VampSquad (2016)

VampSquad is a 2016 3D computer-animated film by Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios and is the third highest grossing film of 2016 next to Finding Dory (2016). This film directed by Pete Doctor who directed films like Up (2009) and Inside Out (2015). The film stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Jenna Ortega, John C. Reilly, Chris Rock, Melissa Fumero, and Gary Oldman.

A young girl named Trixie Noceda discovers an old abandon museum in her new town she moved to and finds a bunch of monster's like a Vampire, a Mummy, a Frankenstein, and a Werewolf, and they all want to fit in the town they have all lived in for a thousand years but can't cause 'you know' their monsters. Trixie tries to get them to fit in but have trouble getting them to adjust to modern life cause they don't know to keep up with people nowadays. But can they do that while trying to stay away from a ruthless bounty hunter.

The film received widespread critical acclaim and was a massive box office success, grossing $1.028 billion worldwide against its $200 million budget. It is the third highest-grossing film of 2016 (behind Captain America: Civil War and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story), the highest-grossing animated film of 2016, the 41st highest-grossing film of all time (22nd at the time of its release) and the eighth highest-grossing animated film of all time (behind Frozen II, Frozen, Incredibles 2, Minions, Toy Story 4, Toy Story 3, and Despicable Me 3) fourth at the time of its release (behind Frozen, Minions, and Toy Story 3).

Synopsis
A young girl named Trixie Diez (Jenna Ortega) moves over to a new town in a small town an wishes her new town wasn't so boring and comes across an old dark museum and meet Victor the Vampire (Benedict Cumberbatch) which she gets scared by at first closely becomes with him and other monsters and promises to keep they presence a secret until they are hunted down by a hunter named Ron Helsing (Gary Oldman) who is Van Helsing Great grandson. Can Trixie be able to stay away from the hunter while trying to make the monsters into model citizens.

Plot
In 1897, Victor (Benedict Cumberbatch) and his friends disguised as humans are traveling on a train to Budapest. However, Professor Abraham Van Helsing (Gary Oldman), Victor's arch-enemy, boards the train and unveils the monsters; the monsters escape by climbing through the roof, and Dracula pushes his friends from the train for their safety. Van Helsing is obsessed with destroying Victor and his friends but is constantly outsmarted by him.

Voice Cast

 * Jenna Ortega as Trixie Noceda
 * Benedict Cumberbatch as Victor the Vampire
 * John C. Reilly as Bernard the Frankenstein
 * Chris Rock as Eddie the Werewolf
 * Melissa Furmeo as Lana the Mummy
 * Malachi Barton as Jax Noceda (Trixie's Brother)
 * Gary Oldman as Ron Helsing (Van Helsing's Great Grand Son)
 * Eva Longoria as Florence Noceda (Trixie's Mother)
 * David Cross as Paul the Invisible Man (Museum Butler)
 * Anastasia Bredikhina as Stacy Higgins (Trixie's Friend)

Production
Pete Doctor commented in October 2013 the possibility of this movie coming to life: "Everyone is talking about it, but we haven't started writing it. There are a lot of fun ideas we could totally play with. It's a ripe world." On November 9, 2015, it was announced that the film has been greenlit by Pixar, and is set for release October 23, 2016. Doctor was eventually chosen as the director, even though he originally was too busy due to his developing Inside Out (2015).

Critical reception
The film has a 87% score on Rotten Tomatoes, from 103 critic reviews, with an average rating of 5.2/10. YouTube film critic Caillou Pettis of the channel TwistedFalcon scored the film a B, and stated the film "is a very fun "unusual" Pixar fun."