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'''[[Recap/{{Supernatural}} Recap]] of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'''''\\
'''Season 4, Episode 5:'''

!Monster Movie

->'''Dean''' Come on, man, it's like the good old days! An honest-to-goodness monster hunt! It's about time the Winchesters got back to tackling a straightforward, black-and-white case.

Written by Ben Edlund.

Directed by Robert Singer.

Air Date: October 16, 2008.

Sam and Dean go to investigate a possible vampire killing only to end up involved in a series of murders modeled after old [[TitleDrop monster movies]] of UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood.

!!Body count
For this episode = 2 humans and 1 shapeshifter.

For the series so far = At least 270 humans (of which 3 were witches), 14 demons, 24 ghosts, 10 vampires, 6 changelings, 3 gods, 3 shapeshifters, 2 werewolves, 1 crocotta, 1 djinn, 1 rakshasa, 1 rawhead, 1 shtriga, 1 wendigo, 1 zombie, 1 rugaru, and 1 dog.

!Tropes
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* AllInTheEyes: When we first see Dracula, his eyes are framed in a beam of light.
* BigElectricSwitch: Drac takes his time reaching for it, to draw out the suspense as much as possible.
%%* BreatherEpisode
* BuxomBeautyStandard: Plenty of [[FanserviceWithASmile buxom beer wenches]] with {{Oktoberfest}} on.
-->'''Dean:''' "I never forget a pretty ''[glaces down at Jamie's chest]'' everything."
* CaptiveDate: Dracula kidnaps Jamie and uses violence against her when she rebels.
%%* TheCasanova: Dean, as always.
* ClassicalMovieVampire: ''Dracula''. Invoked by the shapeshifter.
* ClicheStorm: Beautifully and [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments hilariously]] {{invoked}}.
* ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind: Jamie shooting Dracula InTheBack.
* CreditsGag: The opening credits list several producers, co-producers, executive producers, co-executive producers...
* CurseCutShort: "You sorry sack of sh-" ''[punch]''
* DamselInDistress: Jamie. She turns into a DamselOutOfDistress when she stands up to "Dracula" and is the one to kill him.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: As an homage to classic black and white horror films.
* DramaticThunder: Can be heard throughout.
* TheEndOrIsIt: A question mark appears after {{THE END}}.
* EvilIsHammy: JustifiedTrope with Dracula who's channeling his movie persona.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Despite his earlier GenreBlindness, Dracula accepts that his death is in fact the most appropriate ending.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Dracula drops his polite demeanor and is SuddenlyShouting when Jamie refuses to put on the gown.
* FreudianExcuse: It's revealed that the shapeshifter suffered from ParentalAbuse and publical shunning which [[ThenLetMeBeEvil made him become a real monster]].
* FrequentlyFullMoon: Played with. The night Sam and Dean arrive in town, the moon is a Waxing Cresent, and still at least 9-10 days from being full. However, a few nights later when the shapeshifter takes the form of a werewolf, the moon is very full.
* GenreBlindness: Dean points out that the monster gets killed at the end of every monster movie. Dracula replies that this is ''his'' movie, and this time the monster wins ''and'' gets the girl! [[SarcasmMode ...good thing this isn't actually an episode of]] ''Supernatural'', [[WrongGenreSavvy or he might be wrong about that]]!
* GirlOfTheWeek: Jamie for Dean.
* GlamourFailure: When the shapeshifter's face gets demolished by Dean.
* GrievousBottleyHarm: After realizing he's been drugged, Dean smashes the bottle to carve up the person responsible...then keels over unconscious.
* ImmuneToBullets: The Mummy, but not Dracula (who is shot with {{Silver Bullet}}s).
* ImpairmentShot: Dean seeing his glass 5-fold.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Spoofed; the first witness drinks from a huge beer stein when giving his statement to the Winchesters, the next witness drinks from a super-size soda cup.
* {{Intermission}}: [[SubvertedTrope That lasts like 5 seconds.]]
* IrisOut: In the second to last scene.
* KnockoutPunch: Dracula knocks Jamie out with a punch.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Dean notes before getting to the town that the supposed vampire investigation is a simple, "black and white case."
-->'''Dean''': ''Series/TheXFiles'' is a TV show. This is real.
* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: Haunting '50s music plays during the TitleSequence as we view in on Dean, who then meddles with his car radio, complaining about how bad the local station is.
* LightningReveal: The sign in the beginning of the episode reading "Pennsylvania" changes to "Transylvania" when the lightning flashes.
* MadScientistLaboratory: Dean is StrappedToAnOperatingTable in Frankenstein's lab, so Dracula can electrocute him.
* MomentKiller: Lucy interrupts Jamie and Dean kissing.
* MonsterMash: {{Dracula}}, a WolfMan and a {{Mummy}}. Technically subverted, as it's one monster: a shapeshifter.
* NeckLift: The Mummy killing the security guard.
* TheNoisyStraw: Anne-Marie makes loud noises sucking on her drink when being interviewed by Sam and Dean.
