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16 of 18 found the following review helpful:
 Great...if you like this sort of thingOct 22, 2005
By Max Berman
When my parents first bought a reconditioned top loading VCR in the late eighties, the video store had four films to rent; Legend, Driller Killer, The Magic Toyshop and Transylvania 65000. My views on the film might be slightly clouded by the fact that I watched this film approximately once a week for 3 years. It is worth buying for the Butler/Doll scene alone. There's also a brilliant slipping-on-a-banana gag. I would recommend it highly. My Dad doesn't laugh at many films but he was streaming with tears and boogers at this one (once a week for 3 years).
18 of 22 found the following review helpful:
It's good huh!?Aug 19, 2001
By Andrew Bennett
Transylvania 6-5000 is one of the funniest comedies ever done. With Jeff Goldblum and Ed Begely Jr. and other hilarious actors the laughs and gags continue without an end.The movie is about two reporters who are asigned to Transylvania to write a monster story. Upon their arival they run into the craziest of characters like Faojs the castle butler, (Michael Richards) the mayor, (Jeffery Jones) and servent's Radu and Lupi (John Byner & Carol Kane) While staying in the castle they find more than they came looking for like a vampier countess that enjoys "necking" (Geena Davis) the sane/insane Dr. Malavaqua (Joseph Bologna) and many more. The movie is filled with funny one-liners and great comic acts. It'll have you laughing until it hurts!
9 of 11 found the following review helpful:
Take off your thinking capMar 11, 2003
By Existential Amazonaholic
Please don't press play with the expectation of doing any higher learning. Just go with it. I, too, recall this one fondly from my childhood and I couldn't wait for it to be released on DVD. The early appearance by Michael "Cosmo Kramer" Richards is worth the purchase price by itself, not to mention Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis in roles they might rather forget. All that notwithstanding, my favorite two characters have to be Lupi and Radu. What a marriage!
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Transylvania 6-5000Sep 02, 2005
By W. R. Doar III
I think this is a classic for all horror movie lovers. It is a parady of most Monster-horror movies made in the early part of the 20th century. If you Like movies such as Airplane! , Hysterical, Young Frankentein, Top Secret, Earth Girls are Easy, or the Files from Police Squad, this is another movie you need to have, or need to see.
4 of 5 found the following review helpful:
For a good time, call...Sep 12, 2005
By Monty Moonlight
Transylvania 6-5000! Jeff Goldblum plays straight-man tabloid reporter to child-like partner Ed Begley Jr. in this hilarious monster-movie spoof, as they are sent on a mission to Transylvania to uncover the truth about a suspicious videotape that allegedly features the real Frankenstein monster! As enthusiastic Gil (Begley Jr.) pursues the story, skeptical Jack (Goldblum) pursues a lovely American tourist with a small daughter. Everything seems to be calm and quaint in the charming and very hospitable Transylvanian village, but, once the two reporters begin to work together, they discover there is more to the sleepy little town than meets the eye! There are physical gags and witty banter aplenty in this fantastically 80's style take on "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein," complete with Jeffrey Jones as the Mayor, John Byner and Carol Kane as dimwitted servants, and Joseph Bologna as the mad doctor. All contribute laughs by the cartful, but it's Geena Davis and Seinfeld's Michael Richards who really steal the show as a nymphomaniac vampiress named Odette and Fejos, the token brute. Those of you who cherish the comedy teams of yester-year will get a kick out of the chemistry between Goldblum and Begley Jr., and they'll make you wish that films like this (and "Brain Donors") were more successful.
As for DVD details, I personally own the double feature disc with "Elvira: Mistress of the Dark" on the flip-side, which is the one I recommend picking up considering the price (and that I find both films hilarious for the witching season, or anytime). If you aren't interested in Elvira though, this version seems to have all the same extras (assuming it has the theatrical trailers too, which Amazon does not have listed with the other extras, though it would be odd if they are not included). The commentary by the director/writer and visual consultant is quite informative and enjoyable, the trailers and TV spots are a kick, and the DVD even includes galleries of storyboards and stills. Not at all bad for a great movie at a great price! One would have expected something bare bones for such a film, but Anchor Bay really delivered. So, if you're in the mood for good Abbott and Costello style laughs with a Transylvanian touch, just call "Transylvania 6-5000!"
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