The already-ageless Angela Bassett plays a halfling vamp in the cult classic Vampire in Brooklyn, directed by Wes Craven and written by Eddie Murphy, the late Charles Q. Murphy (his brother), and Michael Lucker. Max finally gets a date with Rita "No copyright infringement intended.All materials used property of their respective owners." A ship sails into Brooklyn with all its crew dead. Redeemed villainess Rita Veder. R. Comedy. Romance. Justice saves Rita "No copyright infringement intended.All materials used property of their respective owners." Maximillian, the lone survivor of a race of vampires, comes to Brooklyn in search of a way to live past the next full moon. The woman was Angela Bassett as Detective Rita Veder. Perhaps because it was out of his wheelhouse like The Golden Child. VAMPIRE IN BROOKLYN DESCRIPTION Maximillian is the only survivor from a race of vampires on a Caribbean Island, and as a vampire, he must find a mate to keep the line from ending. 1 hr 42 min. Directed by Wes Craven. Rita Veder (Angela Bassett) is the main female protagonist and redeemed villainess from 1995's cult horror comedy, Vampire in Brooklyn.. Backstory. The vampire is looking for a specific woman - half-human, half-vampire. So we all agree that Rita should have been single at the end, right? Rita Veder's backstory revealed that she is a dhampir--half human, half vampire. In this one he does a fair job as a Caribbean vampire in Brooklyn who searches, and finds, the half vampire female cop named Rita (Angela Bassett) to breed with. Allen Payne. Perhaps because it was out of his wheelhouse like The Golden Child. STARRING. The story has Murphy as a vampire from the Caribbean coming to Brooklyn seeking a woman who was a vampire but didn’t know it who he needed to sustain his life. But something gets off and the killing continues on land. The movie is a combination of comedy and horror. The 25th anniversary of a film always beckons the question: did it age well? With Eddie Murphy, Angela Bassett, Allen Payne, Kadeem Hardison. His ticket to survival is Rita, a NYPD detective who doesn’t know she’s half vampire — and Maximillian will do whatever’s necessary to put her under his spell. The wolf is the vampire Maximilian [Eddie Murphy], the sole survivor of the massacre of a tribe of vampires living on an island in the Bermuda Triangle. Eddie Murphy. Rita's the cop detective investigating the many killings. Vampire in Brooklyn is a 1995 horror/comedy film directed by Wes Craven.. Eddie Murphy (who also co-wrote the film) stars as Maximillian, a vampire from Jamaica who is the Last of His Kind.He has come to Brooklyn to seek out Rita Veder (Angela Bassett), the only known Half Vampire in America, and teach her who she is.She just happens to be a police detective. Maximillian attempts to romance Rita, a detective investigating a baffling murder, but soon suspects he may be a vampire and connected to her case. The woman was Angela Bassett as Detective Rita Veder. Horror. Angela Bassett. The story has Murphy as a vampire from the Caribbean coming to Brooklyn seeking a woman who was a vampire but didn’t know it who he needed to sustain his life. Wes Craven. Max has come to Brooklyn to find Rita Veder [Angela Bassett], the half-vampire daughter born to a human and a vampire from his tribe. DIRECTOR. The movie is a combination of comedy and horror. He knows that a child had been born to a woman who had a vampire father, and he searches for her in Brooklyn.