
Maximillian is the only survivor from a race of vampires on a Caribbean Island, and, as a vampire, he must find a mate to keep the line from ending. He knows that a child had been born to a woman who had a vampire father, and he searches for her in Brooklyn. Rita's mother, who has died in an asylum, was that woman and Rita has nightmares that she does not understand. Not knowing that she is part-vampire, Max woos her and attempts to bring her to her bloodsucking destiny. Even... (Full plot summary below)
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Maximillian is the only survivor from a race of vampires on a Caribbean Island, and, as a vampire, he must find a mate to keep the line from ending. He knows that a child had been born to a woman who had a vampire father, and he searches for her in Brooklyn. Rita's mother, who has died in an asylum, was that woman and Rita has nightmares that she does not understand. Not knowing that she is part-vampire, Max woos her and attempts to bring her to her bloodsucking destiny. Even though Rita has strange dreams and actions, Justice, her partner, has feelings for her and does not want her involved with this stranger Max. But it is Rita who must decide her destiny.
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| San Francisco ChroniclePeter StackVampire in Brooklyn is neither funny nor frightening and comes up a tedious middle-road hybrid from veteran scaremeister Wes Craven, who directed. |
| TheMovieReport.comMichael DequinaNever funny enough to pass muster as a comedy and never scary enough (if at all) to make it as a horror movie. |
| Apollo GuideCatherine CantieriThe horror relies on special effects so obvious that the scares are compromised. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliThe problem here isn't as much the talent in front of the camera as it is the weak and hackneyed script. Vampire in Brooklyn is in need of an infusion (or should that be transfusion?) of originality and creativity -- two qualities that are blatantly absent. |
| San Francisco ExaminerScott RosenbergVampire is hardly a consequential film, nor does it suggest hitherto buried reserves of Murphy's talent. But it's a diverting mixture of horror, romance and comedy. |
| Boston GlobeJay CarrVampire in Brooklyn, a purported "comic tale of horror and seduction" that is neither funny nor frightening, just unpleasant. |
| Deseret News (Salt Lake City)Chris HicksMurphy's performance is pretty good most of the way, but he needed a stronger director than horrormeister Wes Craven to keep him in check. |
| Detroit NewsSusan StarkThey're no match, though, for the crushing disappointment of having to watch Murphy on the comic sidelines. It's like going to a Barbra Streisand concert and being asked to listen with her while the rhythm section sings. |
| Boxoffice MagazineWade MajorEssentially little more than a romantic triangle with a 'good versus evil' twist, it's not a bad film, but it is also neither winningly funny enough to exploit Murphy's talents nor bitingly scary enough to exploit Craven's. |
| USA TodaySusan WloszczynaThe movie is unpleasant to look at. It's darker than "Seven," but without sufficient purpose, and my overall memory of it is of people screaming in the shadows. To call this a comedy is a sign of optimism; to call it a comeback for Murphy is a sign of blind faith. |