Product Description

Studio: Genius Products Inc Release Date: 08/16/2005 Run time: 30 minutes Rating: Nr

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #46384 in DVD
• Released on: 2002-07-16
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Animated, Color, DVD, Live, NTSC
• Original language: English, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 60 minutes

Amazon.com
A Halloween treat. Elmo visits fellow Sesame Street Muppet the Count in the latter's castle--and gets scared for a moment. But only a moment, as more friends from the television program show up, and jokes, songs, and surprises abound. Among the clever tunes: "Transylvania 1-2-3-4-5," "We Are All Monsters," and "Frazzle." --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews

I was expecting to hate this - but I think it's terrific!
Many of the newer Sesame Street videos, particularly if they feature the "little red menace" are watered-down and icky sweet. This one actually scared my toddler a little bit at the beginning - but engaged him enough to keep him watching until he wasn't scared any more - EXACTLY what you want it to do!

Toddlers have lots of fears - especially around halloween - and this video is a good way to show them that being scared can be fun! It's filled with knock-knock jokes, bad puns, and spooky talking skeletons, ghosts, and more fun props. I love that they didn't get rid of the thunder, lightning, or any other "scary" stuff in the Count's castle. There's also a lot of muppet-kid interaction where everyone gets silly.

I highly recommend this video to anyone who's got a shy toddler!

Great video for the little ones
My daughter is 11 months and about the only things she watches are Elmo and Barney (and we don't let her watch a lot of either because we want her to do other things while we still have some input). Her favorite tapes/dvds are The Best of Elmo, Elmo Says Boo, and Kids Favorite Songs II in the Sesame Street/Elmo series. She gets bored with Elmo's World series as it gets a little too serious for her and she seems to get bored. This tape is great and she doesn't seem to get scared at all. Maybe that will come later, but I don't see how a kid could really get scared at this tape. It's a stitch to me, but I'm not 2 either.

Enjoyable to watch, but a parent needed to help.....
My Daughter - now 2- is an Elmo fanatic. And while she was quite excited to see the new video, it has taken 3 viewings With Mommy close by to feel comfortable with this video.

Between the friendly ghosts, the rattling skeleton and the spooky organ, she was quite unsure - especially when she saw Elmo jump or cry out with fright. She was also very skittish through the Ernie and Bert in Egypt skit - with the "Ernie" statue that moved.

That is not to say that she now does not love this video - I just want to caution parents that they may need to be close by to do some explaining and reassuring as it can be a bit spooky. Unlike one like the "Best of Elmo", I think this one needs a big lap to snuggle into to enjoy!