Dark movie may frighten some kids.

Vampire cows provide comic relief and many of the scares in this respectfully dark yet optimistic story about a lonely child who befriends a vampire.

Much of the film's success is down to the costume design, the novel SFX and the mildly foreboding atmosphere of the mist enshrouded Scottish countryside.

The Little Vampire is hardly a children's classic, and it will doubtlessly be more at home after it hits the video shelves.