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Summary: outstanding
Review: I saw this movie when it first came out and loved it. After seeing it again recently it still held up. I would highly recommend this film to anyone who enjoys a good, fun horror flick.
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Summary: exciting events of teenagers and vampires
Review: I loved the movie because it had the "boy next door" thrown into a series of events where he not only has to prove that a vampire, who just moved next door to him, exists but has to use all his teenage ingenuity to stop the vampire(s) from converting his friends into gouls. Roddy Mcdowell is a great contrast to the teenage scene as a washed up actor turned vampire killer who with his english accent ads a great flavor to the movie. The movie is filled with real exotic scenes of sex and night music that every teenager dreams of!. watch it
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Summary: Not master filmaking, but a damn funny look at the 80s.
Review: This movie does not have a lot of what I would call artistic merit, but it sure is a lot of fun if you want to look back at the 80s and laugh at the rigid social ideals, or just make fun of fashion and hair styles. Chris Sarandon does a beautiful job being both sexy and repulsive as Jerry Dandridge, the vampire, and Roddy McDowall plays the role of Peter Vincent (screen hero but real life coward based on Peter Cushing and Vincent Price) with a great poise and sympathy. However, my favorite character is "Evil" Ed (Stephen Geoffreys). It is a flashy supporting role menat to stand out, butthe reason that I love it is for all the subtextual reasons that don't stand out until you look for them. Watch it for yourself to see what I mean.
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Summary: the best horror movie
Review: this is no doubt the best horror during the eighties. i watch quite a lot of horror movies due to the fact that they are my favourite kind of movie. Although i watch horror movies they never seem to scare me but "fright night" has been the 1 and onli that has scared me. It is a brilliant film to watch. Hope u have the same pleasure as i did
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Summary: Sleeper cult classic
Review: As of this writing, there are over 105 reviews, and easily more than half of them have given this film five stars. That says a lot about this completely enjoyable, suspenseful nugget of mind candy. Roddy McDowell turns a splendid tongue-in-cheek performance as a horror movie t.v. emcee who is way beyond his prime, and is now enlisted by a couple of teens to fight real a vampire. Chris Sarandon as the vampire, Jerry, does a terrific job as a super-smug bloodsucker.Much of the plot is nothing new: teens discover mayhem; adults don't believe teens; teens begin to endure in-fighting; the mayhem grows more menacing; teenage girl falls victim to mayhem; unlikely courage and heroes emerge to save the girl and the town. But that doesn't matter. The true strength of this film is its ability to draw from these conventions and make it turn and twist on themselves. And the humor that's drawn out keeps the pace lively while setting you up for more horror. This same formula worked for another relatively unknown film, "Return of the Living Dead." FRIGHT NIGHT will guarantee you a fun night! Give it a view!
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Summary: A great vampire tale
Review: "Fright Night" is a very fun, frightening tale about a boy, Charlie Brewster, played by William Ragsdale.
(Remember, Herman's Head on Fox?) His girlfriend, Amy, who he has been pressuring into having sex, is played by Amanda Bearse, who is probably best known as the annoying neighbor, Marcy, from Married with Children. Suddenly Charlie is more interested in learning who his new neighbor is and not so interested in Amy.
Stephen Geoffreys plays Evil Ed, with his annoying voice and his nerdy looks, he pretty much steals alot of the show with his antics.
My favorite in this movie has to be Chris Sarandon, who plays Jerry Dandridge. He is the vampire, and he is very sexy. A perfect choice for the role. I also thought Roddy MacDowell was very good as the fearless vampire killer, in movies, but when it comes to real life he doesn't seem to have much faith.
The story unravels as Charlie learns that Jerry is in fact and vampire. He is trying to convince his friends that there is a vampire living next door. and Roddy Macdowell enters when the friends are trying to convince Charlie that vampires don't exist.
This movie works for me..it's fun to watch, and the special effects are decent. The acting is by far much better than it is in most horror movies.
If you like vampire movies and a bit of comedy mixed in, this is a good choice.
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Summary: Classic from the 80's
Review: One of the few mainstream horror films from the 80's that is still great to this day is the original Fright Night. Helmed by Tom Holland (who would go on to direct the original Child's Play), Fright Night contains all the familiar elements and conventions of the vampire film genre, but thanks to Holland's energetic direction, great cast work, and some great (mostly) makeup effects, Fright Night succeeds where most others fail, and is a fun horror classic. William Ragsdale stars as Charley, a horror loving teen who suspects his new neighbor (Chris Sarandon) is a vampire. Soon enough, Charley's suspicians prove true, and with the help of an eccentric B-horror movie actor (Roddy McDowell), he sets out to stop the powerful vamp as his family, friends, and girlfriend (Married...With Children's Amanda Bearse) are threatened. With tried but true conventions and everything else mentioned above, Fright Night may not be the best vampire movie you'll ever see, but it's certainly one of the most fun.
