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Overview

User Rating:
6.7/10   9,875 votes
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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
NewsDesk:
(63 articles)
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User Comments:
I watched it 5 times in one week more

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

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Stephen Geoffreys auditioned for Fright Night (1985) while filming Fraternity Vacation (1985). more
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. more
Quotes:
[after Evil Ed fails to listen to Charley's warning]
Charley Brewster: No vampire's gonna want him anyway. Probably give him blood poisoning.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in 976-EVIL (1988) more
Soundtrack:
COME TO ME more

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19 out of 27 people found the following comment useful:-
I watched it 5 times in one week, 9 January 2005
10/10
Author: Anasuya from London, England

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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