Hotel Transylvania 2

Specs

• Title: Hotel Transylvania 2

• Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Family, Comedy

• Series: Hotel Transylvania

• Director: Genndy Tartakovsky

• Writers: Robert Smigel, Adam Sandler

• Release date: September 25, 2015

• Production company: Columbia Pictures, LStar Capital, Media Rights Capital

• Country: USA

• Characters: Dracula (Drac), Mavis, Johnny, Frankenstein, Murray, Wayne, Dennis, Vlad

• Setting: Transylvania, Romania, and California, USA

Outline/synopsis:

Everything changed at Hotel Transylvania, as Drac’s rigid policy has relaxed, allowing humans to visit the resort too. After his daughter gives birth to his nephew, Drac becomes worried since he does not show any signs of being a vampire. Moreover, when his daughter mentions that the hotel is not safe for her child and that she wants to move in Jonathan’s country for a change, Drac sets on a mission to train his nephew into becoming a monster.

Personal view:

• Some of Edward Said’s theories in relation to Orientalism and Occidentalism can be applied.

Tropes:

• The Vampire;

• Monsters;

• Strict parent;

• Worried mother;

• Cultural shock;

• Learning how to accept others;

• Fascination with the Oriental;

• Late bloomers;

• Changes in society; evolution.

• Interracial love;

• What is more important.

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