Fright Night (1985)

Directed by

Tom Holland

Genre

fantasy film, comedy horror, teen film, vampire film, thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

R

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1,565 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenager discovers his new neighbor is a vampire. No one believes him so he turns to a washed-up horror movie actor for help.

suspensefulcampyfuneerielightheartednostalgicplayfultense

What happens

Fright Night is a 1985 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Tom Holland, in his directorial debut. The film follows teenager Charley Brewster (played by William Ragsdale), who discovers that his next-door neighbor Jerry Dandrige (Chris Sarandon) is a vampire. When no one believes him, Charley decides to get Peter Vincent (Roddy McDowall), a TV show host who acted in films as a vampire hunter, to stop Jerry's killing spree. The film was released on August 2, 1985, by Columbia Pictures, and grossed $24.9 million at the box office. Since its release, it has received positive reviews from critics and become a cult classic, and spawned the media franchise of the same name. Fright Night was followed by a sequel, Fright Night Part 2, in 1988, and a remake of the same name in 2011. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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