The Little Vampire

Name: The Little Vampire
Released: 2018-8-14
Cast: Jim Carter, Rasmus Hardiker, Amy Saville, Miriam Margolyes, Alice Krige

The Little Vampire

NR
1h 23m
2018

14%

age 7+

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The Little Vampire is a fun, imaginative, exciting fantasy adventure story based on the bestselling novels by Angela Sommer-Bodenburg, which has sold over 12 million copies worldwide. The story promises chills and thrills, as Rudolph, a 13-year-old vampire, needs help saving his vampire clan that is being threatened by a notorious vampire hunter. Rudolph meets Tony, a mortal of the same age, who is fascinated by old castles, graveyards and… VAMPIRES! Tony jumps at the chance to help Rudolph in this hilarious and action-packed battle to save his family. United by their new friendship they ultimately vanquish the evil hunters and free their relatives at last!

Director:

Richard Claus, Karsten Kiilerich

Producer:

Chris Brouwer, Richard Claus

Writer:

Richard Claus, Larry Wilson

Cast:

Jim Carter, Rasmus Hardiker, Amy Saville, Miriam Margolyes, Alice Krige, Tim Pigott-Smith, Matthew Marsh, Joseph Kloshka, Phoebe Givron-Taylor, Diane Wilson, Graham Clarke, Kevin Otto, Julia Rhodes

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

14%

Reviews

Common Sense Media

Brian Costello

Animated book-based monster tale has potty humor, peril.

The Little Vampire, a low-budget cartoon with supernatural characters who aren't so much undead as lifeless.

A tame-enough tale of tolerance, though bonus points for a healthy dose of toilet humour and a flying, fanged cow.

The movie-making prowess of the UK, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands have combined for this, a flaccid cartoon Euro-pudding that, if nothing else, will ensure that the brains trust at Pixar sleeps soundly at night...

The dialogue is flat and the animation is workmanlike but it is quirky and pacy enough to keep younger children quiet.

May 25, 2018

FULL REVIEW

Common Sense Media

age 7+

Common Sense Says

Animated book-based monster tale has potty humor, peril.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that The Little Vampire is a 2017 animated feature from Holland in which a tween boy from America befriends a tween vampire while visiting Transylvania with his family. There are some brief moments of peril: The dad of the American family loses control of the car and it falls off a cliff, vampire hunters chase vampires and attempt to chop them up with propellers. Some potty humor is involved -- flying cows defecate on a helicopter -- and "sucks" is used a couple times, and not in the context of what vampires do with blood. There's some slapstick cartoon violence involving the bad guys hitting each other and getting hit and falling over. But overall, most near-scares are counterbalanced with humor. The movie is based on the children's book series by Angela Sommer-Bodenburg.