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Beneath the slapstick and visual gags, Hotel Transylvania 3 continues the franchise's underlying theme of tolerance. In the first film, the tension was between monsters and humans (Johnny). By the third film, that tension has evolved into a history of generational trauma and hatred between Dracula and the Van Helsing lineage.

What elevates Summer Vacation from juvenile slapstick is its handling of grief. Drac isn’t just looking for a fling; he’s looking for permission to stop being sad. In one surprisingly tender scene, he admits to Mavis that falling for Ericka feels like a betrayal of Martha’s memory. Hotel Transylvania 3 - Summer Vacation -2018- -...

Moving the setting to the Bermuda Triangle allowed the artists at Sony Pictures Animation to play with a brand-new color palette. From the bioluminescent underwater volcanoes to the kitschy, Vegas-style aesthetic of Atlantis, the film is a visual feast that pops off the screen. The Voice Cast: Chemistry That Clicks Beneath the slapstick and visual gags, Hotel Transylvania

The lost city of Atlantis sequence introduces ancient monsters, including the Kraken (which is strangely adorable) and a giant Leviathan . The film also nods to Titanic in a very funny scene where Frank and Murray reenact the "I’m flying!" moment, only for Griffin (the invisible man) to crash into a propeller. What elevates Summer Vacation from juvenile slapstick is