Oscar's Hotel for Fantastical Creatures

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Oscar's Hotel for Fantastical Creatures
Genre Fantasy
Comedy
Created by PJ Liguori
Sophie Newton
Louis Grant
Jamie Swarbrick
Written byPJ Liguori
Sophie Newton
Louis Grant
Jamie Swarbrick
Directed byPJ Liguori
StarringAndrew Ableson
Chris Kendall
Mamrie Hart
Mitchell Davis
PJ Liguori
Voices of Marzia Bisognin
Carrie Fletcher
Elliott Gould
Phil Lester
Daniel Howell
Felix Kjellberg
Alfred Molina
Patrick Stewart
Country of originUnited States
United Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
ProducersPJ Liguori
Jamie Swarbrick
Louis Grant
Sophie Newton
CinematographyAnthony Di Ninno
EditorPatrick Nelson Barnes
Production companiesFixer.
New Form Digital
Original release
ReleaseOctober 16, 2014 (2014-10-16) 
October 20, 2015 (2015-10-20)

Oscar's Hotel for Fantastical Creatures is a British-American fantasy comedy web series created by PJ Liguori, Sophie Newton, Louis Grant and Jamie Swarbrick (working collectively under Liguori's username of KickthePJ) and directed by PJ Liguori. The series was produced by New Form Digital and was first aired digitally via Vimeo On Demand. [1] Oscar's Hotel for Fantastical Creatures set a single-day sales record for Vimeo's On-Demand service, according to CEO Kerry Trainor. [2] The episodes were previously available on Vimeo via paid subscription and as of November 2019, they are available on Amazon Prime.

Contents

The puppets and costumes are provided by Jim Henson's Creature Shop. [3]

Plot summary

In the British-American web series, Oscar's Hotel for Fantastical Creatures is a hotel establishment run by a man named Oscar Tangolius for a gallery of monstrous residents. When Oscar leaves on important "Cosmic Council" business for a week, he entrusts the establishment and the care of its customers to his nephew Oliver, resulting in chaos.

Characters

Recurring characters

These characters have a major role in more than one episode.

One-off characters

These characters have a major role in only one episode, although they may appear in minor or background roles in prior or subsequent episodes.

Episodes

No.TitleGuest starringOriginal air date
-"Oscar's Hotel"TBAOctober 16, 2014 (2014-10-16)

Oliver arrives at his uncle's hotel through Red's Taxi Service where he helps his uncle Oscar deal with an Outlandish Shadow Beast that appeared in the hotel.

Note: This serves as the pilot of the web series which first appeared on YouTube.
1"The Party Nightmare"TBASeptember 15, 2015 (2015-09-15)
Oscar goes away to attend a "Cosmic Council" conference leaving his nephew Oliver in charge of the hotel while he is away for a week. In an effort to entice a more attractive clientele to the hotel, Oliver mistakenly hires Party Nightmare for a little in-lobby entertainment that unexpectedly turns the entire hotel into a nonstop rave from Hell.
2"Hunger Pains" Elliott Gould September 22, 2015 (2015-09-22)
Upon being informed of the lack of food by Maus and Octochef, Oliver must find food for Shark Kid. He enters the kitchen's walk-in refrigerator to find food and has an encounter with the Food Creatures.
3"Death's Hotel"TBASeptember 29, 2015 (2015-09-29)
While cleaning out the hotel's attic, Oscar accidentally slips on a banana and dies as a result of the fall. He ends up in the Box-World-Afterlife where he is unwelcomed by Box Death who bunks him with Seksiman. Now Oliver must work to let Box Death grant him a life reprieve.
4"The Fountain of Forgetfulness" Grace Helbig October 6, 2015 (2015-10-06)
Oliver washes up in the dank depths of the Fountain of Forgetfulness to find that he has forgotten what he was tasked with doing upon arrival. He has an encounter with the underground cave's inhabitant Hermit.
5"Art Attack"TBAOctober 13, 2015 (2015-10-13)
Oliver prepares for the arrival of Queen Bee. In order to present an art to her, Oliver ends up sucked into Artlandia by Mo Nay where he encounters various art creatures like Mo Nay Lisa, Statue Guy, and Cubistro. Then he must protect them and Mo Nay from the dreaded White Spirit.
6"Fishy Business" Alfred Molina
Patrick Stewart
October 20, 2015 (2015-10-20)
The Repossession Fish Norbert and Albert show up at Oscar's Hotel for Fantastical Creatures in order to repossess the hotel after Oliver was behind on their client's magical bill. To pay off the Repossession Fish, Oliver works with Marzo to handle a casino event in order to raise the money before the Repossession Fish return in 24 hours.

Awards and nominations

In 2015, Oscar's Hotel for Fantastical Creatures was nominated at the Shorty Awards in the Best Web Series category. [4] At the 2016 Streamy Awards, the series received four nominations and won three awards. [5]

YearAwardCategoryNomineeOutcome
2015 Shorty Awards Best Web SeriesOscar's Hotel for Fantastical CreaturesNominated
2016 Streamy Awards ActorChris KendallWon
Ensemble CastOscar's Hotel for Fantastical CreaturesNominated
Costume DesignGypsy TaylorWon
Directing PJ Liguori Won
British Online Creator AwardsSeries of the YearOscar's Hotel for Fantastical CreaturesNominated

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