No ones ever going to compare SonysHotel Transylvaniafilms to Pixars top-shelf animated gems at least, not favorably.

But there are worse ways to keep your kids busy on a rainy afternoon.

Busy being the operative word in the latest installment in this monster-mash franchise.

HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3: SUMMER VACATION.

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Not all of the rat-a-tat gags stick.

Can attraction overcome family tensions on this macabre Love Boat?

Take a wild guess.

From there, it pretty much coasts downhill.

Three movies in, theHotel Transylvaniaseries is undeniably getting a bit long in the fang.

Its maybe one more sequel away from having a stake mercifully driven through its heart.

Even if, in their eyes,Summer Vacationwas noLego Movie.

Then again, for them, nothing could be.B-