The Little Vampire

Vampire cows provide comic relief and many of the scares in this respectfully dark yet optimistic story about a lonely child who befriends a vampire.

Much of the film's success is down to the costume design, the novel SFX and the mildly foreboding atmosphere of the mist enshrouded Scottish countryside.

For adults, the film will drag in spots, but it's filled with all those values you hope to instill in your children.

Very funny in a way reminiscent of Babe: Pig in the City.

Not often does a family film come along that is literate, clever, mischievous and just plain fun.

An odd little ghoul too cleaned up to survive, a bloodless vampire movie that's mostly lifeless as well.

Dark movie may frighten some kids.

The Little Vampire is hardly a children's classic, and it will doubtlessly be more at home after it hits the video shelves.

It's an occupational hazard that you actually have to try to think about movies like this, which just get weirder and weirder the more you consider them.

Lipnicki has learned how to make cute faces, but his delivery is formulaic and without emotion.

Evocative of Tim Burton's work, the Scottish locations appear as a kind of ghoulish theme park full of ancient stately homes and mouldering, curse-ridden crypts.

Excellent stuff -- it won't just be kids that love this film!