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Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)
Rate:
3
Viewed:
9/14
9/14:
Great, this is the 561st vampire picture made.
When will it ever end? Vampire in Brooklyn shows nothing that I haven't seen before. The plot is almost identical to
Interview with the Vampire except this time the cast is all black.
Eddie Murphy claimed that his wig ruined the film. No...not really, but nice try. 1994-1995 marked the beginning of decline
in his star power, reaching its nadir in 1997 when he was stopped by the police for soliciting sex from a transsexual prostitute.
Yep, the truth is stranger than fiction.
If the vampire aspect can be taken out, I think there's potential for the film to be good as something else, thanks to the
script and the presences of Eddie Murphy and Angela Bassett. Yet it's the two supporting actors, Kadeem Hardison and John
Witherspoon, who make this a giant stinker due to their profanity-laced dialogue.
All in all, Hollywood needs to stop making more vampire movies; enough is enough.