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Al Lewis – beloved for his role as Grandpa in THE MUNSTERS television series – delivers “a particularly demented performance” (Scary Minds) as Vernon Cooger, frail old man by day and fanged flyer of the undead at night. But when his visiting grandson discovers Vernon’s dark secret, can they team up to take down a stake-making slimeball? Justin Gocke (GODZILLA 1985) and Noel Appleby (‘Everard Proudfoot’ in THE LORD OF THE RINGS) co-star in this “engagingly silly and anti-authority kids’ movie” (The Hollywood Reporter) – also known as MOONRISE and GRAMPIRE – directed by New Zealand horror pioneer David Blyth (DEATH WARMED UP) and written by Michael Heath (NEXT OF KIN), now scanned in 2K from the original negative under the director’s supervision and loaded with new & vintage Special Features. Special Features: Audio Commentary With Director David Blyth And Screenwriter Michael Heath Grandpa Remembers Grandpa — Interview With Actor Daniel Roebuck My Husband Was A Vampire — Interview With Karen Lewis Moonrise — Original Five-Episode Radio Play Trailer MOONRISE Booklet Disc Specs: Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Audio: English 5.1 / English Stereo Closed Captions Region Free Run time: 94 mins
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My Grandpa Is a Vampire (1992)
95 min
A boy from California goes to visit his grandfather in New Zealand, where he learns that the frail old man is a fanged flier by night.