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Fright Night (1985) -- Sixteen-year-old Charley Brewster tries to convince everyone that his next door neighbor is a vampire who is responsible for a series of unexplained murders. He finally wins the support of a TV horror-show host and, together, they track down the killer.

Overview

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Director:
Tom Holland
Writer:
Tom Holland (written by)
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Release Date:
2 August 1985 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Horror | Thriller more
Tagline:
There are some very good reasons to be afraid...of the dark. more
Plot:
When a teenager learns that his next door neighbour is a vampire, no one will believe him. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
5 wins & 4 nominations more
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(93 articles)
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 (From Fangoria. 8 November 2009, 10:40 PM, PST)

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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Chris Sarandon ... Jerry Dandrige

William Ragsdale ... Charley Brewster
Amanda Bearse ... Amy Peterson

Roddy McDowall ... Peter Vincent
Stephen Geoffreys ... 'Evil' Ed Thompson
Jonathan Stark ... Billy Cole
Dorothy Fielding ... Judy Brewster
Art Evans ... Detective Lennox (as Art J. Evans)
Stewart Stern ... Cook
Nick Savage ... Bouncer #1
Ernie Holmes ... Bouncer #2
Heidi Sorenson ... Hooker
Irina Irvine ... Teenage Girl
Bob Corff ... Jonathan (as Robert Corff)
Pamela Brown ... Miss Nina
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Additional Details

Runtime:
106 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby

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Trivia:
While directing actors, Tom Holland accidentally broke a bat creature, which was fixed and then filmed. more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In the opening scene on the television, when Peter Vincent announces his name and goes to impale the vampire with a wooden stake and mallet, his stake is backwards as he rushes in. more
Quotes:
Charley Brewster: [after getting fooled by Evil Ed in the alley] You're gonna get yours someday.
Evil Ed: Oh, yeah. When? When I'm bit by a vampire? There are no such things as vampires, fruitcake!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Perfect Strangers: Fright Night (#7.6)" (1991) more
Soundtrack:
GIVE IT UP more

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10 out of 16 people found the following comment useful.
Fun Night..., 12 February 2004
Author: MovieAddict2009 from UK

Fright Night

Enjoyable horror film about a young kid who thinks his next door neighbor (Chris Sarandon) is a blood-thirsty vampire, so he enlists the help of a TV vampire expert to help him exploit his neighbor's dirty little secret. Scary, fun, and surprisingly witty and self-referential in the vein of self-aware comedy-horrors such as "Scream," this nice piece of motion picture is bloody, sensual, and often times quite funny. Good special effects for the time.

*** 1/2 / *****

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