Quite cleverly folding the vampire genre into a tale of growing up, Uli Adel always manages to relate even his most fantastic sequences to the anxiety and imagination of a young boy. That young ...

The Little Vampire, if you hadn’t guessed, is aimed firmly at the family entertainment category. The film keeps an eye out for the kiddies so no shockers here.

The Little Vampire was German-made, Dutch-financed and has an American lead. A flying cow appears at one stage. It’s perfectly passable half-term entertainment but has no bite or distinctiveness ...

This odd-looking Dutch-German coproduction, shot partly in Scotland and directed by Uli Edel from a German children's book, manages a few neat (and PC) switches on the bloodsucker theme.

NATL Amusements Ltd and Showcase Cinemas have given the Teesside Hospice the opportunity to hold a special screening of The Little Vampire tonight and the audience are being encouraged to dress up ...