It has been three years since the release of [Elf Hostel 2], Dracula's young grandson Dennis has finally managed to grow fangs and transform into a small bat.
After three years of not seeing, the combination of elf hostels with mixed painting styles once again made a strong debut, changing the appearance location from a hotel in the deep mountains and old forests to a super luxury cruise ship in the voyage.
The Dracula family, Frankenstein and his girlfriend, the mummy, and the werewolf family all put on their Hawaiian flower shirts and enjoyed their vacation.
▲ Dracula, who does not wear a cloak, is also stylish
Although it has always been a "family fun" route, the protagonists in the [Elf Hostel] series (except for the pure human Jonathan) are full-fledged monsters.
As long as there are other movies they appear in, all of them are horror films or thrillers.
Vampires, Frankenstein, werewolves, mummies, etc., are all thriller "big guys" with classic films, with very typical monster attributes.
However, in the [Elf Hostel], the stereotypes that have been fixed on these monsters have been cleverly designed, and the images have been greatly changed, making them not only more cute than expected, but also their personalities are particularly pleasing.
▲ Dracula and his small gang, the mummy's frightened expression is a little cute
So, where have the typical and atypical attributes of these monsters changed?
<h1>Doting On Daddy Dracula</h1>
In the [Elf Hostel] series, the most famous and the most changed image is the vampire Dracula who established the Elf Hostel.
The name "Dracula" first appeared in 1897 in the novel Dracula by the Irish writer Bram Stoker, based on Vlad the Archduke of Wallachia in the Middle Ages.
Vlad III ruled what is now Romania between 1456 and 1462. He twice defeated the invading Ottoman Turkish army and was eventually killed heroically.
However, he has an unusually brutal personality, once inserting twenty thousand enemies on spears and allowing them to rot, so he is regarded by many as a bloodthirsty and ruthless fictional monster, and has gained the notoriety of "Piercing King Vlad".
In the novel Dracula, Dracula is for the first time given the attribute to control the human mind.
In addition to this, vampires have been given many other attributes in legends.
Fear of sunlight, silver, garlic, and werewolves as sworn enemies are all known as vampires' "gifted skills."
However, in the [Elf Hostel] series, Dracula's image is very different from most cognitions.
He was not afraid of silver products, after all, to run a monster hotel, how could he be afraid of tableware?
▲ Facing her daughter, Dracula incarnated as a super doting parent
Garlic is not fatal to him, Dracula is just intolerant of garlic, eating the most troublesome stomach.
Being enemies with werewolves is seen in many film and television works, but here, werewolves are Good Friends of Dracula, who spends his holidays at the hotel every year, and Dracula has also transformed into a wolf.
As for the most classic fear of sunlight in the vampire attribute, it is reflected in the [Elf Hostel].
Vampires in the sun burn their bodies, but not to the extent that they are killed by the sun.
▲ Even if it is sunburned, I still have the strength to spit on the deformed version that Jonathan watched [Twilight]
In the face of her daughter Mervys and grandson Dennis, Dracula directly transformed into a doting parent, sitting on the edge of the bed and singing a lullaby of severed heads and peeling.
<h1>Frankenstein. Frankenstein</h1>
Unlike vampires with a long history, Frankenstein is an image that has only emerged in modern literature.
In 1818, Mary Shelley, wife of the famous English romantic poet Shelley, created Frankenstein – The Story of Modern Prometheus.
Known as the world's first true science fiction novel, the novel tells the story of the scientist Frankenstein and the monster he pieced together from corpses.
As a result of human disgust and contempt, the monsters created by Frankenstein became hated and tried to destroy everything.
This attribute has been carried forward in many films, especially the 1931 sequel to Frankenstein, which became one of the most important horror films in film history.
Although Frankenstein is the name of the monster creator, whenever "Frankenstein" is mentioned, the first thing that comes to mind is this ugly monster.
▲ Scary Frankenstein and the heavily armed elf hostel exclusive band
Frankenstein in the [Elf Hostel] series inherits the classic attribute of "the body is sewn together", and in order to save money, he even breaks it down into parts and sends it to the hotel.
The hotel's zombie attendants were overwhelmed by the fragmentary Frankenstein and would even mount his head in the position of his arm or put his hand around his neck.
