Directed by Wes Craven
Detective Rita Veder is assigned to a baffling serial murder case. After examining the crime scene — a corpse-filled ship found adrift at sea — she meets Maximilian, a smooth-talking Caribbean playboy determined to romance her.
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Denmark15 
Germany16 
USAR 
AustraliaMA15+ 
Spain12 
Brazil14 
UK15 
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Most of the jokes don't land and this is all fairly standard stuff, but 90's vibes and Angela Bassett elevate all kinds of nonsense for me.
I'm not going to go so far as to say I liked this but I can't deny that I admire Eddie Murphy for playing something so stupid so straight. You don't get many comedians in 2023 willing to do something this embarrassing. It's very vulnerable to perform your personal idea of cool, especially when it's this weird. It creates a discordance between the sincerity of his performance and the mostly completely bogus horror comedy surrounding it. It makes him feel like an aberration. In that sense, this movie is a success. But more than likely it's just that I'm comparing this to the last Dracula movie I watched, Renfield. Tough bar not to clear.
Well, this was way better than I remembered? I think the ‘this sucks’ kool-aid seeped into my brain over the years—hate when that happens, especially since I had way more fun watching this silly movie than I thought I would.
First off, this nyc (along with Fessenden’s Habit) is the New York I remember most from my childhood so whenever I see it in a movie I immediately think back to days gone by. Also, I totally forgot John Witherspoon was in this... he’s great whenever he’s on screen as the landlord uncle, and Kadeem Hardison was wesome as Murphy’s earless rotting ghoul renfield. That score stood out too, as did the unique touch of merging vampire lore with West Indian zombie…
I’ve heard of this film for a while, and not precisely for its good reputation. And to some extent, it's clear why, which is a shame because on paper the premise could work and then you add Wes Craven to the mix; it should have certainly been much better. Unfortunately, while it sticks to a lot of the basis of the Dracula lore, by moving and removing certain elements, things feel a little… all over the place? Unfocused? I don’t know; something about it just simply doesn’t work. The humor perhaps? There are some funny moments, like the Renfield character played by Kadeem Hardison was great; a lot of his stuff made me laugh and something about…
"Evil is good and Ass is good, and if you get yourself some Evil-Ass, wheeew!!" 😂😂😂
angela bassett, mother, please do another horror movie, mother, you're my scream queen
My Wes Craven auteurist project takes a strange detour into Eddie Murphy auteurism instead. Mark Irwin shot this?
THIS VAMPIRE GOT JOKES
and unfortunately most of them don't land. Vampire in Brooklyn is tonally all over the place, with a strong start that quickly devolves into an Eddie Murphy comedy routine by the middle, only to try and take itself seriously again by the end. The result is unfortunately a bit of a hot mess (not complimentary)
The ghoul and unc character are physically incapable of saying anything that isn't a joke, and I think Eddie Murphy's character ticked every box in the "generic vampire joke" bingo. Angela Bassett is wonderful as always but not even she can save this one. Kinda wild to realize Wes Craven released this one between New Nightmare and Scream
Neither scary enough to be a good horror, or funny enough to be a good comedy. It’s unfortunate that Craven couldn’t find the right tone for this one as it had a lot of potential.
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This is the definition of a bad but fun movie it’s got the charm of Eddie Murphy and the goofiness of a 90s movie man that’s one of the reasons I love the 90s they had some brilliant goofy movies.
4/10
I rewatched a couple days ago on Wes Craven's birthday and forgot to log. And let me say DAMN some y'all are haters. This movie is way better than I remember.
I mean sure it kinda just feels like Craven did his thing and Murphy did his thing and they put it together without really mixing it perfectly. Kinda like that Metallica/Lou Reed album. But it still worked for me. You're in Craven's world and aesthetics, but Murphy is doing his thing. Playing multiple characters. The Italian one is funny af.
And it's not always side splittingly funny, but even when it's not, it still moves forward as a decent, though somewhat formulaic horror movie. This isn't reinventing the wheel. Craven did that the following year with Scream. But it's still completely harmlessly inoffensively fun.
Happy belated, Wes
A Wes Craven vampire movie starring Eddie Murphy as a Dracula style bloodsucker really shouldn't work. And it doesn't. Vampire in Brooklyn is effectively a spin on the classic Bram Stoker tale, only this time we've got a Caribbean vampire looking for his lost love in modern Brooklyn. It's a bizarre mix of horror and comedy. Murphy actually plays his central role pretty straight. He nails the look and suaveness needed for the character but not quite the accent. Most of the comedy comes from the surrounding characters (and Murphy in other roles) Some of the jokes land but a lot of them fall flat, leaving the whole thing feeling rather tiresome. The narrative itself is full of general vampire…
