Stan Helsing (released in some countries as Scary Movie 5, Mega Monster Movie or Horror Movie) is a 2009 Canadian-American horror comedy film written and directed by Bo Zenga. It stars Steve Howey, Diora Baird, Kenan Thompson, Desi Lydic and Leslie Nielsen. Released on October 23, 2009 by Anchor Bay Entertainment, the film is similar to the Scary Movie film series and is a parody of horror films.

Plot

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.

Cast

• Steve Howey as Stan Helsing
• Diora Baird as Nadine
• Kenan Thompson as Teddy
• Desi Lydic as Mia
• Leslie Nielsen as Kay
• Travis MacDonald as Hitcher
• Chad Krowchuk as Sully
• Darren Moore as Crazy
• Jeremy Crittenden as Altar Boy
• Jeff Gulka as Lucky (spoof of Chucky from Child s Play)
• Ken Kirzinger as Mason (spoof of Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th)
• Ben Cotton as Fweddy (spoof of Freddy Krueger from A Nightmare on Elm Street)
• Lee Tichon as Michael Cryers (spoof of Michael Myers from Halloween)
• Twan Holliday as Pleatherface (spoof of Leatherface from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre)
• Charles Zuckermann as Needlehead (spoof of Pinhead from Hellraiser)
• Hilary Strang as Hippie Lady
• Ray G. Thunderchild as Husband
• John DeSantis as Frankenstein s Monster
• Ryan Steele as the Wolfman
• Jeremiah Sird as Idiot Indian

Parodies

• Jaws (1975)
• Van Helsing (2004)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
• The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
• Child s Play (1988)
• Hellraiser (1987)
• Friday the 13th (1980)
• Halloween (1978)
• The Blair Witch Project (1999)
• Pet Sematary (1989)
• The Ring (2002)
• Jeepers Creepers (2001)

Music

Soundtrack

Although no soundtrack album was released the film includes songs by Pluto, The Saturday Knights, Davernoise and covers of songs by Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline and Village People.

The music was composed by Ryan Shore.

Reception

Box office

The movie had a production budget of $365,000 and grossed a worldwide total of $1,553,556.

Critical response

Stan Helsing was panned by critics. It holds a rating of 14% rotten on Rotten Tomatoes based on 21 reviews, with an average rating of 2.63/10. Robert Abele wrote in the Los Angeles Times, writer-director Bo Zenga s way with jokes is no different than that of a 5-year-old pointing at dog poop, who grows into a teenager tittering at underwear, who becomes a middle-aged, raincoated misogynist. Like garlic, holy water and silver bullets for our mythic evildoers, Stan Helsing is a surefire repellent to any good time. The Toronto Star panned the film, calling it “so unfunny it s scary” noting that Zenga was “the same hack who thought it would be hilarious to exploit every vulgar racial stereotype in the dismal Soul Plane.”

