# hotel transylvania 3 summer vacation review <p>Even on a good day, it's easy to feel like America has become a horror movie, and outside of theaters, the horror of the "Purge" franchise feels all too real <a href="https://www.chilimovie.com/editorial-review/hotel-transylvania-3-summer-vacation-vid-20397.html" target="_blank">hotel transylvania 3 summer vacation review</a> . This summer, there has been a growing need to escape from the movies, not just to beat the heat, but to feel good again. Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation offers this and more, promising a great time for children, parents and fans of the hilarious series. But it also sends a timely message: acceptance, love, and tolerance of those who are different from us, which is especially needed right now.</p> <p>Director Genndy Tartakovsky returns for the third time in the "Hotel Transylvania" series, despite initial reports that he will be moving on to new projects. Tartakovsky brings back all the cues that made the first two installments so popular, but the animation feels more amazing than ever, thanks in part to the film's aquatic scenes. But beware, Hotel Transylvania 3 is pretty adamant about whether or not Macarena is evil, and the summer dance craze of yesteryear might be making a comeback. Or maybe not. Kids have short-term memory these days, right?</p> <p>Jim Gaffigan), whose mission has long been to eliminate Dracula and his monstrous friends from Earth. Of course, Van Helsing didn't have the upper hand, and when Dracula went easy on him again, he imagined what it would be like for the monster to be able to take a vacation somewhere nice.</p> <p>Now that place has become Hotel Transylvania, and Dracula and his beloved daughter Mevis (Selena Gomez) have become the place where monsters go to vacation and get married. But planning a wedding and taking care of other people's relaxation needs can be exhausting, and more importantly, Dracula is lonely. He is eager to meet new friends, but as he explains to his friends, the monster will only "rise" or find true love once. Without Mavis's mother, Dracula believes he is doomed to be alone forever.</p> <p>There's a bit of wit to the opening sequence, which harks back to 1897, when Van Helsing (Jim Gaffigan) was a young and determined Wyle E. Coyote against Drake's elusive roadrunner. Shot after shot, gadget after gadget, the vampire hunter is always easily thwarted by Drake (Adam Sandler), who has a sixth sense and eternal good fortune. He cuts to the present, and his paths cross again on a cruise dedicated to monsters, a "water hotel" that justifies the film's title. Drake's daughter Mavis (Selena Gomez) plans a seaside vacation to surprise her father, who is always the host, never the guest, and the entire Drake clan shows up, including Frankenstein (Kevin James), Werewolf Wayne ( Steve Buscemi), Mummy Murray (Kegan-Michael Key), and Griffin the Invisible (David Spade), along with other family members and creatures.</p> <p>After boarding the ship, a heartbroken Drake is "thrilled" by the lovely Erica (Catherine Hahn), the captain who turns out to be Van Helsing's evil great-granddaughter. Below deck, the original Van Helsing still lives on as half-man, half-machine, a rickety immortal Joe who has an apocalyptic plan to kill all the monsters once the ship reaches its final destination. But at the same time, Ericka can't help but want to kill the forgetful, moon-eyed Drake at every opportunity, even though she turns her into a Wile E. Coyote-type chump, too. Mavis doubts Ericka's intentions (the monster is only supposed to "stimulate" once, and this has happened to her late mother), but the Count's ignorance of the sitcom overshadows her famous seduction.&nbsp;</p>