The Little Vampire 3D | |
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Directed by | Richard Claus Karsten Kiilerich |
Written by | Script: Richard Claus Larry Wilson[1] |
Produced by | Richard Claus Chris Brouwer |
Music by | Vidjay Beerepoot |
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Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date | 5 October 2017 (Netherlands) |
Running time | 82 minutes[3] |
Countries | Netherlands Germany Denmark |
Languages | English Dutch German Danish |
Budget | $10 million [4] |
Box office | $13.8 million[5] |
The Little Vampire 3D, also known as The Little Vampire, is a 2017 3D animated vampire film directed by Richard Claus and Karsten Kiilerich and based on the live action film of the same name of 2000 and based on the characters of the children's book series of the same name by German writer Angela Sommer-Bodenburg.[2][6]
Jim Carter and Alice Krige reprised their roles from the 2000 live-action adaptation of The Little Vampire.
The film had its world premiere in the Netherlands on 5 October 2017. It was released in Germany, Denmark and Italy on 26 October,[7] and in the UK on 25 May 2018. It received 19,767 admissions in Danish cinemas,[8] and had a worldwide gross of $13,808,590.[5] The UK theatrical and DVD versions were cut by 29 seconds in order to remove a scene involving electricity in order to achieve a U rating from the BBFC.[3]
The film received generally negative reviews from critics,[6][9][10] and on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes the film holds a score of 14% based on 14 critical reviews, indicating a "rotten" score.[11]