Product Details

• Actors: Robert Vaughn, Teri Copley, Steve Altman, Ace Mask, Angus Scrimm
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: New Concorde
• DVD Release Date: March 27, 2001
• Run Time: 87 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000058TIH
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,047 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Transylvania Twist" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

A librarian from Transylvania must collect the fines on a 200-year overdue book, "The Book of all Evil." During his trip to the castle, he meets Marissa, a gorgeous rock star and heir to the castle's fortune. There they must confront the only other heir to the fortune and the book, Uncle Byron; and Uncle Byron has a very, very, very broad smile. Format: Color, DVD, NTSC Language: English Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.) Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Number of discs: 1 Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Studio: New Concorde DVD Release Date: March 27, 2001 Run Time: 90 minutes

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Transylvania Twisted, March 30, 2001

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"kitchcb" (Utica, Ms. United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Transylvania Twist (DVD)

Take 1500 puns, 500 sight gags, 3 musical numbers, a reference to almost every horror movie, at least 40 impersonations ( jack is the best ) the most confusing townfolk since Blazing Saddles hands down ( or more correctly Hans Up ), loads of cleavage, Robert Vaugn, "The Tall Man", and a special Ghost appearance by Boris Karloff and you have a pretty good movie. They could have put in an extra 10 minutes of Bloopers and out takes as a good bonus, and Wide Screen would have made it a topper. A movie that you will find something new in each viewing I'm sure. And remember don't drink anything that will hurt coming out your nose the first time you watch it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is *NOT* Transylyania 6-5000!, February 28, 2001

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Alan Olsen (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Transylvannia Twist [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Unlike Transylvania 6-5000, this movie is very funny.

I originally saw this film sortly after it was released the first time on video. I then spent the next couple years trying to find it at a non-rental price. I lucked out shortly after it went out of print.

This movie makes fun of Roger Corman films (especially The Terror), Horror movies, H.P. Lovecraft, and anything else it can get its tenticles upon. It is quite silly in spots. Some parts get a bit corny. Most of the jokes hit home though. I strongly recommend this film. It is a classic comedy that almost no one I have talked to has ever heard of.

The plot is quite simple. Dexter Ward is given the task of retrieving the Book of Ulthar (which is about 3 feet by two feet, yet weighs next to nothing) from the person who checked it out from the Miskatonic Public Library over 20 years ago. Retreval involves a trip to a spooky looking castle in Transylvania. (Actually stock footage from "The Terror".) The rest involves a nubile film star, a vampire (played by Robert Vaughn), his butler (played by Angus Scrimm AKA The Tall Man in the Phantasm movies), three sexy vampires and the great grandson of Victor Von Helsing. There are some interesting cameos, including Forest J. Ackerman (holding a copy of "Famous Monsters of Filmland") and Boris Karloff.

I am glad this is coming out on DVD and VHS again. Now I don't have to worry about someone walking off with my only copy.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Horror Hilarity, October 3, 2001

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L E E Wolf (Iron River, MI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Transylvania Twist (DVD)

This movie had me hooked from the very beginning with "amateurs." After that I never stopped laughing. The horror puns, spoofs and cliches abound.

I couldn't believe that they had finally released a DVD version. It seems like it had been an eternity waiting for a version that I could keep.

This movie is definitely aimed at horror fans, but others, not in my league of horror fanaticism, have enjoyed it.