Monster Mash

I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed this movie. Much better than I expected. Ethan Daniel Corbett is excellent as Count Dracula. All aristocratic reserve and ageless authority. Michael Madsen is always good value for money and the other supporting players all do a good job of essaying their particular rolls. (Michelle Bauer has seen better days though.) If you can imagine a really low budget Van Helsing or League of Extraordinary Gentlemen that the sort of thing we've got here. All the old Universal Monsters team up to bring down Dr Frankenstein and end his diabolical plot to extend his life by creating the ultimate monster. It even has a sort of 'genre sophistication' (If that's the right word) with hints of Paul Naschy and others in make-up and costume design. The ending almost jokingly sets things up for a sequel (Something Asylum are well known for doing.) and I, for one, wouldn't mind seeing one if it ever gets made There are worse ways to waste 1 hour 25 minutes.

So bad I was laughing at myself for even watching until the end! Like someone else mentioned it could have been great with the characters involved but the story is just all over the place and makes no sense at what some of their purpose is to assist Dracula get his daughter back and stop Frankenstein. They just seem to tag along lol! The guy who plays Dracula is probably the best thing about the movie, I feel bad that he was reduced to this role. I literally couldn't stop laughing at how bad it was and then I just thought, well it's given me a good laugh at least. Take it with a pinch of salt I'd say ;)

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I saw the title and art and that was it. I started off and I understood it was low budget. That's not my problem with it. I actually like Draculas delivery and there were some scenes I think were shot well. The Invisible Man also stood out. Issues were its consitency. The story flow was bad. The points to move the plot forward flopped. I wish I had more characters to describe how irrational upset I was at this movie. This had a great premise and it failed to give anyone developmenm. Without spoilers I just feel they could have done a lot more for The Mummy, who I felt was just a tag along the whole way. Same with the Werewolf. This was Draculas movie and the Invisible Man helped him get there. I honestly would have loved this movie if it sat in the camp, but it pulls away so often and takes itself seriously. Its attempts in parts to be an homage to classics didn't work out. The part with CGI was bad, but it reminded me of old 40s stop motion, so that gets no bad marks from me. Wasted potential. Funny bits. I MST3Kd it with a friend, which took it from a 2 to a 5 for me. Cleaning up the story, embracing the camp, giving more of the characters things to do would have sent me over the moon. I want to see more from Ethan Daniel Corbett. Could have been an Are you Afraid of the Dark episode. Thats what this movie was.

Plot Dracula, Werewolf, and the Invisible Man must work together to stop Dr. Frankenstein from creating an unstoppable monster. Cast Michael Madsen in the death throes of his career in a movie made by the same guy who gave us two awful Hansel & Gretel films and reached such pinnacles as Mega Shark vs. Mecha Shark! Verdict Did you ever watch the mega cheesy Monster Mash The Movie from the mid 90's? Me neither though I remember seeing the trailer and thinking it looked awful. I'll put my life savings down now that movie is better than this one! Unsurprisingly an Asylum movie, Monster Mash sees most of the classic movie monsters collide in a movie advertised as a horror but let me assure you couldn't be further from. It's like an unintentional comedy and a stupidly campy one at that. A vampire, Dracula, Frankenstein, Frankensteins monster, wolfman, the invisible man and of course a mummy. How could this possibly be bad? Well, very easily now you ask. I mean, it's an Asylum movie the better question is surely how could it possibly be good? The acting is hilariously poor, Madsen included as this man just doesn't try anymore and why should he? He's gone from big Hollywood mainstay to will do anything for a dollar. The story is contrived, the execution is dreadful and I found myself simultaneously cringing and wincing at the same time throughout. Who are these movies aimed at? Too violent for kids, too dumb for adults. Rants One day someone needs to sit me down and explain how The Asylum movies make money. They can't make enough off the backs of people accidentally buying their movie instead of the one they're mockbustering surely! I've seen countless and am confident they'd reach an average of the early 3.0's if I totaled them all up. Then again are they any worse than ITN, Uncorked, Scyfy themselves? Awful, awful stuff. The Good Well, there's a lot going on The Bad Dreadful acting It's all so, stupid Seeing Madsen in a film like this is unsurprising but still sad Did I mention how stupid it all is?