3. Maximillian
Played by Eddie Murphy From Vampire in Brooklyn (1995) Is
Vampire in BrooklynEddie Murphys worst moment? Hell no, not by a long way, it still stinks like a day old cup of vomit though. As Ive already mentioned,
Vampire in Brooklyn was directed by
Wes Craven, hard to believe I know. It seems a coincidence that Craven went on to make the genre redefining
Scream directly after his work on this critically panned comedy-horror from the pen of Mr. Murphy Boy did he wash that stink off in style. Murphy, looking more Lando Calrissian than vampire, is Maximillian a debonair Caribbean vampire who travels to New York to find himself the half-vampire daughter of a fellow bloodsucker, played by
Angela Bassett. While Murphys star was already on the decline by the time
Vampire in Brooklyn hit screens, that didnt stop him taking on his trademark multiple roles, playing in addition to Maximillian, a profane preacher and an Italian gangster
Peter Sellers he is not. A film that had the potential to be something quite different and interesting ended up being nothing more than the standard dick-joke fare that became indicative of most of Murphys work in the 90s and I would imagine is a film that
Wes Craven has probably stricken from his memory.