Little Vampire (2000).avi

The Hollywood version of the story was released in 2000 and stars Rollo Weeks, Dean Cook, Anna Popplewell, Jonathan Lipnicki, Richard E. Grant and Alice Krige. The film premiered on ABC Family and now frequently runs around Halloween on the Disney Channel and ABC Family. It was written by Larry Wilson

[edit] Plot
Tony Thompson (played by Jonathan Lipnicki) is an only child whose family has moved to Scotland from California. As would be expected, he has no friends in the new country, and he is picked on by bullies at school, who happen to be the grandsons of his father's boss. It seems as though he is destined to suffer through his first year at the new school. However, he starts having recurring nightmares about vampires.

Life starts to get very interesting for Tony when he meets a young vampire named Rudolph (played by Rollo Weeks) who soon becomes his best friend. Rudolph has a sister Anna (played by Anna Popplewell) who develops a crush on him, and a brother Gregory (played by Dean Cook). His family have been looking for a mystical stone to turn them human, but an evil vampire hunter named Rookery wants the stone to send all vampires down to the Underworld. A battle ensues on a cliff with Tony, his parents, Rudolph's family and other vampires versus Rookery. Rookery is defeated by Tony's parents, who aren't affected by his cross-shaped lightbulb and cast him off the cliff and Tony turns all the vampires back to being human and later reunites with the human Rudolph and Anna. However, there is some question as to whether it worked on Gregory seeing that he looks the same, minus the fangs.

PG - One for the kiddies!