| The Little Vampire | 
| Director: Uli Edel
Actors: Jonathan Lipnicki, Richard E. Grant, Jim Carter, Alice Krige, Pamela Gidley
Studio: New Line Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $12.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (57 reviews)
Sales Rank: 7544
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 94 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: TRNDN5163D
UPC: 794043516320
EAN: 0794043516320
ASIN: B000056T4I
Release Date: March 6, 2001
Theatrical Release Date: October 27, 2000
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Description
Jonathan Lipnicki (Jerry Maguire, Stuart Little) stars as 9-year-old Tony who befriends a young vampire named Rudolph who asks Tony to help him find an ancient amulet that will grant Rudolph and his family their ultimate wish ... to be human again.DVD Features:
DVD ROM Features:Original theatrical website; Ability to jump from the script to the scene in the movie
Full Screen Version:Widescreen and fullscreen versions of the film
Interactive Menus
Other:Three interactive kid-friendly games; Hilarious vampire and monster jokes; Easy-to-make recipes for spooky snacks; 5.1 Surround Sound and 2.0 Stereo Sound
Scene Access
Screen Saver:Cool flying vampire cow screensaver
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The Little Vampire is excellently acted and great to look at. Stuart Little's Jonathan Lipnicki carries, on his pint-sized shoulders, his every scene as 8-year-old Tony, befriender of vampires, and the Scottish setting lends itself nicely to spookiness. But where this video earns most points is in the plot department. A continent away from his native California, Tony's having a tough time making new friends when a band of vagabond vampires enters his life through his bedroom window. 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 the third-grader's consciousness, and they hold the key to the clan's current gypsy-like predicament. Through his clairvoyance and, by extension, the discovery of a long-lost amulet, the mostly benevolent bloodsuckers are able to reclaim their rightful status as proper cave dwellers in their homeland. Clueless-parent predicaments abound and are cleverer than most--Tony's mom and dad smirk at their son's vampire-obsessed imagination until the cape-draped heads of the clan drop by for a visit--and the gang's adventures eluding a bumbling vampire hunter are genuinely chuckleworthy. At-home Twizzler munchers ages 8 and older won't soon tire of this charmer of a Transylvanian transplant. --Tammy La Gorce
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 cute factor works November 23, 2008
Jonathan Lipnicki should never have been allowed to grow up, he's just to cute. This is great fun for kids and adults.(Vampire Cows, need I say more.)
 You'll Never Look At Cows The Same Way Again! May 28, 2008
I'm not a spring chicken - old enough to be a great-grandma- but this is one of my favorite all time movies. It's a warm and funny family movie that my kids and grandkids love as much as I do. The scenes with the cows are priceless!
Unpatronising Kids movie January 3, 2008
This little gem nicely mixes laughhter and chills in a tale of modern day vampirism that gives us all the trappings of the vampire yarn and sends them up affectionately and without mockery
Tony Thompson (Jonathan Lipnicki -of Jerry Maguire fame)moves from San Diego to Scotland with his Dad, Bob (Tommy Hinkley) and Mom ,Dottie (Pamela Gidley).His Dad is in charge of building s new golf resort in the Highlands .
Tony is troubled by vivid dreams of vampires coming to get him and it transpires there are vampires in the area one of whom , a"boy"of roughly his own human age Rudolph (Rollo Weeks)he befriends .His family -headed by Richard E Grant and Alice Krige -are being hunted by Rookery ,a vampire slayer (Jim Carter)complete with neon crucifix and sun lamps on his truck.They are anxious to resume a normal human life and to do this must secure a special stone by sunset of the following day or else be doomed to remain vampires.Tony offers to help ,a promise that involves vampire tombs ,vampire cows(I kid you not)and coping with the local school bullies
The movie is well acted and is blessed in its child actors who are natural aand uncloying .Grant and Krige give it just the right amount of camp and Grant in particular would make a great vampire in a "straight "vampire picture having as he does the looks and gravitas for the role
There are some subtle movie references for adults and kids under ,say ,12 would enjoy the movie more than their older siblings who may find it a tad juvenile .In my view it is well written ,witty and shows a nice balance of horror played tongue in cheek and pure comedic moments
Great "Scary" Movie November 15, 2007
Another excellent movie! Great for the whole family! You'll laugh, you'll cry, but you won't have nightmares! Explores the value of our differences.
Excellent Movie June 27, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This movie is a really enjoyable movie for all ages. My son will not stop watching it.
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