Year	2009
ReleaseDate	2010-03-25
RuntimeMins	108
RuntimeStr	1h 48min
Plot	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?
Awards	Awards, 1 win
Directors	Bo Zenga
Writers	Bo Zenga
Stars	Steve Howey, Diora Baird, Kenan Thompson
Produced by	Christian Arnold-Beutel,Scott M. Boggio,William G. Brown,Devon DeLapp,Gregory R. Greenfield,Jere Hausfater,Elek Hendrickson,Mark S. Jacobs,Scott LaStaiti,Karen Lauder,Rob Lycar,Lindsay MacAdam,Lionel S. Margolick,Shannon McA’Nulty,Valeska Ramet,Dylan Russell,Kirk Shaw,Stacey Shaw,Scott Steindorff,Adam Voghell,Ryan Scott Warren,Bo Zenga
Music by	Ryan Shore
Cinematography by	Robert C. New
Film Editing by	Dennis M. Hill,Sterling Scott
Casting By	Tiffany Mak,Laura Toplass
Production Design by	Chris August
Art Direction by	Anneke Van Oort
Set Decoration by	Shirley Inget
Costume Design by	Angelina Kekich
Makeup Department	Keith Arbuthnot,Anthony Allen Barlow,Julie Beaton-Pachauer,Jennifer Beebe,Jeny Cassady,Tim Chappell,Charmaine Clark,Lorri Dionne,Cara Doell,Tibor Farkas,Mike Fields,Felix Fox,Rachel Griffin,Kim Harmon,Kathy Howatt,Brittany Isaacs,Kathryn Jarymy,Todd Masters,Conor McCullagh,Ann McLaren,Yukiyo Okajima,Sarah Pickersgill,Nicholas Podbrey,Sam Polin,Werner Pretorius,Brad Proctor,Dan Rebert,Geoff Redknap,Lori Sandnes,Stacy Scofield,Kristi Strang,Jason Ward,Vince Yoshida
Production Management	Rob Lycar,Donald Munro,Adam Voghell
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director	Peter Dashkewytch,David Heimbecker,Melissa Lukacevic,Melissa Patton,Quincy Wheeler-Hendren
Art Department	Cole Anderson,Dean Barker,Shane Bonneau,Wendy Brotherston,Tina Caveno,Sally Cook,Justin Coutu,Sandrina Crow,Roger Dole,Melissa Dutchak,Rowland Dyton,S.B. Edwards,Peter Eglinton,Horatio Foster,Glen Goertzen,Chad Hanssen,Salmon Harris,Randal Holden,Robert Houtman,Chris Hume,David Inkster,Cindy Johnson,Mark Jones,Laurin Kelsey,Leonardo Lara,John Lennig,Adam Lowe,Mike McCarthy,Deborah Morriss,Ian Nothnagel,Trevor Oleksy,Mauricio Ruiz,Kevin Santarosa,Michael Sullivan,Chris Thompson,Claude Turcotte,Merewyn Wagner,Yasmine Wallace,Melinda Watts,Neil Westlake,Tony Xeros,Alexandra Jastrzembska
Sound Department	Ken Biehl,Chester Biolowas,Christopher Cleator,Blair Dykes,Don Harrison,Matt Kunau,Ian Mackie,Jan Petrov,Rick Senechal,Greg Stewart,Candisha Story,John R.S. Taylor,Graham Timmer,Matt Hovland
Special Effects by	Sam Armstrong,Steve Chase,Myriam Cournoyer,Richard Elder,Tibor Farkas,Kris Grunewald,Ben Krakowsky,Brant McIlroy,John Moore,Martin Testa,Chris Valagao,Kelsey McIlroy,Shaun Noelte
Visual Effects by	Emil Chang,Gerry Gonsalves,Douglas Kerr,Angus Laing,James McLeod,Richard Mintak,Fred W. Richters,Jon Shaw,George Tsirogiannis,Helen Tzoutis
Stunts	Shawn Beaton,Janene Carleton,Xander Martel,Steven McMichael,Avy Ross,Jeff Sanca,Brad Turner,Owen Walstrom
