Transylvania 6-5000

Horror spoof in which two journalists are sent to Transylvania to investigate rumours of modern-day vampirism and discover a mad scientist and his oddball companions., Two tabloid reporters are sent to Romania to investigate Frankenstein., Jeff Goldblum and Ed Begley Jr. as tabloid reporters sent to Romania to get a line on Frankenstein. Joseph Bologna, Carol Kane. Lepescu: Jeffrey Jones. Radu: John Byner. Odette: Geena Davis. Fejos: Michael Richards. Wolfman: Donald Gibb. Mac: Norman Fell. Elizabeth: Teresa Ganzel. Lawrence: Rudy DeLuca. Rudy DeLuca directed., In a plot that combines Mary Shelley’s mad Dr. Frankenstein and Bram Stoker’s Count Dracula, two yellow journalism reporters, Jack and Gil (Jeff Goldblum and Ed Begley, Jr.) head off to a castle in Transylvania. The intrepid duo is out to hunt down a story that proves Frankenstein’s “monster” is still alive and sparking. What they find is an appropriately demented Dr. Malavaqua and his monstrous creations. Tame stuff for the hardcore groupie, this intended spoof falls a tad short of funny.