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Vampire in Brooklyn
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5.1Detective 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.
Cast
- Angela Bassett as Detective Rita Veder
- Eddie Murphy as Maximillian / Pauly / Guido
- Allen Payne as Detective Justice
- Kadeem Hardison as Julius Jones
- John Witherspoon as Silas Green
- Zakes Mokae as Dr. Zeko
Themes
- vampire
- brooklyn, new york city
- african american comedy
- african american romance
- black vampire
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Ratings
IMDb
4.7/10
26,525 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
14%
Metacritic
27/100
- Year
- 1995
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Wes Craven
- Screenplay by
- Charles Q. Murphy Michael Lucker Chris Parker
- Story by
- Eddie Murphy Vernon Lynch Charles Q. Murphy
- Produced by
- Eddie Murphy Mark Lipsky
- Starring
- Eddie Murphy Angela Bassett Allen Payne Kadeem Hardison John Witherspoon Zakes Mokae Joanna Cassidy
- Cinematography
- Mark Irwin
- Edited by
- Patrick Lussier
- Music by
- J. Peter Robinson
- Production company
- Eddie Murphy Productions
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- Release date
- October 27, 1995 ( 1995-10-27 )
- Running time
- 102 minutes
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $14 million
- Box office
- $35 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Vampire in Brooklyn is a 1995 American vampire horror comedy film directed by Wes Craven. It stars Eddie Murphy, who produced and wrote with his step-father Vernon Lynch and brother Charles Q. Murphy. The film co-stars Angela Bassett, Allen Payne, Kadeem Hardison, John Witherspoon, Zakes Mokae, and Joanna Cassidy. Murphy also plays an alcoholic preacher, Pauly, and a foul-mouthed Italian-American mobster, Guido.
Vampire in Brooklyn was the final film produced under Eddie Murphy's exclusive contract with Paramount Pictures, which began with 48 Hrs. (1982) and included the Beverly Hills Cop franchise (1984–1994).
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