With the droll rating of "PG for some mild peril," how far can a kid's movie go? Well, "The Little Vampire" goes all the way to Scotland to launch a (kiddie) plot to sink your teeth into.
Tony (Jonathan Lipnicki) is a nine-year-old in a remote area of Scotland where his parents have just moved from America. Isolated from the cruel local Scottish kids, Tony develops an avid interest in vampires which does nothing to dissipate the isolation from his new would-be peers.
One night while perusing his vampire books, Tony looks up to find, what? a real and slightly bedraggled kid vampire Rudolph (Rollo Weeks) in his room. Hot dog!
The two become fast friends, flying all over the place on Rudolph's cape, as kids are prone to do.
However, all isn't beer and chittels. Vampire killers are after Rudolph and his family of blood-suckers, whose only fervent desire is to become human, which they claim there were – once. Help! Call Transylvania 6-5000, quick!
You may remember Lipnicki from "Jerry Maguire," four years ago. Some say he doesn't appear to have aged, though all those vampire rides should add something, one would think.
The movie was written by Karey Kirkpatrick and Larry Wilson, and directed by Uli Edel.
It is playing at Cinema 1.
