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The Little Vampire

2000 · 95 min

A gentle, playful adventure with spooky touches, warm humour, and a strong sense of childhood wonder and friendship.

Directed by
Uli Edel
Genres
Family, Adventure, Comedy
Tagline
They're not just best friends, they're blood brothers.
Overview
Based on the popular books, the story tells of Tony who wants a friend to add some adventure to his life. What he gets is Rudolph, a vampire kid with a good appetite. The two end up inseparable, but their fun is cut short when all the hopes of the vampire race could be gone forever in single night. With Tony's access to the daytime world, he helps them to find what they've always wanted.

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Directed by
Uli Edel
Genres
Family, Adventure, Comedy
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • family
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
  • loyalty
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour6
Realism3
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Genres
family, adventure, comedy, fantasy
Directed by
Uli Edel
Written by
Karey Kirkpatrick, Larry Wilson
Starring
Jonathan Lipnicki, Richard E. Grant, Jim Carter, Alice Krige, Rollo Weeks, Anna Popplewell, Pamela Gidley, Tommy Hinkley
Cinematography
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Country
Germany, Netherlands, United States of America
Languages
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