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Summary: Great Vampire Film!
Review: This movie featuring Roddy McDowell has some fine spooky elements to it, although there is some comedy to go along with it as well. The acting is pretty strong and it is one of the better vampire films around. Chris Sarandon does a great job as the vampire as does Roddy McDowell as the vampire killer.
Buy it!!!
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Summary: One of those classic vampire flicks - 80's style
Review: Yeah, it's cheesy in some places, campy in others, but, in all, it's a movie you find yourself enjoying more every time you watch it.
And I thought I was the only one who thought Chris Sarandon was extra hot here. If vampires look like him, I'm a willing victim! :-) (Tom Cruise, eat your heart out!)
Other reviews give a detailed analysis of the plot so no need to rehash it here. If you're looking for a good and enjoyable vampire flick 1980's style (complete with the spiky hair and cheesy club music), this is the movie for you.
I just can't believe it's been nearly 20 years since the film's release. But, even after all that time, it's still got it.
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Summary: 80s Campy "Chick Horror" Flick
Review: Fright Night has all the classic and yes, cliched elements one expects and wants in a tongue-in-cheek, teen/camp or chick horror flick. It's fun, stylish, has a handsome vamp, heros who keeps trying when the chips are down, and a heroine who has to decide who and what are important to her life.
Roddy McDowall plays aging actor Peter Vincent (Vincent Price allusion no doubt) who starred in countless horror films as a Vampire Slayer who now hosts Fright Night, a horror movie hour on the local network that could easily have been USA in the 80s or an local yokel station. All his films come to life for him in sickening reality when he is called upon by the teenager Charlie Brewster, an avid fan of the Fright Night show for help in dispatching the vampire next door.
The vampire next door, Jerry Dandridge is played with fun melodramatic flair by Chris Sarandon,(who was in that other memorable Holland film, Child's Play) best remembered for his other evil role as Prince Humperdink in the Princess Bride. Dandridge also has a creepy and edgy sociopathic henchman who manages to be scary than him at times. There is an undercurrent of the serial-killer duo between them mixed with a metrosexual edge that leaves you wondering, if you're a chick, why does Dandridge pick beautiful women to kill if he loves and or appreciates them? Guess what?
This film does an uncliched legend blaster when it shows that the vampire is a disgusting and revolting. A vampire doesn't love you -- he needs you -- and thus another part of the vamp mystique is exposed to harsh sunlight.
His hideous transformation starts out with long feminine nails as he shape shifts into a ghastly blood-sucker with a mouth truly like a bat from hell.
Charlie puts two and two together when call-girls Dandridge orders show up decapitated on the news.
Of course, Charlie has problems without a vampire or his weird henchman living next door: His girlfriend Amy (Amanda Bearse) has decided she's not ready to lose her virginity, right before Dandridge moves in. Charlie's mom is single. Soon, Charlie's mom invites vamp-o in to their home, and Charlie knows his days are numbered. It's a classic case of invasion, and too many changes for Charlie, psychologically. What I find most interesting is how Dandridge doesn't want to kill Charlie if only he'll keep his mouth shut. In fact, Dandridge shows odd compassion throughout the film, making his character more complex and vulnerable. This vulnerability shows through the most when he is with Amy. I don't really know any other vamps who've offered a chance to walk away, but once again it touches on a malevolent vein of serial killer fraternity. After all, Dandridge had let Charlie watch as he seduced one of the call girls up to the point he began to change.
At the same time, Amy begins re-thinking her choices because she thinks Charlie's acting strange since she wouldn't have sex with him. In an effort to win back his love, she pays Peter Vincent to fake a holy water test on Dandridge hoping this will get Charlie to leave Dandridge alone. Unfortunately, this is when Dandridge meets Amy. Amy is immediately drawn to Dandridge, more so then the usual victim, and we find out why. She is the likeness of someone he knew centuries ago.
In irony, she gives to Dandridge what she would not to Charlie . Then again, perhaps it is not so ironic. With the vampire she will have forever, but as she and Charlie are just teenagers there is no security with him. The scene of seduction between Dandridge and Amy shows that it is Amy's choice in the end.
The first time I watched this film I was a pre-teen, and took it very seriously and now that I'm an adult it is sheer fun.
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