The Little Vampire (2000) on Netflix
PG20001h 35mAdventureComedyFamily
Nine-year-old Tony Thompson moves from California to a Scottish castle, where a young vampire named Rudolph mistakes him for a vampire. Rudolph's family are hunted by Rookery, a vampire hunter.
- Netflix3.3/5
- IMDb5.8/1012,652 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes55%
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Plot summary
Tony Thompson is nine when his family leaves California for a small castle in Scotland, where his father Bob is building a golf course on Lord McAshton's estate. Nightmares about vampires and a comet trouble him, and Lord McAshton's grandsons Flint and Nigel pick on him at school. One night, dressed as a vampire, Tony is taken for one by Rudolph Sackville-Bagg, a young vampire on the run from Rookery, a vampire hunter. The two boys become friends. Rudolph's family, who live in a cemetery and drink animal blood, want to become human, and Rudolph says they seek a magical amulet with the power to change them. Rookery wants that amulet too. Frederick, Rudolph's father, doubts Tony's loyalty, but Tony's access to the daytime world makes him useful.
Cast
- Dean Cookas Gregory Sackville-Bagg
- Nick Smithas Mailman
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Little Vampire (2000)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- An animated film, The Little Vampire 3D, followed in 2017, loosely based on the 2000 live-action film and produced, written and directed by Richard Claus, the live-action film's producer; Jim Carter and Alice Krige reprised their roles as Rookery and Freda Sackville-Bagg.
- The film was a box-office disappointment, grossing $28 million against its $35 million budget and failing to earn back what it had cost to make.
- The Dutch Eurodance group Vengaboys released the song "Shalala Lala" as a single, and it is included in the film's soundtrack album.
SPOILER
Angela Sommer-Bodenburg, author of the original book series, found the film beautiful, atmospheric, funny, clever and well-made, but criticized its ending, in which the vampires become human again: in her books the tragedy lies in their inability to become human.
