Vampire in Brooklyn ((film)
Vampire in Brooklyn (also known
as Wes Craven's Vampire in Brooklyn) is a 1995 American horror/comedy film directed
by horror legend Wes Craven, and starring Eddie Murphy and Angela Bassett. Allen
Payne, Kadeem Hardison, John Witherspoon, Zakes Mokae, and Joanna Cassidy co-star.
Eddie Murphy wrote the film's script, along with Vernon Lynch and Charlie Murphy.
In addition to playing the main character, Murphy also plays an alcoholic preacher
and a foul-mouthed Italian gangster.
Eddie Murphy -
Maximillian / Preacher Pauly / Guido
Angela Bassett - Det. Rita Veder
Allen Payne - Detective Justice
Kadeem Hardison - Julius Jones
John Witherspoon - Silas
Green
Zakes Mokae - Dr. Zeko
Joanna Cassidy - Capt.
Dewey
Simbi Khali - Nikki, Rita's Roomate
Messiri Freeman - Eva, Julius'
Girl
Kelly Cinnante - Policewoman Photographer
Jsu Garcia - Anthony (as Nick Corri)
W. Earl Brown - Thrasher
Ayo Adeyemi - Bartender
Troy Curvey Jr-. Choir Leader
Vickilyn
Reynolds - Mrs. Brown
Plot
An abandoned ship crashes into a dockyard in Brooklyn, and the ship inspector, Silas Green, checks out the ship, only to find, to his horror, that the ship is full of corpses. Elsewhere, Julius, Silas's petty nephew, has a run-in with some Italian mobsters. Just as the two goons are about to do away with Julius, Maximillian, a suave but mysterious Caribbean man, shows up, reveals himself as a vampire, and kills the gangsters. Soon after, Maximillian infects Julius with his vampiric blood, turning Julius into a slowly decaying ghoul; he then explains that he has come to Brooklyn in search of the half-human daughter of a vampire from his native Caribbean island in order to live beyond the night of the next full moon.
This half-human vampire turns out to be Rita Veder, a police detective who is still dealing with the death of her mentally unstable mother some months before. Rita begins having strange visions about her (or at least a woman that looks like her), and while she begins questioning about her mother's past, her partner Justice, who feels more than just partnership for her, just thinks that Rita is still grieving. However, Maximillian initiates a series of sinister methods to find out more about Rita and to further pull her into his seductive thrall. In the end, Rita kills Maximillian with a stake and he disintegrates. Meanwhile, Julius finds Maximillian's ring and puts it on. He instantly transforms into a well-dressed (and well-endowed) vampire. The film ends when Julius and Silas drive off into the night in the limosine.
Mitch
Pileggi (of The X-Files fame) has an uncredited cameo as one of the two Italian
gangsters killed by Maximillian. One of Pileggi's first film roles was in Wes
Craven's Shocker.
Angela Bassett's stunt double was killed in an accident
during filming
Maximillian's mullet hairstyle is lampooned by Optiganally
Yours in their song "Poodleman" in which the narrator tells the titular
figure not to restyle his hair as he "don't want to look like the Vampire
of Brooklyn"
This was Eddie Murphy's last film to be distributed by Paramount
Pictures - as his exclusive contract ended after this film - until 2006 when Murphy
starred in Dreamgirls.
Ray Combs made an appearance as a game show host which
was the only time he ever appeared in a movie besides hosting game shows.
Animation
- Comedy - Crime
- Documentary
-
Family - Foreign
Language - Historical
- Horror - Musical
- Political
Recommended- Romance- Science Fiction and Fantasy - Sport Movies -- Thriller - War - Western - Wildlife
A map of where different US films & TV programmes blanket across the USA are
ZANADU - A FUN BASED SITE, WITH SOME FILM RELATED SECTIONS
Flight Las Vegas Nevada - Find a flight to Las Vegas
Cheap flights Beijing - Get your tickets here Fly to Beijing
Bank Interest Rates - A Website on Bank Interest Rates
Car Cheap Insurance - Get Cheap Car Insurance from here
Flights London - Want to fly to or Visit London get your Flight and Hotel place here
Get
your fave music here for your IPOD
Buy DVD Rent DVD Get your DVDs from here