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Vampire in Brooklyn

  • 1995
  • R
  • 1h 40m
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4.7/10
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Angela Bassett and Eddie Murphy in Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)
A ship sails into Brooklyn with all its crew dead. But something gets off and the killing continues on land. The vampire is looking for a specific woman - half-human, half-vampire. Rita's the cop detective investigating the many killings.
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Dark FantasyDark RomanceVampire HorrorComedyFantasyHorrorRomance

A Caribbean vampire seduces a Brooklyn police officer who has no idea that she is half-vampire.A Caribbean vampire seduces a Brooklyn police officer who has no idea that she is half-vampire.A Caribbean vampire seduces a Brooklyn police officer who has no idea that she is half-vampire.

  • Director
    • Wes Craven
  • Writers
    • Eddie Murphy
    • Vernon Lynch
    • Charlie Murphy
  • Stars
    • Eddie Murphy
    • Angela Bassett
    • Allen Payne
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.7/10
    26K
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    • Director
      • Wes Craven
    • Writers
      • Eddie Murphy
      • Vernon Lynch
      • Charlie Murphy
    • Stars
      • Eddie Murphy
      • Angela Bassett
      • Allen Payne
    • 94User reviews
    • 42Critic reviews
    • 27Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Eddie Murphy
    Eddie Murphy
    • Maximillian…
    Angela Bassett
    Angela Bassett
    • Rita
    Allen Payne
    Allen Payne
    • Justice
    Kadeem Hardison
    Kadeem Hardison
    • Julius
    John Witherspoon
    John Witherspoon
    • Silas
    Zakes Mokae
    Zakes Mokae
    • Dr. Zeko
    Joanna Cassidy
    Joanna Cassidy
    • Dewey
    Simbi Kali
    Simbi Kali
    • Nikki
    • (as Simbi Khali)
    Messiri Freeman
    • Eva
    Kelly Cinnante
    • Officer
    Jsu Garcia
    Jsu Garcia
    • Anthony
    • (as Nick Corri)
    W. Earl Brown
    W. Earl Brown
    • Thrasher
    Ayo Adeyemi
    • Bartender
    Troy Curvey Jr.
    Troy Curvey Jr.
    • Choir Leader
    Vickilyn Reynolds
    Vickilyn Reynolds
    • Mrs. Brown
    William Blount
    • Deacon Brown
    Joe Costanza
    • Bear
    John LaMotta
    • Lizzy
    • Director
      • Wes Craven
    • Writers
      • Eddie Murphy
      • Vernon Lynch
      • Charlie Murphy
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    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      Sonja Davis, Angela Bassett's stunt double, died in an accident on the set. Davis' family filed a wrongful death suit against Paramount and Eddie Murphy's production company, alleging that proper safety protocols were not met, and that Davis herself was hesitant about doing the stunt. Eventually, California's Division of OSHA issued 4 citations to Paramount and fined them $29,000. However, the plaintiff in the wrongful death suit passed away in 1996, and there's no information about the case after that (presumably it was dropped).
    • Goofs
      Justice wore an Adidas sweater in half of the movie.
    • Quotes

      Maximillian: Evil is good and ass is good, and if you find you a piece of evil ass, WOO!

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Get Shorty/Now and Then/Mallrats (1995)
    • Soundtracks
      Whatta Man
      By Hurby 'Luv Bug' Azor (as Herby Azor), Cheryl 'Salt' James (as Cheryl James) & Dave Crawford

      Performed by Salt-N-Pepa (as Salt 'n' Pepa)

      Courtesy of London Records, a division of PolyGram

    User reviews94

    Featured review
    6/10

    Be Nice, I Liked It

    Say I have poor taste, call me an idiot, call me dumb, call me whatever, but I didn't find this movie that bad. If it were a pure horror, then it would've been atrocious, but because they inserted the humor in there I found it entertaining. I could watch Kadeem Hardison and the late John Witherspoon in almost anything. They were a riot. And Eddie Murphy was best as characters other than the vampire.

    Eddie Murphy played three different characters with Maximillian the vampire being the main one. His goal: find the only other vampire in existence so that he could live on himself. The indication was that without a life partner he would cease to exist.

    His mark: Rita (Angela Bassett). His tool to get his mark: (besides charm) Julius Jones (Kadeem Hardison), who he turned into a ghoul. His opposition: Det. Justice (Allen Payne), who had feelings for Rita.

    For the most part, when it was funny it was good, and when it wasn't funny... well... good thing there were funny parts.
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    • Release date
      • October 27, 1995 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Vampiro en Brooklyn
    • Filming locations
      • Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA(street scenes)
    • Production companies
      • Eddie Murphy Productions
      • Paramount Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $20,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $19,751,736
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $7,045,379
      • Oct 29, 1995
    • Gross worldwide
      • $19,751,736
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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