Fright Night (2011)

A teenager suspects that his new neighbor is a vampire.

Director:

Craig Gillespie

Writers:

Marti Noxon (screenplay), Tom Holland (story),

Stars:

Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, Toni Collette

4 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Anton Yelchin	...	Charley Brewster
Colin Farrell	...	Jerry
Toni Collette	...	Jane Brewster
David Tennant	...	Peter Vincent
Imogen Poots	...	Amy
Christopher Mintz-Plasse	...	Ed
Dave Franco	...	Mark
Reid Ewing	...	Ben
Will Denton	...	Adam
Sandra Vergara	...	Ginger
Emily Montague	...	Doris
Chris Sarandon	...	Jay Dee
Grace Phipps	...	Bee
Chelsea Tavares	...	Cara
Lisa Loeb	...	Victoria

Storyline

A remake of the 1985 original, teenager Charley Brewster (Yelchin) guesses that his new neighbor Jerry Dandrige (Farrell) is a vampire responsible for a string of recent deaths. When no one he knows believes him, he enlists Peter Vincent (Tennant), a self proclaimed vampire killer and Las Vegas magician, to help him take down Jerry.

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Plot Keywords:

vampire | neighbor | remake | teenager | magician | 

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Taglines:

You can't run from evil when it lives next door.

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for bloody horror violence, and language including some sexual references

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook [fr] Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 August 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Noche de miedo

Filming Locations:

Hard Rock Hotel and Casino - 4455 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$30,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$8,114,388 (USA) (19 August 2011)

Gross:

$18,298,649 (USA) (4 November 2011)

Company Credits

Production Co:

DreamWorks SKG, Gaeta / Rosenzweig Films, Michael De Luca Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS (as Datasat Digital Sound) SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The second movie where Christopher Mintz-Plasse jumps down from a height and hurts his leg, the first being Kick-Ass.

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Goofs

Charley's motorcycle is a Honda "XL250S" which is a four stroke, but the engine we hear is a two stroke.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Announcer: Defy reason. Defy everything you know. A mind blowing experience of the occult and supernatural. Peter Vincent. A magical tour de force. Peter Vincent. Welcome to Fright Night. Onstage at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

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Connections

Remake of Fright Night (1985)

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Soundtracks

"Pursuit of Happiness (Nightmare)"
Written by Kid Cudi & Ratatat
Performed by Kid Cudi feat. MGMT & Ratatat
Produced by Ratatat
Courtesy of Universal Motown Records
under licence from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

Poor remake lacks the "bite" of the original...CGI is at its worst...

FRIGHT NIGHT has two saving graces: Anton Yelchin, who plays Charlie Brewster with the right mix of humor and a good grip on his character, and David Tennant who plays the TV vampire destroyer with a good deal of cultivated arrogance and outlandish attitudes.

Beyond these performances, the rest of the film is only mildly successful in the casting. Colin Farrell is a disappointment in the role that Chris Sarandon played to perfection as the original "vampire next door" type with a lot more sexual heat than Colin exhibits in an underplayed style. And even back in 1985, the special effects were a lot more horrifying than those employed here which represent CGI at its worst.

But most of all, the entire script has made drastic changes in the story that "for better or worse" are strictly for the worse. Fans of the original film will hardly recognize what has been done to the story, much less the characters.

However, Toni Collette as Brewster's mother and Imogen Poots as his pretty girl friend are excellent, given what material they have to work with, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse gets some comic relief from the Evil Ed character that he becomes after "the bite." In this case, his Evil Ed is much less effective than the one in the original film.

So many of the key scenes are played in virtual darkness, making it impossible to see what is actually going on at important moments in the action sequences. This is way below standard for a horror film that is supposed to be scaring the audience realistically.

Summing up: A waste of time and money. See the original and you'll understand why I lack enthusiasm for this remake which attempts to be stylish and cool and full of rough language.