The fact that Wes Craven plus Eddie Murphy and Angela Basset somehow added up to "meh" is an absolute crime. My ★★½ review of Vampire in Brooklyn (1995) on Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/55vX4D #VampireInBrooklyn #Horror #Hooptober #Letterboxd
A ★★½ review of Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)

Film #32 of Hooptober X: In SPAAAAAAAAAAAAACE It’s weird to realize that Vampire in Brooklyn came between Wes Craven’s New Nightmare and Scream – two of his absolute best later films – and at the height of Eddie Murphy’s popularity. Sometimes great talent just doesn’t fit together, and that’s what seems to have happened here. The result of that paring is an uneven mishmash of comedy and horror that doesn’t play nearly as well as it should have, all things considered. It’s been said that this was because Murphy wanted to play the undead Maximillian straight and not as a

It's not a hill I'm prepared to die on, but Vampire In Brooklyn isn't THAT bad. It's far from the worst film that any of the main players were part of.

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