Detective Rita Veder is assigned to a baffling serial murder case. After examining the crime scene — a corpse-filled ship found adrift at sea — she meets Maximilian, a smooth-talking Caribbean ...

In 1995 David Spade made a joke about Eddie Murphy as part of his “Hollywood Minute” sketch on “Saturday Night Live.” The joke followed the release of Murphy’s “Vampire in Brooklyn ...

Spade infamously joked that Murphy was a "falling star" following the release of his 1995 film 'Vampire in Brooklyn' Eddie Murphy is looking back on what he called a "racist" joke that David Spade ...

Rita Veder in “Vampire in Brooklyn” (1995) In Wes Craven’s vampire comedy-horror, Eddie Murphy plays the main antagonist Maximillian. The story, which was written by Murphy and his brothers ...

Eddie Murphy and Angela Bassett shine in 1995’s “Vampire in Brooklyn.” The campy horror film tells the story of detective Rita Veder (Bassett) who, while investigating a string of murders ...

but many famous actors who’ve portrayed some version of the famed, usually-human-looking beasts. Here for you now are some actors who’ve played a vampire.

Murphy told the NYT that the joke was about his 1995 horror comedy "Vampire in Brooklyn," which he said "flopped" after it had been released two months before the sketch. The "Beverly Hills Cop ...