Vampires vs. the Bronx

Name: Vampires vs. the Bronx
Genre: Horror, Comedy
Released: October 2, 2020
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 76
Cast: Carl Ducena, Chris Redd, Coco Jones, Gerald Jones III, Gregory Diaz IV

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Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): October 2, 2020 | PG-13

Starring: Carl Ducena, Chris Redd, Coco Jones, Gerald Jones III, Gregory Diaz IV, Jaden Michael, Jamaal Burcher, Method Man, Michael Diaz, Sarah Gadon, Shea Whigham, The Kid Mero, Toree Alexandre, Vladimir Caamano

Summary: A group of young friends from the Bronx fight to save their neighborhood from a band of vampires.

Director: Osmany Rodriguez

Genre(s): Horror, Comedy

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 85 min

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Empire Ben Travis

Oct 9, 2020

A witty and likeable horror-comedy that manages to put a stake to the heart of some real issues while it tickles your ribs. Read full review

Rafael Motamayor

Oct 6, 2020

Vampire vs. the Bronx offers enough kid-friendly thrills and laughs to entertain and introduce newcomers to the horror genre, while also offering a socially conscious exploration of gentrification we haven't seen in the genre before. Read full review

Josiah Teal

Oct 6, 2020

Vampires Vs. The Bronx is a great way to introduce your kids or pre-teens to the vampire genre, and a fun look at how Gen Z plans to deal with armies of the undead. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Nick Allen

Oct 2, 2020

Originality is missing from the movie, but it has plenty of great jokes and a whole lot of people you enjoy hanging out with. When a horror-comedy is as agile, charming, and funny as this, everybody wins. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Oct 6, 2020

Nobody should be making serious vampire or zombie movies at this stage of the horror cycle, so this riff on the genre absolutely fills the bill. And making it a commentary on gentrification? Inspired. Read full review

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KellyGaudreau

Oct 25, 2021

This is a unique spoof of the vampire-genre and it packs enough creepy scares to make it worthy of the Halloween season. These kids are loveable and funny.

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Method__Man

Oct 11, 2020

Exactly what i expected. For one its quite funny. Acting is good. Plot is perfectly cliche. A great watch, highly recommend

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alejandro970

Oct 31, 2020

One of the best options for Halloween. One of its strengths is that the plot doesn't take anything seriously, cleverly mixing horror and comedy. To see on Halloween and those that follow.

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JLuis_001

Oct 18, 2020

It was fun in segments, but it heads into its third act without direction, and loses a lot of the initial enthusiasm.
Even Sarah Gadon seems like a lost character from the Vampire Academy movie.

Definitely Netflix material.

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DamianZ

Oct 7, 2020

Even with its "satirical" overtones, came out a simple and too ordinary film. The tries (and very cheap) to fit too many cultural themes in order to impose a decent plot, transform in forgets about the things like plot, acting and suspense.

Vampires in the Bronx is by no means an innovativeEven with its "satirical" overtones, came out a simple and too ordinary film. The tries (and very cheap) to fit too many cultural themes in order to impose a decent plot, transform in forgets about the things like plot, acting and suspense.

Vampires in the Bronx is by no means an innovative project. It is not known what was the source of such a high critical assessment, but the result is obvious: Netflix once again repeated the idea of "Stranger Things", but the result, some unnecessarily prolonged series of "Tales from the Crypt" comes out that is simple as duck.… Expand

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SirensOfTitan

Oct 15, 2020

This was really poorly executed, and the script felt like it was written by a robot. Gentrifying vampires come to the Bronx and they need to be stopped! I don’t dislike the concept at all, but vampires are so over saturated: all ideas explored here have been explored in many other films adThis was really poorly executed, and the script felt like it was written by a robot. Gentrifying vampires come to the Bronx and they need to be stopped! I don’t dislike the concept at all, but vampires are so over saturated: all ideas explored here have been explored in many other films ad nauseum. And the vampires were such poor antagonists: they essentially stood around while a bunch of 10 year olds made quick work of them, and didn’t anticipate any use of your classical vampire weapons.

Wrapping social issues in other concepts is a really successful in many cases, but movies like this are so lazy so as to drown those issues in a sea of irrelevance. Another dud from Netflix throwing money at the wall hoping something, anything will stick.… Expand

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grapesnacks

Oct 27, 2020

This movie is aiming for the feel of Stranger Things, but it fails. It lacks originality, drama, or any scares. The vampires are pathetic. It feels like the film's makers weren't even trying, they just copied a lot of other movies and then shoved in some 'woke' politics to please the critics.

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