Fright Night Part 2 (1988)

Charley Brewster and Peter Vincent must face more vampires, out for revenge.

Director:

Tommy Lee Wallace

Writers:

Tom Holland (characters), Tim Metcalfe

Stars:

William Ragsdale, Roddy McDowall, Traci Lind

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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

Storyline

Charley Brewster, the impressionable teenager, reluctantly comes to terms with the freakishly improbable events that scarred his adolescence, convincing himself that the undead creatures of the night were only figments of his imagination. Three years later and after countless sessions of therapy, Charley carefully stays away from his former vampire-slaying companion, Peter Vincent, however, when a motley crew of oddballs led by the cryptic Regine come to town, suddenly, Charley's past creeps up on him to haunt him. Is history repeating itself?

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Plot Keywords:

vampire | sequel | eating an insect | neighbor | femme fatale | 

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Taglines:

The suckers are back.

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 May 1989 (USA)

Also Known As:

Fright Night Part II

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$7,500,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$548,231, 21 May 1989

Gross USA:

$2,983,784

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$2,983,784

Company Credits

Production Co:

Vista Organization

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Acclaimed choreographer Russell Clark portrayed Belle, the mute, androgynous, roller-skating vampire. He was hired not only for the dance sequence with Julie Carmen (Regine), for which they underwent rigorous 8-hour rehearsals, but also to coach his vampire costars to move together fluidly.

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Goofs

At the end when Bozworth (Brian Thompson) gets killed by getting his belly ripped by Belle's (Russel Klark) fingernails you can clearly see that he's a dummy.

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Quotes

Charley Brewster: It was a performance.
Peter Vincent: She cast no reflection!

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Alternate Versions

The Swedish version is cut with about 4 minutes. Scenes excluded are the maggots coming out of one of the vampires stomach, the death of the black vampire is shortened and Regines death is also cut in some places. Furthermore, Richie's death is also shortened to exclude a sequence of him being burned by holy water.

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Connections

Featured in Cinemassacre's Monster Madness: TerrorVision (2012)

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Soundtracks

Dressed In Red
Performed by Leslie Lewis

User Reviews

A Sequel That Works

There are so few sequels that do work, and have something a bit more to say from the original. Fright Night 2 is one of those. It has more to say on the idea of the supernatural in real-life (Charlie's inability to deal with the events of the original movie, Vincent's trying to avoid the whole thing), and gives us a decent follow-up to the original with Dandridge's sister on a revenge kick. There are more nods to Stoker and the original vampire mythology (the reference to wild roses, for instance), and the new vampire's sidekickers are equally as weird as Jonathan Stark's Billy Cole in the original. See it if you can: it doesn't seem to be a movie that shows up very often.