Plot
A teenager suspects that his new neighbor is a vampire.
Release Year: 2011
Rating: 6.5/10 (30,420 voted)
Critic's Score: 64/100
Director:
Craig Gillespie
Stars: Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, David Tennant
Storyline A remake of the 1985 original, teenager Charley Brewster (Yelchin) guesses that his new neighbor Jerry Dandrige (Farrell) is a vampire responsible for a string of recent deaths. When no one he knows believes him, he enlists Peter Vincent (Tennant), a self proclaimed vampire killer and Las Vegas magician, to help him take down Jerry.
Writers: Marti Noxon, Tom Holland
Cast: Anton Yelchin
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Charley Brewster
Colin Farrell
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Jerry Danridge
Toni Collette
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Jane Brewster
David Tennant
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Peter Vincent
Imogen Poots
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Amy
Christopher Mintz-Plasse
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Evil Ed Thompson
Dave Franco
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Mark
Reid Ewing
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Ben
Will Denton
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Adam
Sandra Vergara
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Ginger
Emily Montague
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Doris
Chris Sarandon
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Jay Dee
Grace Phipps
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Bee
Chelsea Tavares
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Cara
Lisa Loeb
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Victoria
Taglines:
You can't run from evil when it lives next door.
Filming Locations: Hard Rock Hotel and Casino - 4455 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Box Office Details
Budget: $30,000,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend: $8,114,388
(USA)
(21 August 2011)
(3114 Screens)
Gross: $18,298,649
(USA)
(6 November 2011)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
The props department snuck many Doctor Who references into the Peter Vincent apartment set (for example, Gallifreyen writing - the Doctor's native language - on certain items), as a homage to actor David Tennant, who was playing Peter Vincent and previously played The Doctor. The majority of these references are not visible to the audience.
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized:
When "Jerry" tries starts the motorcycle outside the house to chase the fleeing car... The motorcycle is a Honda "XL250S" Engine which is a four stroke but it sounds like a "TWO STROKE".
Quotes:
[first lines]
Announcer:
Defy reason. Defy everything you know. A mind blowing experience of the occult and supernatural. Peter Vincent. A magical tour de force. Peter Vincent. Welcome to Fright Night. Onstage at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
User Review
Damn good vampire fun.....
Rating: 7/10
Can a horror remake actually be a good for a change? I mean, how many
classic horror flicks does Hollywood have to crap on until they finally
give up? "Texas Chainsaw Massacre", "Amityville Horror", "Nightmare on
Elm St.", "Friday the 13th", "House of Wax".......all of these films
are examples of why i sometimes HATE Hollywood.
Finally......a horror remake that's WORTH seeing. I must admit, i had
some pretty low expectations walking into this, and it did way more
than prove me wrong. Initially i thought they were going to make this a
straight 'B' movie by incorporating tons of humor with their gore,
which would have been fine with me, seeing that i love the genre'. But
this movie was more fun than funny. Don't get me wrong, there are some
sequences that are funny, but it had more of that 'drive-in' appeal to
it's horror. And i loved every bit of it.
It's story is pretty basic, and somewhat cliché'. I mean come on, a
vampire living next door. But the weird thing is, it didn't come off as
cliché'. And i think the biggest contribution to that was the pace of
the film. Once you get past the first 10 to 15 minutes of the film,
which are kind of dull, the movie quickly begins to morph into a fast
paced gore fest. And now looking back on it......if it were not rated
R, then this movie would have been stupid, and it would've fit in with
every other crummy horror remake.
But the aspect that i appreciated the most was the writing. For once,
they didn't alter any rules to make their film different. They stuck
with what already works, and left it up to the actors to make these
vampire rules entertaining. And Collin Farrell did just that.
Bottom Line.....Of all the horror movies that come out this year, this
will probably be the one you will have the most fun at. It's funny,
it's somewhat scary, but most of all, it's pretty damn entertaining.
It's one of those movies i would've loved to of seen at the drive-in.
If your tired of all this 'Twilight' crap, which they happen to mention
in the movie itself, then this is really a breathe of fresh air to all
the TRUE vampire fans.
Plot
When a teenager learns that his next door neighbour is a vampire, no one will believe him.
Release Year: 1985
Rating: 6.9/10 (20,067 voted)
Director:
Tom Holland
Stars: Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Amanda Bearse
Storyline For young Charlie Brewster, nothing could be better than an old horror movie late at night. Two men move in next door, and for Charlie with his horror movie experience, there can be no doubt that their strange behavior is explained by the fact that they are a vampire and his undead day guardian. The only one who can help him hunt them down is a washed-up actor, Peter Vincent, who hosts Charlie's favorite TV show, Fright Night. Vincent doesn't really believe that vampires exist, but does it for the money...
Cast: Chris Sarandon
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Jerry Dandrige
William Ragsdale
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Charley Brewster
Amanda Bearse
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Amy Peterson
Roddy McDowall
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Peter Vincent
Stephen Geoffreys
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Evil Ed
Jonathan Stark
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Billy Cole
Dorothy Fielding
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Judy Brewster
Art Evans
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Detective Lennox
(as Art J. Evans)
Stewart Stern
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Cook
Nick Savage
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Bouncer #1
Ernie Holmes
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Bouncer #2
Heidi Sorenson
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Hooker
Irina Irvine
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Teenage Girl
Bob Corff
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Jonathan
(as Robert Corff)
Pamela Brown
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Miss Nina
Taglines:
There are good reasons to be afraid of the dark.
Release Date: 2 August 1985
Filming Locations: Laird International Studio - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
Box Office Details
Budget: $9,000,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend: $6,118,543
(USA)
(4 August 1985)
(1542 Screens)
Gross: $24,922,237
(USA)
(22 September 1985)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia: Roddy McDowall doesn't appear in the flesh until 34 minutes into the film.
Goofs:
Continuity:
When the Jerry Dandridge bat-creature is attacking Peter Vincent it scratches the left side of his face. When Charlie Brewster pulls the bat off him, the scratches are gone.
Quotes: Peter Vincent:
I have just been fired because nobody wants to see vampire killers anymore, or vampires either. Apparently all they want to see are demented madmen running around in ski-masks, hacking up young virgins.
User Review
I watched it 5 times in one week
Rating: 10/10
I would consider myself a film fan with somewhat intellectual
preferences and I have a passion for European art house pretentious
stuff, so when Fright Night was recommended to me I dismissed it in a
snobby "80s special effects vampire horror movie? A title that rhymes?
No, thank you!" kind of way.
HOWEVER, I have a feeling it may be the single best film I have ever
seen, of any genre or time period. It has a witty script, fabulous
special effects and some of the best acting I have seen, particularly
Evil Ed later on in the film. There are moments of suspense, hilarity,
tenderness (for example with Peter Vincent and the dying wolf) and
believable every day life. This film didn't actually scare me but it
did make me laugh very very hard.
A special mention must be made of Chris Sarandon as I think his
performance really stood out. Evil is not as easy to portray in stories
as people think, but Sarandon does the most believable evilness I think
I have ever seen, coupled irresistibly with the sexiest seduction scene
ever (is it wrong that I wanted him to win in the end because he was so
gorgeous?). If vampires really did exist, I think they would be exactly
like Jerry Dandridge, except maybe without the same scary 80s vampire
mask and claws.
My advice is SEE THIS FILM, and don't have any preconceptions about it.
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