| Director: | William Lau |
| Based On: | The Monster High fashion doll line by Mattel |
| Music: | Steven Argila |
| Editing: | M.J. Offen |
| Studio: | (credited as DHX Studios Vancouver) |
| Distributor: | Universal Pictures Home Entertainment[1] |
| Runtime: | 72 minutes |
| Country: |
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| Language: | English |
Monster High: Boo York, Boo York (also titled Boo York Boo York: A Monsterrific Musical!) is a 2015 animated musical adventure fantasy children's film released on home video on September 29[2] and broadcast on Nickelodeon as a television special on October 25.[3]
Directed by William Lau and written by Keith Wagner, who also provided its story and screenplay, the film is the 12th in the list of CGI-animated films based on the Monster High doll franchise by Mattel. The soundtrack charted on Billboard's US Kid Albums and US Soundtracks.
Cleo de Nile's father Ramses invites his daughters to attend a fancy gala in Boo York featuring the showing of the Comet Crystal and heralding the arrival of a comet from outer space. Cleo invites her boyfriend Deuce and classmates Frankie, Clawdeen, Draculaura, Operetta, and Catty Noir, the last of whom has been struggling to come up with a new original song. They meet aspiring performer Luna Mothews, robotic DJ Elle Eedee, and ballerina Mouscedes King. They also bump into Toralei, who was invited by Cleo's sister Nefera. Ramses and Nefera conspire to take over Boo York by trying to set up Cleo with the gala patron Amuncommon Ptolemy's son Seth, where, if Cleo and Seth make a promise under the comet's power, the promise cannot be unbroken. Meanwhile, back at Monster High, Ghoulia discovers the comet seems to be on a collision course to Earth, and tries to stop it before it blows up the entire world.
Cast listing from closing credits:[4]
| Monster High: Boo York, Boo York | |
| Type: | Soundtrack |
| Artist: | Monster High |
| Released: | September 25, 2015 |
| Recorded: | United States |
| Genre: | Children's music, soundtrack |
| Length: | 28:06 |
| Label: | Universal |
| Producer: | Mattel |
| Chart (2015) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| US Kid Albums (Billboard)[5] | 5 | |
| US Soundtracks (Billboard)[6] | 12 |
Several doll lines were developed from Boo York, Boo York: City Ghouls, City Schemes, Gala Ghoulfriends, Frightseers, Comet-Crossed Couple, and Out-of-Tombers.[7] [8]
Author Perdita Finn released a junior novel for the book which was published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers in 2015,[9] a Passport to Reading book titled Catty Finds Her Voice[10] and a kids book called Welcome to Boo York.[11]