After a week of nagging and cajoling I managed to persuade one of my sons to accompany me to The Little Vampire. To me the combination of vampires and Richard E Grant were irresistible. Not so my older son who thought it would be scary unlike my 6 year old rather hoped it would be! Richard E Grant plays the patriarch of the vampire family - in turns menacing, protective and nurturing. A bit low on that sexy look but this is a kid's movie, otherwise a performance that raised the standard of the movie. The villain of the piece is Jim Carter (who is also the villain the latest episodes of Scarlet Pimpernel). Unlike former vampire hunters Jim's appearance resembled a gypsy/wild man of the woods. He was the bogeyman of the film giving performance that he seemed to relish and the audience enjoyed. The other performance I enjoyed was the vampire son Rudolph (Rollo Weeks), an actor I hope we'll be seeing more of him in the future.
My main crit is the vampires costumes (which looked splendid) the American couple dated them Shakespearian, which looked correct, but as the boy's age is 309 this calculates his birth era at around 1700 nearly 100 years later!! Given the fact that this is an aristocrat family would they really wear clothes a century out-of-style! I know it a children's film but! The plot is childish fun, the performances are good, the special effects were well done, and everyone seemed to laugh in the right places. Not very scary although a couple of scenes did have a little hand reach for mine. A thoroughly enjoyable afternoon's viewing.
My main crit is the vampires costumes (which looked splendid) the American couple dated them Shakespearian, which looked correct, but as the boy's age is 309 this calculates his birth era at around 1700 nearly 100 years later!! Given the fact that this is an aristocrat family would they really wear clothes a century out-of-style! I know it a children's film but! The plot is childish fun, the performances are good, the special effects were well done, and everyone seemed to laugh in the right places. Not very scary although a couple of scenes did have a little hand reach for mine. A thoroughly enjoyable afternoon's viewing.