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10/09/05
Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)
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Reviews Counted:27
Fresh:3
Rotten:24
Average Rating:3.7/10
Consensus: Neither scary nor very funny, this misguided effort never lives up to its premise.
Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: Eddie Murphy is Maximillian, the last of a race of vampires from the Caribbean who travels to New York in search of Rita (Angela Bassett), an NYPD officer whom he considers to be the perfect woman... [More]
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Angela Bassett, Allen Payne, Kadeem Hardison
Director: Wes Craven
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Reviews for Vampire in Brooklyn
A big, glossy and mostly puerile project bound to please Murphy's fans.
01/01/00
Lightweight fun.
01/01/00
Oh, Wes, what did we all do to deserve this?
02/12/03
The bottom line is that Vampire in Brooklyn is funny and gross, but saddled with a pedestrian storyline that denies any real magic in its premise and sinks its potential as a dark fantasy.
01/01/00
The horror relies on special effects so obvious that the scares are compromised.
05/14/02
Murphy's performance is pretty good most of the way, but he needed a stronger director than horrormeister Wes Craven to keep him in check.
01/01/00
No review available.
03/07/03
This modern fable is little more than a Murphy potboiler, something to while away a couple of hours, rather than fondly remember.
01/01/00
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06/25/05
Is it comedy? Is it horror? Uneven film that never lives up to its potential as either.
02/06/03
Craven can't keep the comic elements in balance with the horror, and as a result there's no tension or dramatic pull.
01/01/00
Top CriticDoesn't live up to its promise or premise.
01/01/00
Top CriticNeither as good as it might be nor as bad as you might expect.
04/12/02
Top Critic
Kadeem Hardison is the best thing about this film, playing Maximillian's slowly rotting ghoul henchman. However; one has to wonder about a film where Eddie Murphy needs comic relief.
01/01/00
Neither all that scary nor all that hilarious, Vampire in Brooklyn falls directly between the two, into the valley of mediocrity.
01/01/00
Never funny enough to pass muster as a comedy and never scary enough (if at all) to make it as a horror movie.
01/07/05
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05/20/03
No review available.
03/11/05
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