The Little Vampire Details

[Highly rated reviewer]

superb

my children loved this film. Jonathan Lipnicki ( from stuart little 2 )plays Tony Thompson, an eight year old little boy, who is a befriender of vampires, and the Scottish setting lends itself nicely to the spookiness. Bob Thompson (Tommy Hinkley) is designing a golf course for one of the local gentry, Lord McAshton (John Wood). Bob's wife, Dottie (Pamela Gidley), is a stay at home mum to Tony.

A continent away from his native California, Tony is having a tough time making new friends, and is being bullied by Lord McAshton's sons, when a band of vagabond vampires enters his life through his bedroom window, in the form of the vampire son called Rudolph.

The encounter seems pure coincidence at first, but then the scary truth surfaces: Tony, though he's not a vampire himself, has 'sympathy for our kind,' as the dad of the bat-linked brood puts it. Visions of vampire happenings from generations past invade Tony's consciousness, and they hold the key to the clan's current gypsy-like predicament.

Through his clairvoyance, the discovery of a long-lost amulet is made, that the vampires have been seeking for years and years, as it has the ability to grant them their dearest wish. the mostly benevolent bloodsuckers, these vampires no longer suck human blood: They restrict their nocturnal feedings to cows, want to reclaim their rightful status, as proper cave dwellers in their homeland.

Tony envies Rudolph's ability to fly, Rudolph wishes that he could see blue sky and morning birds, instead of being destined to roam the earth only by night.

just as Tony has parents, so does Rudolph. His mother, the ravishing Freda Sackville-Bagg (Alice Krige) and his father, the imposing Frederick Sackvile-Bagg (Richard E. Grant), are initially distrusting of their son's friendship with a human.

Rudolph's punky looking older brother, would just as soon make a meal of Tony, than make friends with him. he is a bit of a rebel.

whilst Rudolph's younger sister, Anna (Anna Popplewell), becomes smitten with him.

however, the friendship continues to prosper, and Tony soon finds himself unceremoniously caught up, in the path of the local vampire hunter, along with his new found friends.

Tony's clueless parents problems abound, and are cleverer than most. Tony's parents have no idea, that there is a colony of vampires in their midst.

Tony's mum and dad shake off, their son's vampire-obsessed imagination, until the cape-draped heads of the clan drop by for a visit.

they are soon roped in, in helping the vampire clan elude a bumbling vampire hunter.

In the end, Tony is called upon to make a decision, that can change the lives of Rudolph and his family, forever.

one of my younger daughter's favourite parts features, The flying vampire cows. the farmer who keeps going in to check on the cows, keeps finding that one at a time, that they are missing, from the field and cowshed.

this is a lovely film, that is worth renting out.

Very funny kids film

This film is a must watch, it is supposed to be a kids film but i the dad, was rolling in fits of laughter at the vampire fresian cows dive bombing dung bombs, and hanging fangs and all from the barn rafters. not a scary vamp film suitable for all ages. What a laugh.