The Little Vampire (2000): Dir: Uli Edel / Cast: Jonathan Lipnicki, Alice Krige, Richard E. Grant, Rollo Weeks, Anna Popplewell: Is this junk actually fit for children? It seems like an introductory to the occult for children. Vampires are not a subject for kids films. Ironically enough the title seems to address racism using vampires as a symbol. A family moves to England where a boy befriends a vampire. This is where really bad special effects come in. A family of vampires struggle to maintain their existence from a villain who is the stupidest jackass since the Snow Plough Man in the equally dreadful Snow Day. He carries a cross that lights up and plays music. I guess a CD player is out of the question. There is a scene where vampires are sucking blood out of cows, which will eventually take flight themselves and drop manure on their targets. How Uli Edel went from directing Last Exit to Brooklyn to this is shameless. Is he being punished, or is he at the receiving end of a terrible joke. Jonathan Lipnicki as the boy is embarrassing. Alice Krige is a capable actress and has proved herself in greater films but here she plays the mother in a total cardboard role. Richard E. Grant plays the head of the vampire household. Rollo Weeks plays Lipnicki's new fanged friend. Anna Popplewell also makes an early appearance in this disgrace. Pathetic family film that should be buried in manure. Score: 1 / 10
Review of The Little Vampire