* NotSoStoic: Whenever something happens with Jamie that isn't according to Drac's script.
-->'''Drac''': "PUT ON THE GOWN!"
* OhCrap: The security guard when seeing the {{mummy}} rise from the grave. He also [[DramaticDrop drops his phone]].
* OminousFog: Turns out to have created by a bucket of dry ice in the Mummy's coffin.
* OminousPipeOrgan: Sam enters an old movie theater (currently showing ''Phantom of the Opera'') and sees the sinister shadow of someone pounding away on a pipe organ. The man then presses a button and starts playing light music instead, as the 'organ' is just a digital keyboard resting on an old dresser.
* OpenSaysMe: Sam goes to kick down a heavy wooden double door, only to knock a hole in what's actually a flimsy prop. The second kick sends it off its hinges.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: The bite on the first victim's neck is two neat little bites, which confuses Sam and Dean, since in ''Supernatural'' vampire bites are [[VampireBitesSuck huge, messy wounds]].
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Like the vampire, the WolfMan causes the Winchesters some confusion, since ''Supernatural'' werewolves aren't like the traditional WolfMan.
* PivotalWakeup: The Mummy rising from its coffin.
* PlayingTheHeartStrings: Plays when Dracula is lethally wounded by Jamie.
* RedHerring: Ed.
* RunningGag: Sam mistaking an innocent person for a monster and then awkwardly apologizing after attacking them.
* ScreamingWoman: Anne-Marie.
* ShoutOut:
** To many, many classic monster movies, from ''Film/{{Dracula 1931}}'' to ''Film/{{The Phantom of the Opera|1925}}''.
--> '''Jamie''': So you guys are like Mulder and Scully or something and the X Files are real?
** Dean also mentions the Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon.
** Dean after figuring his virginity's been restored says "[[Film/TheBigLebowski The dude will not abide]]."
* SilverBullet: Apparently Sam's weapon has these.
* SlashersPreferBlondes: The villain isn't a slasher, but it's likely not a coincidence his preferred 'bride' is blonde, given their popularity in the movies he's copying.
* SlippingAMickey: The Shapeshifter roofies Jamie and Dean.
* SmashToBlack: "And... scene." ''[boots Dean in the face]''
* SpecialEditionTitle: A parody of classic black and white monster movies, with a black and white opening.
* StalkerWithACrush: "Dracula".
* TakeThat: "Satan-worshiping Creator/AnneRice-reading psycho Gothic vampire wannabe"
* TemptingFate: "Anna-Marie, there aren't any wolves in Pennsylvania." ''[wolfman pulls him out of the car]''
* TerrorAtMakeOutPoint: A teen couple is attacked by a WolfMan.
* TheatrePhantom: Sam is seen walking into a moviehouse called the Goethe Theater after hours. The feature film is ''The Phantom of the Opera''. In the stereotypical Phantom fashion, a "mysterious" shadowy figure inside is at the organ playing Bach's "Toccata and Fugue". Believing this organist to be a murdering shape-shifter, Sam sneaks up behind him in a gender-bender parody of the unmasking scene in an attempt to tear off his ear. This turns out to be an embarrassing mistake for Sam.
* ThisIsReality: What ''Series/TheXFiles'' isn't.
* TitleDrop
-->'''Drac''': It is a monster movie, after all.
* TourismDerailingEvent: In the episode, Sam and Dean are investigating a series of deaths that appear to be caused by classic movie monsters such as Dracula, the Wolfman, and the Mummy. It's occurring during the town's {{Oktoberfest}}, which the Sheriff is not happy about. That leads to this exchange while he's in the morgue showing the body of the first victim to Sam and Dean.
-->'''Sheriff''': Last thing this town needed, what with Oktoberfest and all.
-->'''Sam''': (Sarcastically) Well, it's definitely the last thing ''she'' needed.
* UnexpectedVirgin: Played with. After being brought back from Hell, Dean believes he has been "re-hymen-ated". Sam, however, believes that his history is so sordid that even an angel can't wipe it clean.
* UnlikelyHero: Jamie proves much more than a DamselInDistress when it is she, not one of the Winchesters, who shoots the shapeshifter dead.
* VampireHickey: A dead body with two neat puncture wounds on the neck confuses Sam and Dean, who know that real vampires have far more fangs and far worse bites. {{Justified|Trope}} because the shapeshifter was impersonating Count Dracula instead.
* VampiresHateGarlic: On their pizza.
* VampireVords: Dracula speaks with an accent.
* VillainBall: Yes, Dracula, go and answer the door ''before'' flipping the switch to electrocute Dean to death.
* VillainExitStageLeft: Spoofed with Drac putting away on a moped, including honking the horn.
* VillainHasAPoint: At the end, Dean admits that he agrees with the shapeshifter that life would be simpler if it was like a movie.
* VillainsOutShopping: The monster takes a break from killing Dean to get his pizza, and tries to use a coupon to lower the price.
-->'''Delivery Guy''': Look, mister, I got four other deliveries to make. You want to just pay me the money so I can go?
-->'''Dracula''': Of course, yes, but I have a coupon.
* WouldHitAGirl: Dracula knocks out Jamie with a punch.