As Miguel (Jaden Michael) travels around the Bronx posting flyers for his block party to save the local bodega he notices the prevalence of two other types of poster. Numerous missing persons and many buildings acquired by Murnau Properties. He might not know it yet, but he and his friends are going to need to save more than just the local bodega.

Vampires Vs. The Bronx is a snack of a film. It’s quick, its enjoyable but it will leave you feeling a little empty and needing more. The set up is neat, the gentrification of The Bronx is being sped up by the purchases made by the Murnau Property company which in turn has led to the local corner shop‘s rent rising which has spurred Miguel to try to bring the community together to save it. He and his two friends Bobby (Gerald Jones III) and Luis (Gregory Diaz IV) stumble upon the fact that the Murnau company are actually a coven of vampires trying to set up home in a place where no one cares if you go missing and attempt to save the day. The whole film is a brisk 85 minutes, is relatively fun with the occasional belly laugh, light on horror and perfectly fine. But somehow still does not feel like it quite lives up to the promise of the premise. Something that Attack The Block, another film that it greatly reminded me of does.

I am sure many of you will already be screaming at me to point out that Murnau is the name of F.W. Murnau, the director of one of the most famous vampire films ever created, Nosferatu. And I can also happily point out that the film has a lot of fun with Blade as an instructional video for the boys. There are some great little cameos as well. Zoe Saldana and Method Man both appear whilst Shea Whigham has a great role as the vampires familiar. Although with the exception of Sarah Gadon the vampires make little mark on proceedings.

Streaming on Netflix now this will make a great appetiser for the start of your Halloween viewing.