Transylmania Movie Review

Many of you may recall the comic flicks “National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze” and “National Lampoon’s Dorm Daze 2: College @ Sea” from director-producer brothers David and Scott Hillenbrand. The duo has returned to feed on the current market craze for vampires with what is supposedly “Dorm Daze 3” infused with a vampire theme in “Transylmania”.

A group of students lead by Rusty (Oren Skoog) head off to study at Razvan University in Transylvania, Romania where Rusty is eager to meet Draguta (Irena A. Hoffman), the woman on the internet looking forward to sexual escapades with him. In his trip, he takes along drug addict roommates Pete (Patrick Cavanaugh) and Wang (Paul Hansen Kim), twin sisters (Natalie Garza, Nicole Garza) Danni and Lia, sex-crazed couple Newmar (Tony Denman) and Lynne (Jeniffer Lyons), nerdy Brady (Worm Miller), Mike (Patrick Casey), and Cliff (James DeBello).

Unknowingly they are placing themselves in the middle of a centuries old battle between vampires. Facing off are Count Radu (Oren Skoog) and the newest leader of the family hunting them down, Teodora van Sloan (Musetta Vander). Teodora is a professor at the university lead by Dean Floca (David Steinberg), Draguta’s father.

Count Radu attempts to resurrect his former lover who has been sealed in a music box by transferring her soul to Lynne’s body. As Rusty attempts to avoid humpback Draguta and her crazed father, he finds himself dressed similarly to Count Radu.

Screenplay for “Transylmania” is created by “Dorm Daze” veterans Patrick Casey and Worm Miller. In the six years since the beginning of the college spoof flick, the duo hasn’t matured in their kind of disturbing spoof comedy. Similar to their previous straight-to-DVD flicks, they’ve created another spoof film with limited room for imagination that would surely bore and irritate viewers out to theatres.

The cast led by no-names are a pain to watch as they seem like actors auditioning for their very first break coupled with a badly written no-imagination, no-direction, and plain bluff script. Their attempts at jokes are pitiful and it would leave an irritating impression rather than a delightful one to viewers. Amongst all they cast, the twins give justice to their role and take it seriously to heart despite the crooked screenplay they have to work on.

What probably takes the spotlight for the pros section of this film is the background of Romania’s forbidding forests and striking castles. The eye-catching Eastern European location offers evocative visuals that send the vampire vibe running throughout the film.

Overall, if you’re a fan of “Dorm Daze” and enjoy watching vampire spoofs infused with explicit sexual themes, then go ahead and watch “Transylmania”. But if you’re simple curious, I highly recommend to skip this film. Rest assured you won’t be missing on anything, you’re actually saving yourself.