ROTTEN TOMATOES: Bo Zenga Doing Monster Mash with Stan Helsing

Bo Zenga Doing Monster Mash with Stan Helsing

And here we thought Van Helsing was funny enough as it is...

by Jeff Giles | February 11, 2008

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The masses have spoken, and according to Meet the Spartans' grosses, they apparently want more spoof movies -- something Bo Zenga is ready and willing to provide.

Variety reports that Zenga -- who wrote Soul Plane, appeared as "EMT" in 1994's Cagney & Lacey reunion movie, and acted as a producer on Scary Movie -- has set up a new film, to be titled Stan Helsing, at Stone Village Pictures. Zenga will write and direct the project, which Variety sums up below:

Action takes place on Halloween night, when a videostore clerk, Stan Helsing, must reluctantly save a town from the six most-feared monsters in cinematic history.

Zenga, who most recently served as a producer of 2006's Turistas, tells Variety:

"'Stan Helsing' spoofs the six biggest movie monster franchises of all time, which collectively have grossed over $1 billion worldwide. We expect to take a healthy bite of that number."

Source: Variety

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killthemall4444 writes:
on Feb 11 2008 05:20 AM

'Stan Helsing' spoofs the six biggest movie monster franchises of all time, which collectively have grossed over $1 billion worldwide. We expect to take a healthy bite of that number."
What a ****ing tool.

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Oblivioncry writes:
on Feb 11 2008 05:57 AM

and i bet ppl would want to see that....ppl are stupid..maybe i am....nah

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DaHypr1 writes:
on Feb 11 2008 06:44 AM

the only way i would end up even thinking about seeing this movie is if its rated R and brought in the Wayans brothers

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John Z. Delorean writes:
on Feb 11 2008 07:01 AM

Isn't this movie called Monster Squad? Just replace the Stan Helsing character with some funny as hell kids.

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Xavier Telouran writes:
on Feb 11 2008 07:11 AM

John, that's EXACTLY what came to my mind as I read that. Of course, I don't think "Wolfman's got nards" is gonna play well today. Ah whom I kidding, yeah it is...

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frogleg writes:
on Feb 11 2008 08:06 AM

Stan Helsing would be a really exciting premise if it was being written and/or directed by Edgar Wright. If it's more along the lines of Meet the Spartans... not so much.

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RPMcMurphy51 writes:
on Feb 11 2008 09:31 AM

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Wolfman's got nards?!

These type of spoof movies are never good, however I can usually at least watch them and be mildly entertained. I stumbled upon the first few minutes of Epic Movie on HBO and it was unwatchable. Can't anyone make an Airplane/Naked Gun movie without the obvious movie "spoofs"?

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Xavier Telouran writes:
on Feb 11 2008 10:46 AM

You have to see the movie to understand, but essentially if you punch Wolfman in the crotch, it will still hurt him. There's nothing funnier when you're ten years old than that joke, at least in that movie.

And McMurphy, to play off a little of what you're saying, would it work if it were more in the mold of a "Shaun of the Dead?" Maybe they're playing fast and loose with the word "spoof." At least here's hoping that one of the people that unleashed "Scary Movie" into the world and started the whole mess can help rein it in a little...

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Schumacherh8ter writes:
on Feb 11 2008 01:03 PM

It has to be better than "Van Helsing" and "Meet The Spartans", but that's not saying much.

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lestatthevampire writes:
on Feb 11 2008 01:59 PM

"Have you or have you not, ever, uh...."
"...been dorked?"

Monster Squad

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arendr writes:
on Feb 11 2008 02:28 PM

The tagline of this movie should be "Stan Helsing - Because there's nothing funny about the Dutch".

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MaxFisher14 writes:
on Feb 11 2008 03:35 PM

F-ck him....

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fnord68 writes:
on Feb 12 2008 06:41 AM

The Best Spoof Movie Ever Is Still AIRPLANE And That Was Made 28 years ago.
Put The Genre To Bed , For Sanity's Sake.
Besides , STAN HELSING Sounds Like Something Someone Wrote On a Beermat One Night.

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RPMcMurphy51 writes:
on Feb 12 2008 08:09 AM

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Xavier. I was actually quoting Monster Squad and simultaneously you had the same line in mind. The quote is obviously still golden after 20 years!

I agree with you that Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz are much less obvious spoofs but still subtlely capture the obsurdity of certain movie cliches. I think the key to a successful "spoof" is keeping the same overall plot structure of the genre you're spoofing. I don't understand why the Scary Movie types feel that the film has to go from one scene to the next spoofing one movie after another. Some of them even throw in pop culture references of the time like Brittany Spears and celebrity couples. I think what film-goers like you and I need to understand is these kind of movies aren't geared toward us. I think the most frustrating part is how much money these films make and how many people actually anticipate seeing them. That's all that studios really care about.

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The Tony Show writes:
on Feb 12 2008 09:34 AM

The Dictionary defines "Spoof" as:

Nonsense; Tomfoolery. To deceive.

Yeah, that about sums up every so called "spoof" movie of the last 10 years.

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