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"I DO NOT SAY 'BLEH-BLEH-BLEH'!!!"
Despite having a gothic/horror setting and focusing on the classic horror kings of the past, the film is actually light-hearted and comedic. Inevitably, however, there are some scenes like this.
- Even though it's only a cartoon, the giant spider will make arachnaphobes uneasy, especially in 3-D.
- Wayne's blood red eyes staring up for a full few seconds after Dracula's wake up call.
- The scene where Mavis goes to the fake village and the hotel staff disguised as humans attack her. Especially when they first appear.
- Dracula will put on a scary face and roar at the screen while the background changes to blood red and a Scare Chord plays. Serves as a reminder that this is still the same Dracula that we've known for so long. Thankfully, this only happens a few times.
- The shrunken heads on the doors. Oh, GOD, the shrunken heads. How the hell did they get them past the radar?
- Fridge Horror: Aren't they supposed to be shrunken human heads? In a monster hotel? Doesn't help that they have their eyes stitched up.
- There were a few times where Dracula used his magic to seal one sassy head's mouth. Brrrrrrrr.
- Fridge Horror: Aren't they supposed to be shrunken human heads? In a monster hotel? Doesn't help that they have their eyes stitched up.
- When Dracula sees Mavis kissing Johnny, unlike his other episodes of rage, this one doesn't come off as comic. Dracula just spirits himself to them, glares down at Johnny and then says, without shouting, "How could you? After I shared my pain with you?!" Though it only lasts a moment, it's a much more intensive display of anger than his animalistic snarling and growling and all the more scarier.
- Another example is when Dracula is telling Johnny about Martha's death. He doesn't roar or hiss; he just stands very still in the dark with just his glowing blue eyes visible and speaks quietly but with a lot of intensity. It's a moment when he really comes across as ''the'' Dracula.
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- Another example is when Dracula is telling Johnny about Martha's death. He doesn't roar or hiss; he just stands very still in the dark with just his glowing blue eyes visible and speaks quietly but with a lot of intensity. It's a moment when he really comes across as ''the'' Dracula.
- When Dracula is chasing after Johnny's plane in bat form, we see just how sunlight harms vampires. More specifically, holes are burnt into his wings, and patches of fur are literally burning away, leaving a thick trail of smoke behind him. You can clearly see it in Drac's face that he's terrified, but keeps going anyways, clearly willing to risk his life for his daughter's happiness.
- Johnny realizing all of the monsters in the hotel are real. Despite being an amusing bit, one must imagine what Johnny was thinking the whole time. Of course he first thinks everyone in the hotel is in just a costume, until he meets the skeleton couple. It then hits him that every single monster surrounding him are the genuine thing, and despite all being unaware of him being human, he's still in the dead center of all of them. As he tries to escape the hotel, he keeps continuously colliding with the other residents, each of which keeps terrifying him. Then he finds out the man he’s encountered is Dracula himself, and is dragged upstairs against his will. Until Dracula reveals he isn’t interested in biting him, Johnny genuinely believed he was about to die.
