Well Translymania just came out of left field, but it's already got a trailer. I knew that we had the straight-to-video Stan Helsing off in the distance, but I had no idea that a second 'satirical' leech had suctioned itself onto our genre. This revelation has left me feeling like Wil Wheaton in Stand By Me after he emerges from the pond. I may not be on the verge of passing out at the horrid sight, but I can't shake feeling violated.

As you can probably surmise from the title (and the fact that I'm comparing it to a scene in which a young boy removes a blood covered leech from his testicles),Translymania looks to be another slice of the Scary Movie franchise. Except, unlike October's Stan Helsing, this one has nothing to do with that broad-side-of-a-barn studio money-maker. Translymania is a thinkpiece straight out of the collective mind(s?) of the two directors behind not only National Lampoon's Dorm Daze 1, but its totally necessary sequel, Dorm Daze 2: College @ Sea.

I'll admit there are a scant few chuckles in the trailer, but for the most part it looks as appetizing as the afterbirth of a Meet the Spartans and Lesbian Vampire Killers baby. I'm glad to see Bert from Cabin Fever (James DeBello) getting some screen time, but that's about the nicest surprise in this movie-film about a group of co-eds who do a semester abroad in, well, you can guess where. I could rail against the film further, but what's the point? Translymania isn't even shooting fish in a barrel. This is more like shooting a manatee in a kiddy pool with a cannon.

Cuddle up to the arctic warmth of the Translymania trailer over at Yahoo.