On Metacritic, the film has a score of 44 out of 100, based on 24 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews." Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.
The success of the first film led to the announcement of a sequel in October 2012. Genndy Tartakovsky, who directed the first film, returned to direct the sequel, despite previously stating he would not.
Adam Sandler and Robert Smigel wrote the screenplay, which focused on the relationship between Dracula and his grandson. The production team aimed to maintain the same energetic and squash-and-stretch animation style that characterized the first film. -Vegamovies.nl- Hotel Transylvania 2 -2015- 108...
Seven years after the events of the first film, Mavis and her new husband Johnny are still living at the hotel, which is now open to both monsters and humans. Mavis informs Dracula that she is pregnant and later gives birth to a son named Dennis.
In Santa Cruz, Mavis enjoys the human world but feels out of place. When she sees the video of Dracula putting Dennis in danger, she and Johnny head back to Transylvania. Mavis confronts her father for his inability to accept that Dennis is human. She tells him they will move out after Dennis' fifth birthday party. On Metacritic, the film has a score of
Dracula invites his father, Vlad, to the party. Vlad is a powerful and traditional vampire who hates humans. Dracula tells Johnny to have the humans at the party dress up as monsters to avoid Vlad's wrath. Vlad arrives with his monstrous bat-like servant, Bela.
The film was also released in 3D and IMAX theaters. It performed well at the box office, setting a new record for the highest-opening weekend in September at the time. Box office Adam Sandler and Robert Smigel wrote the screenplay,
The film takes place seven years after the first film, with the hotel now open to human guests. Mavis and Johnny have a young son named Dennis, whose lack of any vampire abilities worries his grandfather Dracula. When Mavis and Johnny go on a visit to Johnny's parents, Dracula enlists his friends to help him make Dennis a vampire. However, the arrival of Dracula's old-school, human-hating father Vlad shakes things up.
Dracula enlists his friends Frank, Wayne, Griffin, Murray, and Blobby to help him train Dennis to be a monster, but every attempt fails. They go to a summer camp where Dracula learned to be a vampire, only to find that the camp is now much safer and less scary. Dracula tries to force Dennis to transform by throwing him off a tall, unstable tower, but he has to rescue him at the last second. The scene is filmed by the campers and uploaded to the internet, eventually reaching Mavis and Johnny.
The film received mixed reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 56% based on 108 reviews, with an average rating of 5.3/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Hotel Transylvania 2 is marginally better than the original, which may or may not be enough of a recommendation for fans of the first film."