Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)
6.3 IMDb
62 Rotten Tomatoes

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Count Dracula finally decides it's time to take a break from running Hotel Transylvania and joins his family and monster friends on a luxurious monster cruise vacation. During the voyage, Dracula unexpectedly falls for the ship's mysterious captain, Ericka. Meanwhile, his daughter Mavis worries about her father's sudden romance, while Johnny, Dennis, Frankenstein, Wayne, Murray, Griffin, and the rest of the monster gang enjoy wild adventures across the ocean. What begins as a relaxing holiday soon turns dangerous when Ericka's secret connection to the legendary monster hunter Van Helsing is revealed. As Dracula faces old enemies and new emotions, the entire monster family must work together to save their vacation—and monsterkind itself—from disaster. Filled with colorful animation, hilarious monster humor, and heartwarming family moments, the film delivers one of the franchise's biggest adventures.

  • Release Date: July 13, 2018
  • Director: Genndy Tartakovsky
  • Genre: Animation , Comedy , Family , Fantasy , Adventure
  • Duration: 97 minutes (1 hour 37 minutes)
  • Language: English
  • Starring: Adam Sandler as Dracula
  • Box Office: Worldwide Gross: $541.5 million
  • Where To Watch: Netflix , Amazon Prime Video , Apple TV , Google TV

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Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation marked a major change for the franchise by taking Dracula and his monster friends away from their famous hotel and onto a luxurious monster cruise ship. The filmmakers created dozens of unique monster passengers and exotic locations to make the voyage feel larger and more adventurous than the previous films. Director Genndy Tartakovsky encouraged the animation team to push character expressions and movements to cartoon-like extremes, giving the movie its energetic and distinctive visual style. The introduction of Ericka, a descendant of the legendary monster hunter Van Helsing, added a fresh twist to Dracula’s story and brought a new romantic angle to the series. The movie also features a memorable climax involving a giant Kraken and a music-driven battle sequence, which became one of the franchise’s most talked-about scenes. Thanks to its colorful animation, family-friendly humor, and worldwide appeal, Hotel Transylvania 3 became the highest-grossing film in the entire Hotel Transylvania franchise, earning more than $540 million at the global box office.

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Most viewers don’t realize that director Genndy Tartakovsky intentionally pushed the animation style far beyond realistic movement. Characters were animated with highly exaggerated facial expressions and body motions inspired by classic cartoons from the 1940s and 1950s