Jules Bass
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Hotel Transylvania (2012)
Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky
influenced by Mad Monster Party? (1967)
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A sort of computer-animated revamp of the 1967 stop-motion Rankin/Bass production " Mad Monster Party?
The scenes at the North Pole are done in an obvious fantasyland style clearly influenced by the Rankin-Bass Christmas specials we all remember as kids: “Frosty the Snowman” and “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.”
Right from the opening credits, I felt something was amiss… There was a nostalgic, light touch to them, reminding me of the old Rankin-Bass Christmas specials like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman.
The inclusion of Rankin-Bass-style animated characters — including a Leon Redbone-voiced Snowman (a clever variant on the Burl Ives one) and another character voiced by legendary animator Ray Harryhausen — handily recalls perennial TV specials like Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.