It is worth mentioning that in the original novel "Frankenstein", the monster asks Frankenstein for a companion, but the scientist rejects him out of fear.
In [Elf Hostel], he finally has a girlfriend Eunice with exaggerated hair and fashionable clothes, which can be regarded as a fulfillment of his wishes.
▲ Who wouldn't want to have such a passionate aunt?
In the [Elven Hostel] series, Frankenstein's hatred and desire for destruction are completely abandoned. He and his loud-voiced girlfriend transformed into a kind and familiar uncle and aunt in Mervice's eyes.
<h1>The werewolf transforms into Dafa</h1>
Like vampires, werewolves are monsters that exist in Western folklore.
Superstitions prevailed in medieval Europe, and it was believed that the "wolf's head grass" would turn poisoned people into werewolves.
At the beginning of the fourteenth century, the Church even openly recognized werewolves; in the sixteenth century, 30,000 people in France alone were convicted of werewolves or vampires were burned at the stake.
In 1925, the werewolf figure made its big screen debut in the American film Wolf Blood.
Ten years later, in 1935, the earliest werewolf feature film in film history, "London Werewolf", also appeared on the big screen.
Over time, the typical image of the werewolf full moon night transformation, bloodthirsty, and ruthlessness is constantly reinforced on the big screen.
Even Professor Lupin in [Harry Potter], unable to restrain himself on the night of the full moon, turned into a terrifying werewolf.
In [Prisoner of Azkaban], Professor Lupin transforms online
The most classic attribute of a werewolf is the transformation.
Usually the werewolves who appear in the movie are transformed into wolves on the night of the full moon, but the werewolf Wayne and his wife in [Elf Hostel] appear directly in the form of wolves.
The Waynes are arguably the monsters in the entire series that are closest to real humans.
Wayne, who was crushed by dozens of children and caused crazy insomnia every night, always looked listless; Wanda was pregnant every time she appeared; and the little werewolves were more and more, each time appearing like a tornado.
▲ From the first to the third part, the number of werewolves doubled
Even among the many furry and colorful monsters, the only one who wears a tie like an office worker to tip is Wayne "a wolf".
Not only that, but the Wayne family, which looks like a wolf and has a human lifestyle, still has many wolf (or dog) habits inside.
Wayne is obviously teaching guests to play tennis, and when he sees the ball flying out, he can't help but rush over and bite and bury it; sitting in the car, he can't help but stick his head out of the window, revealing the classic canine riding expression; when they do sweat steaming together, it is so hot that they stick out their tongues and sweat wildly.
His youngest daughter was so sensitive that she could even smell the seat on Jonathan's plane and order a vegetarian meal.
<h1>Dumb and fat harmonic star mummies</h1>
In addition to Frankenstein and the werewolves, Dracula's small group is also the mummy of the monster world's "seniority" super ancient predecessor.
▲ The first-class mummy of the treasure proves that the fat man's fingers are equally flexible
In ancient Egypt, it was believed that the soul of a person would not disappear after death, but would still exist in a corpse or statue. Therefore, after death, the body of a person is mummified to show respect for the deceased.
Usually, the mummies that appear in film and television works are the most prestigious Egyptian mummies.
They often bear great curses or resentments, have powerful mana, and change the laws of physics at will, calling the wind and rain.
The mummy Murray in the Elven Hostel went out of his own strange route.
Murray, who has his own yellow sand special effect as soon as he appears on the scene, although he can also call the wind and call the sand, but the summoning is twisted to the waist and forced to go down, only in exchange for a small handful of sand, barely able to pile up a small sand man.
▲ Murray's date is the mummy image in everyone's mind
On Dennis's first birthday, he gave the gift he had just taken out of the grave—a sparkling gold necklace with the heaviest curse, and the best if he wanted to give it.
In addition to them, there are many more familiar monster characters in [Elf Hostel]:
Quasimodo, the bell tower freak who incarnates as the chef, and Esmeralda, the pet mouse, the phantom who changes to a restaurant accompaniment, the armor with advanced skill sharing vision, the muscular fly swimming instructor, the old mermaid who likes to eat haphazardly...
This hotel is full of monsters and represents the best result of the monsters' "human design" update.
▲ "How did Bigfoot get in the door" may be a question in everyone's mind
After all, it is tiring to be a villain all day, even if it is a monster, you have to be happy.