Uploaded March 2013 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Anton Bohnsack, an ordinary 9-year-old boy, loves horror stories, especially about vampires. One evening, he suddenly finds a real vampire sitting on his windowsill who is out for a snack, but when they discover a common ground in their love for vampire stories, they quickly become friends. In time, Anton learns that his visitor, who goes by the name of Rüdiger, is actually part of an entire vampire clan, the Schlottersteins, who reside in a hidden crypt in an old part of the local cemetery. Little by little, Anton gets to know others of Rüdiger's family members, especially his younger sister Anna and his older, moody brother Lumpi.
Anton undertakes frequent nightly "trips" with his unusual friends, particularly Rüdiger and Anna, with the help of a vampire cape borrowed to Anton. However, these trips also prove perilous at times as Anton has to both hide his presence (and his friendship to Rüdiger) from hostile vampires, his own parents, and the fanatical vampire hunter Geiermeier, the cemetery's caretaker and the most bitter enemy of the Schlottersteins.
Anton Bohnsack, an ordinary 9-year-old boy, loves horror stories, especially about vampires. One evening, he suddenly finds a real vampire sitting on his windowsill who is out for a snack, but when they discover a common ground in their love for vampire stories, they quickly become friends. In time, Anton learns that his visitor, who goes by the name of Rüdiger, is actually part of an entire vampire clan, the Schlottersteins, who reside in a hidden crypt in an old part of the local cemetery. Little by little, Anton gets to know others of Rüdiger's family members, especially his younger sister Anna and his older, moody brother Lumpi.
Anton undertakes frequent nightly "trips" with his unusual friends, particularly Rüdiger and Anna, with the help of a vampire cape borrowed to Anton. However, these trips also prove perilous at times as Anton has to both hide his presence (and his friendship to Rüdiger) from hostile vampires, his own parents, and the fanatical vampire hunter Geiermeier, the cemetery's caretaker and the most bitter enemy of the Schlottersteins.
