no doubt screening it to empty seats. The film averaged about $270 per theater for the three days.
To be sure, the vampire spoof wouldn't have been helped by the reviews, either.
If vampires draw blood, the affliction suffered by this film is that "someone has drained all the laughs out of it," commented Mike Hale in the New York Times.
Robert Abele in the Los Angeles Times used the words "moronic," "inept" and "tiresome" to describe the script.
Tom Russo in the Boston Globe called it "lowbrow."
And Frank Scheck in the Hollywood Reporter summed up: "Bottom Line: Lame vampire spoof has no bite."
Most critics simply ignored it.
-IMDB News