Monster Mash (2000 film)

Monster Mash
Directed by	Guido Manuli
Written by	Guido Manuli Judy Rothman Rofé
Produced by	Andy Heyward Robby London Michael Maliani
Starring	David Sobolov Scott McNeil Ian James Corlett Janyse Jaud Tabitha St. Germain
Narrated by	Phil Trainer
Edited by	Tom King Ian Bartell
Music by	John Carnochan
Production companies	DIC Entertainment, L.P. RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana RAI Fiction
Distributed by	Universal Studios Home Video (North America) RAI Trade (International)
Release date	August 29, 2000 (2000-08-29)
Running time	64 minutes
Countries	Italy United States
Language	English

Monster Mash (Italian: Chi ha paura?) is a 2000 direct-to-video animated musical comedy horror film co-produced by DIC Entertainment, L.P. and Rai Fiction. It is an original story, based on the lore of Frankenstein, the Wolfman, and Count Dracula.

Plot

Drac, Frank, and Wolf were the scariest monsters around, until they became associated with fun and other things happening like Drac no longer having his fangs and Wolf going bald. They end up summoned by the Superior Court of Horrors, where the judge orders them to prove that they are still scary by the end of 24 hours or they will be sentenced to an eternity entertaining at children's parties. Drac, Frank, and Wolf are assigned to scare the Tinklemeister family.

The Tinklemeisters soon end up assisting Drac, Frank, and Wolf into proving that they are still scary, even when the Grim Reaper Prosecutor of the SCoH sends three new monsters consisting of Freddie de Spaghetti: King of Carbohydrates (a humanoid spaghetti monster based on Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees), Chicky the Doll of Destruction (a wind-up toy based on Chucky), and the Alien Eater to make sure that they all fail in their mission.

Cast

• David Sobolov as Frank
• Scott McNeil as Wolf
• French Tickner as Drac
• Janyse Jaud as Spike Tinklemeister, Mom Tinklemeister
• Tabitha St. Germain as Chicky
• Phil Trainer as Yorick
• Jim Byrnes as Grim Reaper Prosecutor
• Patricia Drake as Stella Tinklemeister
• Phil Hayes as Judge
• Robert O. Smith
• Ian James Corlett
• Dave "Squatch" Ward as Freddie de Spaghetti

Songs

• "Monster Mash" (Robert Pickett)
• "Waiting for Spike to Speak" (Matt McGuire) – Mom, Dad and Stella
• "The Heebe Jeebe" (McGuire, Karen Guthery)
• "When We Were Bad" (Sandy Howell, Geoff Levin) – Frank, Drac and Wolf
• "Monster Mash"
  • Funk Groove arrangement by David Pavlovitch
  • Country arrangement by Matt McGuire
  • Alternative Angst arrangement by Jason Michas

Release

Monster Mash was released on VHS on August 29, 2000 in the United States by Universal Studios Home Video.

It received an Italian DVD release in 2003 from Alfadedis Entertainment. In the United States, the feature was bundled alongside Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein, Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman and four episodes of Archie's Weird Mysteries as part of the Monster Bash Fun Pack DVD on September 7, 2004.

A standalone DVD was released by NCircle Entertainment in 2007, although it removes a meta moment towards the end of the film, as well as the "Monster Mash" music video, due to copyright.

External links

• Monster Mash at IMDb
• Monster Mash at Rotten Tomatoes