Tony isn't happy because he doesn't have any friends, and his parents are worried about the many nightmares he's been having that are always about vampires. To make matters worse, nobody believes his stories about such creatures and even McAshton's two grandsons pick on Tony in school.
Things change when Tony meets Rudolph (ROLLO WEEKS), a young vampire who mistakes Tony for one of his own when flying by one night. Weak from a lack of plasmatic nourishment and initially unhappy to have met a human, Rudolph realizes he shares a kindred spirit with Tony and is happy when he finds him a cow to satiate his appetite.
It turns out that Rudolph, along with his aristocratic parents, Frederick (RICHARD E. GRANT) and Freda (ALICE KRIGE), sister Anna (ANNA POPPLEWELL) and rebellious older brother Gregory (DEAN COOK), don't want to attack humans, but instead want to become them. Unfortunately, for the past three hundred years they've been searching for a missing amulet stone that, when used upon the rare alignment of the moon and a certain passing comet, will turn them back into mortals.
Worse yet, Rookery (JIM CARTER), a persistent vampire hunter, is hot on their trail, determined to kill them the old fashioned way - with stakes - or via the missing stone that, when used in another amulet, will send them straight to Hell. From that point on, Tony tries to do what he can to help Rudolph and his vampire family while they all try to avoid Rookery and the light of day.
Some related violence is present with people briefly fighting with vampires or each other (some punches are thrown and off-screen vampire biting also occurs) and some property damage is observed. Several characters have bad attitudes toward others (including some kids who pick on the young protagonist) and some drinking and smoking are present, as is one non-explicit line suggesting some marital hanky-panky (that will go over most kids' heads).
Meanwhile, profanity consists of a few religious phrases and an abbreviated expletive ("b.s."), while a handful of colorful phrases are also present. Should this summary not answer your concerns about the film's appropriateness for anyone in your home, we suggest that you take a closer look at our detailed content listings for more specific examples of what occurs in the film.
For those concerned with the repetitive flashing of bright lights on the screen, some of that occurs (occasionally in strobe-like fashion) from flashes of lightning in certain scenes.
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(2000) (Jonathan Lipnicki, Richard E. Grant) (PG)
Alcohol/
DrugsBlood/Gore
Disrespectful/
Bad AttitudeFrightening/
Tense ScenesGuns/
Weapons
Minor
Minor
Moderate
*Moderate
Mild
Imitative
BehaviorJump
ScenesMusic
(Scary/Tense)Music
(Inappropriate)Profanity
Minor
None
Heavy
None
Minor
Sex/
NuditySmoking
Tense Family
ScenesTopics To
Talk AboutViolence
Minor
Mild
Mild
Mild
Moderate
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Reviewed October 21, 2000 / Posted October 27, 2000
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