Camera and Electrical Department	Dustin Allen,Ed Araquel,Ruaidri W. Bennett,Corey Bickford,Monty Black,Fraser Boyle,Stefan Burianyk,Peter Carty,Geoff Dane,Herb DeWaal,Dave Dibdin,Christian Elton,Sacha Fassaert,Mike Fiedler,Zach Gayne,Wes Gilmore,Spiro Grant,Mike Green,Darren Gregory,Martin Udo Haas,Chris Hajek,Dwight Hartnett,Brett Hill,Vlad Horodinca,James M. Jackson,Gilbert Jamault,Martin Kostian,Todd Kristianson,Burton Kuchera,Bernard Lally,Pierce Lang,Shawn Magee,Geoff Marples,Chris Martin,Brian Maxwell,Paul Go Mayne,Michael Methot,Paul Mitchnick,Aaron Moore,Adrian Netto,Marc Nolet,Graham Phair,Vince Phillips,Ronald Richard,Scott Ruddy,Kyle Ruiterman,James Salberg,Courtland Sandover-Sly,Eike Schroter,Ryan Shabacon,Keith Sherritt,Brad Shevelyov,John Spencer-Phillips,Gary Stamford,Ken Starr,Brian Steadman,Ken Sutherland,Jim Swanson,Jason Tidsbury,Nick Vecchio,Mark Wagner,Dave Walker,Johnny Walker,Chris Weiss,Kamil Wisniewski,Knesha Yu,Lohengrin Zapiain,Tom MacNeill,Lohengrin Zapiain
Casting Department	Kara Eide,L.A. Hilts,Freddy Luis,Anne McCarthy,Kellie Roy,Jay Scully,Rhiannon Wescott
Costume and Wardrobe Department	Christina Barry,James Braun,Lisa Cottingham,Claudia Da Ponte,John Denison,Tina Evinger,Marie Hock,Grace Keating,Joi Kittredge,Lenore Martinolich,Marcia Mior,Cailynn Murray,Bonnie Pavlovic,Sara Rakhshandeh,Zohra Shahalimi,Carol Smith,Olga Toliusis,Mary Wiseman
Editorial Department	Jennifer Lynne Anderson,Ken Hayward,Achim Kapitza,Jason Koroluk,Jesse Lyon,Leah Myers,Joshua Paul,Ismael Ribeiro,Fred W. Richters,Christopher A. Smith
Location Management	Dustin Lee Abram,Darlyl Adam,Michael Farias,Ken Hovgaard,Jamie Lake,Kimberly Lozinski,Kevin Royce
Music Department	Paul Cristo,Liz Gallacher,Alexandra Hill,Don Mann,Alexina Matisse,Tony Minter,Aminé Ramer,Ryan Shore,David Zuchowski
Script and Continuity Department	Jeannine Dupuy
Transportation Department	Ron Aimer,Ghilas Aiteur,Dana Christiansen,Amanda Coletsis,Kam Dhesi,Larry Fedyk,Dean Fitzpatrick,Dave Harris,Mike Heagle,Kent MacDonald,Rick Menzul,Chris Mullen,Jim Papadogambros,’Hammer’ Sangha,Brent Simpson,Reggie Singh,John Sorensen
Additional Crew	Rashid Ahmed,Sean P. Aislabie,Emma Avery,Becky Blonski,Trevor Boughey,Dave Carlson,Gloria Carrillo,Jeny Cassady,Dean Chenoy,Lea Coffman,Lee Cooper,Neil Croker,Paul Duke,Kathy Eyre Candiago,Anya Gadison,Fabian Galick,Micah Gardener,Matt Granger,Alex Green,Brian Halwas,Sean Hanlin,Gary Heichert,Dave Houde,Tom Jaworski,Nathan Jensen,Jon Johnson,Vanessa Jorgensen,Doug Kaiser,Harry Kemball,Paul King,Ryan Kinley,Lisa Larson,Hanna Lebo,David Lee,Tricia Leigh,Josh Mack,Rob Mah,Trevor Malkinson,Debra Margolis,Shannon McA’Nulty,Scott McKay,Jim McKeown,Naomi McMahon,Finn Michael,Dan Mick,Graham Moffatt,Glenn Moore,Odessa Munroe,Thomas Newman,Carlos Oliva,Mark Padilla,Elfie Pavlakovic,Nicholas Podbrey,Nin Rai,Linda Rea,Anthony Sabatini,Farooque Saleemi,Peter Senos,Darren Shmyr,Devi Singh,Bonnie Smart,Justin Szilagyi,Sarah Tarry,Lilian Umurungi,Leon Voisey,Vince Walker,Dave Weileby,Mike Witherington,Steve Woodley,Pat Yang,Henry Zhao,Darcy Woodley,Dylan Gray Woodley
Thanks	Greg Dovel,David Dreyfus,David Edelstein,David W. Hamilton,Danny Mandel,David Rosen,Lee Rosenbaum,Mary Sullivan,Madeline Thomas
Genres	Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Companies	Boz Productions, Insight Film Studios, Helsing Releasing
Countries	Canada, USA
Languages	English
ContentRating	R
ImDbRating	3.5
ImDbRatingVotes	13782
Keywords	slapstick comedy,striptease,sexual innuendo,touching breasts,voyeur