In 2012, director Genndy Tartakovsky turned a silly premise into a monster hit. “Hotel Transylvania” was a commercial and critical success, anchored by the charms of megastars Adam Sandler, David Spade, Kevin James, and Selena Gomez, and the unique pleasure of watching them voice a bunch of monsters. Tartakovsky knows a good formula when he sees one. So the sequels simply offered more of the same: more stars, more beasts, more antics, more gallows humor.

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