My Best Friend Is a Vampire
| My Best Friend Is a Vampire | |
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| Directed by | Jimmy Huston |
| Produced by |
Dennis Murphy Tab Murphy |
| Written by | Tab Murphy |
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| Music by | Steve Dorff |
| Cinematography | James Bartle |
| Edited by |
Janice Hampton Gail Yasunaga |
| Distributed by |
 Kings Road Entertainment
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Release date
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October 1, 1987 (West Germany) May 6, 1988 (United States) |
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Running time
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89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $174,380 |
My Best Friend Is a Vampire (also known as I Was a Teenage Vampire) is a 1987 American horror-comedy film directed by Jimmy Huston. The story revolves around a newly made vampire who is trying to live as a "good" vampire and not feed on humans. Jeremy is played by Robert Sean Leonard with Rene Auberjonois as Jeremy's vampire guidance counseler and David Warner as a vampire hunter. The film's themes include prejudice, identity, gender roles, and adolescence.
Jeremy Capello (Robert Sean Leonard), is a typical American teenager fighting with the usual problem of getting himself a girlfriend. Although he has caught the eye of the head cheerleader Candy (LeeAnne Locken), he has his eyes on his classmate and band geek Darla Blake (Cheryl Pollak), but she in turn is unnerved by his constant staring at her.
Recently, Jeremy has been having some weird nightmares about a strange woman trying to seduce him, and later he actually encounters that woman named Nora (Cecilia Peck), who makes an obvious invitation to him, while delivering groceries. His skirt-chasing friend Ralph (Evan Mirand) convinces him to take up the opportunity for a first erotic experience. But the encounter goes badly: first the woman bites him in the neck, then two strangers burst into the house, forcing Jeremy to run for his life.
Next morning, Jeremy looks pale and does not feel well, and he sees in his father's newspaper that Nora's house has mysteriously burned down. Also, throughout the day he notices a strange man observing him. This man pops into his bedroom the very next night, introduces himself as Modoc (Rene Auberjonois) and carefully attempts to relate to Jeremy that he is now a vampire (albeit a living one, not an undead). Jeremy of course is at first skeptical, to say the least, but a sudden to garlic, an increasing sensitivity to sunlight and a craving for blood slowly convince him otherwise. His new vampire "life-style" hampers his attempts to start a relationship with Darla, who has finally become interested in him; otherwise Jeremy begins to adapt to the minor impacts the change has brought to his life. Modoc even gives him a guide book and explains to him that vampires are just like any other "minority group" that has been persecuted over the centuries.
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