Monster High: Escape from Skull Shores
Seen it?2012 | 45 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With almost no lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for fantasy fans and families.
- The mood
- Feel-good.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 45 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated PG. Worth a look first if you have very young kids.
It's officially Spring Break at Monster High, and Lagoona takes her gilfriends across the sea to the Great Barrier Reef, but they are ship wrecked and end up on a mysterious skull shaped island. At Skull Shores, they enjoy the local hospitality until they realize that they are being used by a slippery showman named Farnum to lure the rarest, most mysterious monster of them all, "the Beast.”
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesSolid
7.7 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerSolid
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 8K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Steve Ball
- Kate HigginsFrankie Stein (voice)
- Laura BaileyLagoona Blue / Headless Headmistress Bloodgood (voice)
- Salli SaffiotiClawdeen Wolf / Cleo de Nile (voice)
- Debi DerryberryDraculaura (voice)
- Evan SmithDeuce Gorgon / Gillington "Gil" Webber / Ted / Mike (voice)
- Keith SilversteinBartleby Farnum (voice)
- Malcolm DanareKipling (voice)
- Erin FitzgeraldAbbey Bominable / Spectra Vondergeist / C.A. Cupid (voice)
- Audu PadenGhoulia Yelps / Manny Taur / Nightmare / Slo Mo (voice)
- George NewbernAndy Beast (voice)