Best of the Bad … ‘Transylvania 6-5000’

Geena Davis attepts to feed on Ed Begley, Jr.

Ooh-La-La †¦ any movie with Geena Davis dressed like Vampirella and hornier than a brass band can’t be that bad, right? Well, it depends on how you look at it. Along the same vein as UHF, this movie is more cheesy than flat-out bad, but lots of fun all the same. Transylvania 6-5000 (1985) was written and directed by Rudy De Luca, who has been involved with several of Mel Brooks’ films, including Silent Movie, High Anxiety and Spaceballs. The movie has been suggested to be inspired by the 1963 Looney Tunes cartoon, but the similarities are pretty thin, outside of the title.

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