Stan Helsing

"The most feared monsters in cinematic history have met their match..."

Director: Bo Zenga Year: 2009 Runtime: 90 min IMDb: ⭐ 4.2
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Synopsis

A spoof on many horror movie series. Ending his shift at the video rental, Stan's picked up by his BFF and 2 cute girls, all going to a Halloween party. Will they even get there?

Stan Helsing (Steve Howey) is an underachieving employee at a video rental store named Schlockbuster whose personal mottos are "don't get involved" and "don't talk about it". His teen-aged boss Sully orders him to drop off a bag of films to the mother of the store's owner or risk being fired. Despite his arguments, he agrees to the request and convinces his friend Teddy (Kenan Thompson), his ex-girlfriend Nadine (Diora Baird), and ditzy blonde massage therapist Mia (Desi Lydic) to take him there before they attend a Halloween party, even though it is on the other side of town. En route, the group encounters a traffic jam and, to Stan's surprise, he spots a living doll (a parody of Chucky, played by Jeff Gulka), who makes obscene gestures that no one else notices in the van of a MILF next to them. Because of this disturbance, they miss their exit and decide to take a shortcut. While trying to find their way, they hit a dog named "Sammy Boy" and ask a passerby for help, unaware that he is the dog's owner. The owner then threatens to kill them for murdering his beloved dog. After fleeing the scene, Teddy picks up a hitchhiker, but after learning he was convicted of murdering nurses they violently throw him from the moving vehicle. They come across a gas station where the perverted owners tell Stan that he may be related to the legendary Abraham Van Helsing, the monster hunter. They depart and find Stormy Night Estates, only to discover that the attendants never put gas into the car. They find a local bar and meet the ire of the townsfolk in a bad attempt of karaoke while singing Johnny Cash's song "Ring of Fire". After they leave, they discover that all the citizens, including their waitress, Kay (Leslie Nielsen), were actually dead due to a massive fire that consumed the town ten years earlier. They encounter several monsters, including the living doll they encountered earlier and parodies of Pinhead, Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger, Leatherface, and Michael Myers. They stumble into a church and encounter an altar boy who informs Stan of his destiny, confirms that he is Van Helsing's descendant, and kicks them out of his church after giving them weapons to fight the monsters. The townsfolk offer a competition in which Stan and his friends compete against the monsters in karaoke. The monsters sing "Y.M.C.A.", with lyrics describing their desire to kill Stan, and the humans respond with "I Don't Wanna Go Home" by Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, modified to express their desire to simply leave. The humans are unanimously voted as the winners, but the monsters refuse to leave town. Eschewing his policy of never getting involved, Stan turns each of the monsters' weaknesses against them, soundly defeating them and feeding them to Sammy, who had been brought back to vicious life (a la Pet Sematary). The group calls a cab and they leave the town as heroes. During the trip home, Nadine realizes how much she cares for Stan and kisses him. Teddy suggests kissing Mia, but she rebuffs with a lap dance offer instead which he gladly accepts. The movie ends with the taxi cab driving away and the sound of moaning.

Summary adapted from TMDb and Wikipedia sources.

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Content Warnings

⭐ IMDb Parents Guide 🛡️ Common Sense Media

a dog dies
spoiler from 14 minutes to 17:20, skip ahead. They're driving down a dark road and something flies across their windshield, which is reveled to be a dog. Nothing graphic. They do get out of the car to check and someone else stops who yells at them for hitting their dog. Again skip from 14 minutes in and then resume around 17:20. 32 minutes in they run into the guy in a bar and he has his dog on his lap. it's very, very clearly a stuffed animal. 1 hour 7 minutes in Sammy appears with alive with with cuts on his head growling at them
someone is sexually assaulted
spoiler No but threats of rape
an animal dies
Yes
there are bugs
spoiler Giant cockroach in the bathroom
a pet dies
Yes
there's a dead animal
Yes
there's child abuse
Yes
someone gets gaslighted
Yes
someone is stalked
Yes
someone uses drugs
Yes
rape is mentioned
Yes
sexual assault on men is a joke
Yes
someone is restrained
Yes
a woman gets slapped
Yes
there's excessive gore
Yes
there's torture
Yes
there's genital trauma/mutilation
spoiler Implied but not shown
there are hangings
spoiler The back of a semi-truck opens to show a bunch of lifeless people hanging off of meat hooks
there's shaving/cutting
spoiler Yes but it’s not shown on screen, blood is just present and it’s implied. And yes at the end the main character gets cut but it’s not bad at all no running blood.
there's amputation
spoiler Action not actually shown, but we do see dismembered body parts in one scene
someone struggles to breathe
Yes
a minor is sexualized
Yes
someone dies
Yes
someone is kidnapped
Yes
there are jump scares
Yes
There's audio gore
Yes
someone wets/soils themselves
Yes
there's spitting
Yes
there's farting
Yes
someone defecates
Yes
there's incarceration
Yes
there's smoke or haze
Yes
shaky cam is used
Yes
there's flashing lights or images
Yes
there are sudden loud noises
Yes
a baby cries
Yes
there's screaming
Yes
there is obscene language/gestures
Yes
someone is watched without knowing
Yes
the fourth wall is broken
Yes
there is a baby or unborn child
spoiler Nothing bad happens to them, they just are there. One of the high chair gets knocked over with them in it tho
there are homophobic slurs
Yes
there's fat jokes
Yes
there are "Man in a dress" jokes
Yes
someone speaks hate speech
spoiler Not really hate speech as there's no condoning of it, but there is a swastika on a prisoner's nose
someone is misgendered
Yes
there's demons or Hell
Yes
religion is discussed
Yes
there's bestiality
Yes
there are incestuous relationships
Yes
there is sexual content
Yes
there are nude scenes
Yes
someone is sexually objectified
Yes
there's BDSM
Yes
someone is homeless
Yes
a car crashes
Yes
a car honks or tires screech
Yes
a person is hit by a car
Yes
there's blood/gore
Yes
there's gun violence
Yes

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