I couldn’t get the humor into it that I wanted to get into it. But it was an interesting experience.” About the final product, he said: "I thought it was a fun little film and it was nice to get a chance to do comedy but i think the script really hampered it". Craven’s longtime collaborator and fellow producer Marianne Maddalena also shared similar thoughts about what went wrong with the movie: “It was just a strange movie. Strange studio movie with Eddie Murphy not wanted to be funny so that’s already was not a good move“ she added: “It was not the most pleasant experience“. In 2023, Bassett received the Montecito Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival and acknowledged her stunt double’s [Sonja Davis] incredible performance, and how she unfortunately lost her life during the film. Film Festival’s executive director, Roger Durling, singled out Vampire in Brooklyn as one of the most underrated movies on her filmography. In an interview with The A.V. Club, John Witherspoon stated Vampire in Brooklyn was "one of my favorite movies. I had the chance to holler and scream." Kadeem Hardison also singled out Vampire in Brooklyn as his "favorite" works: “I had so much fun doing this. This was probably the most fun—I'm Gon Git You Sucka was close. Damon Wayans was my comedy guru. But Ed was some kind of Jesus, he was a god.“ Later Co-writer Chris Parker said: "I don't want to disparage Vampire in Brooklyn. I love it. I’m so glad it happened." Co-writer Michael Lucker is happy about the legacy of the film: "What's strange is as the years go by, no matter where I go, there are people who love this movie and know lines from it. I live in Atlanta, and whenever it comes up with people in the community it's met with such a positive response and wide grins." Later Editor Patrick Lussier said:“There were all sorts of challenges with making that film, including the death of a stunt woman early on in the first week of photography. Her name was Sonia Davis and there was a lot of weight on that film because of it. It was a pretty awful thing and then after that, the combination of Eddie Murphy wanting to make a movie that was completely in the vein of The Serpent and the Rainbow, which is one of Wes's