Transylvania 6-5000
- Year: 1985
- Country of origin: Yugoslavia, USA
- Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
- Director: Rudy De Luca
- Length: 93 min
- IMDb rating:
Wanted: Two thrill-seeking reporters, brains optional, looking to dig up the story of the century. For information call… Transylvania 6-5000
Synopsis
Transylvania 6-5000 (1985) follows two hapless tabloid reporters sent to Transylvania to find proof of Frankenstein’s monster or face losing their jobs, only to encounter a comically bizarre cast of creatures and villagers along the way. As they are mocked, misled, and pulled deeper into a series of strange encounters with a wolfman, a nymphomaniac vampire, a mummy, and a mad doctor, their assignment becomes an escalating spoof of classic horror tropes. This horror-comedy blends campy monsters and slapstick misadventure in a wild, genre-mashing quest that never quite finds a serious rhythm.
Selected disc options for Transylvania 6-5000
| Extras | Kino BD-A/US 2020 | Wicked-Vision BD-B/DE 2019 | Anchor Bay DVD-1/US/OOP 2002 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audio Commentary by Director/Writer Rudy De Luca and Visual Consultant Dr. Steve Haberman | has extra | has extra | has extra |
| Audio Commentary by James Chandler and Ash Hamilton | has extra | ||
| Stills Gallery [Anchor Bay] - Photos, Storyboards | has extra | ||
| Stills Gallery [Wicked Vision] - Photos, Storyboards | has extra | ||
| Theatrical Trailer 1 | has extra | has extra | has extra |
| Theatrical Trailer 1 Recut | has extra | ||
| Theatrical Trailer 2 | has extra | has extra | |
| TV Spots | has extra | ||
| TV Spots [Kino/Anchor Bay] | has extra | has extra |
Notes
- Wicked Vision’s Blu-ray is available in 3 Mediabook editions, each containing a 24-page booklet with writing by David Renske (in German and English).
- Anchor Bay’s DVD is also available as a “Double Feature” with Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988); and in the “Fright Pack: Campy Classics” box set with Sleepaway Camp (1983), Vamp (1986), Return to Horror High (1987), Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988) and Return of the Killer Tomatoes! (1988).
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