Hotel Transylvania 2
NZ release: 26 November 2015
Violence and scary scenes Rated on: 26 November 2015
What’s it about?
Dracula and his friends return to try and awaken the monster in his half human, half vampire grandson.
The facts
- Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky (Samurai Jack, Hotel Transylvania 2)
- English language
- Runtime: 85 minutes
- Staring Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Kevin James, and Selena Gomez.
Why did it get this rating?
This film was cross-rated by the Film and Video Labelling Body. You can find out more about cross-rating here.
Horror
When Dracula and Mavis are mad, they show terrifying fangs and red eyes. They sometimes scream. This could frighten younger viewers.
There are different types of monsters: zombies, ghosts, skeletons, mummies, witches, and other creatures. Some have scary features such as one large eye, sharp fangs and long arms.
A character stalks a rat and grabs it with their mouth.
Violence
Characters often fight each other. We see kicking, punching, slapping, and biting. In a few scenes, characters throw or smash objects, sometimes at other characters. In one scene, characters fight a swarm of dangerous terrifying bat people.
Dangerous imitable behaviour
Characters climb up a tower. Dracula throws a character off the very top of the tower, but he rushes in at the last second to save them. The tower then collapses and explodes.
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