The Little Vampire 3D
A 2017 3D animated vampire film based on Sommer-Bodenburg's books.
The Little Vampire 3D (Dutch: De Kleine Vampier 3D), also known as The Little Vampire, is a 2017 3D animated vampire film directed by Richard Claus and Karsten Kiilerich. It is loosely based on the 2000 live-action film of the same name and on the characters of the children's book series by German writer Angela Sommer-Bodenburg.
Quick Facts
- Director
- Richard Claus · de / Karsten Kiilerich
- Producer
- Richard Claus / Chris Brouwer
- Writer
- Script: / Richard Claus / Larry Wilson
- Music
- Vidjay Beerepoot
- Editing
- Job ter Burg
- Production Companies
- First Look / Comet Film / A. Film
- Distributor
- Entertainment One Benelux (Netherlands and Belgium) / Universum Film / Buena Vista International (Germany) / SF Studios (Denmark)
- Released
- 5 October 2017 · Netherlands
- Runtime
- 82 minutes
- Country
- Netherlands / Germany / Denmark
- Language
- Dutch / English
- Budget
- $10 million
Facts from the source article.
Lore & Background
The film follows 13-year-old Tony Thompson, who meets vampire Rudolph Sackville-Bagg while on holiday. Despite Tony's nightmares about vampires and Rudi's upbringing to fear mortals, they become friends. Rudi's clan is hunted by vampire hunter Rookery, who has imprisoned most of them in a crypt he plans to blow up. Tony is captured but escapes, learns of the plan, and helps the vampires. With the aid of Rudi's sister Anna, who enchants Tony's parents, the vampires use the Thompson's caravan to travel by day. Tony steals Rookery's unique spanner to unlock the crypt, and with help from Rudi's brother Gregory, they defeat Rookery and his sidekick Maney. The crypt is destroyed by the bomb, leaving the clan homeless, but Tony suggests they stay at the bed and breakfast where his family was staying.
Reader's Guide
The Little Vampire 3D is a Dutch-German-Danish co-production by First Look, Comet Film and A. Film, with animation handled by A. Film, Studio Rakete, and Ambient Entertainment, and visual effects by Storm Post Production. The film had its world premiere in the Netherlands on 5 October 2017, and was released in Germany, Denmark, and Italy on 26 October 2017, and in the United Kingdom on 25 May 2018. It received 19,767 admissions in Danish cinemas and a worldwide gross of $13,808,590. The film received generally negative reviews, holding a 14% score on Rotten Tomatoes based on 14 reviews. The UK theatrical and DVD versions were cut by 29 seconds to remove a scene involving electricity to achieve a U rating from the BBFC. Jim Carter and Alice Krige reprised their roles from the 2000 live-action adaptation.
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