Fright Night Part 2 (1988)

Director:

Tommy Lee Wallace

Writers (WGA):

Tom Holland (characters)
Tim Metcalfe (written by) ...

Release Date:

19 May 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Comedy

Tagline:

Welcome back...

Plot:

Charlie Brewster and Peter Vincent from the original Fright Night must face more vampires out for revenge.

Plot Keywords:

Vampire | Skull | Elevator Shaft | Cult Favorite | Bitten In The Throat

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Roddy McDowall	...	Peter Vincent
William Ragsdale	...	Charley Brewster
Traci Lind	...	Alex (as Traci Lin)
Julie Carmen	...	Regine Dandridge
Jon Gries	...	Louie (as Jonathan Gries)
Russell Clark	...	Belle
Brian Thompson	...	Bozworth
Merritt Butrick	...	Richie
Ernie Sabella	...	Dr. Harrison
Matt Landers	...	Mel
Josh Richman	...	Fritzy
Karen Anders	...	Mrs. Stern
Rochelle Ashana	...	Art Major
Blair Tefkin	...	Bernice
Alexander Folk	...	Sergeant

Also Known As:

Fright Night Part II (USA) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

Finland:K-16 (cut) | Finland:K-18 (uncut) | Iceland:16 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Netherlands:16 | Australia:M | France:-12 | Norway:18 | Singapore:M18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

UCLA, Westwood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

TriStar Pictures

Trivia:

Stephen Geoffreys was offered a role to reprise his 'Evil Ed' character from Fright Night (1985) but turned it down to appear in _9-7-6-EVIL (1988)_.

Quotes:

Regine Dandrige: Let's talk about blood, Mr. Vincent, its very precious to me.

Movie Connections:

Features The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

Soundtrack:

Come To Me

'that was NOT group hypnosis!'

Follow up to the 1985 horror hit isn't quite as good as the original, but is an amusing enough sequel.

Charley Brewster is now in college, when Dandridge's sister rolls into town with her entourage.

Fright Night Part 2 benefits from a well written story that has some of the spirit of the original film and plenty nicely gruesome special FX. Sure, it's not as charismatically done as the first movie, but it's a sequel with big shoes to fill! Director Tommy Lee Wallace does pretty well with giving the movie some style and solid action. The sequel also has a share of dark humor. Brad Fiedel's beautiful rock score is used once again and Deborah Holland does a great cover on the song 'Come to Me'.

Roddy McDowall and William Ragsdale both make welcomed returns as their original characters and come off as the best of the cast. Julie Carmen does make a fairly decent vamp villain though, while Jon Gries, Brian Thompson, and Russell Clark make for some good freak geeks.

Again, it's not the original, but as sequels go it certainly isn't bad either!

*** out of ****