Fright Night 2 (2013)

By day Gerri Dandridge is a sexy professor, but by night she transforms into a real-life vampire with an unquenchable thirst for human blood. So when a group of high school students travel ... See full summary »

Director:

Eduardo Rodriguez

Writer:

Matt Venne

Stars:

Will Payne, Jaime Murray, Sean Power

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Will Payne	...	Charley Brewster
Jaime Murray	...	Gerri Dandridge
Sean Power	...	Peter Vincent
Sacha Parkinson	...	Amy Peterson
Chris Waller	...	'Evil' Ed Bates
John-Christian Bateman	...	Chaperone
Liana Margineanu	...	Old Lady
Alina Minzu	...	Shayla Sunshine (as Aaliyah)
Adi Hostiuc	...	Dragomir
Joelle Coutinho	...	French Girl
Ada Gales	...	Hostel Clerk
Constantin Barbulescu	...	Inspector Constantin
Catalin Banghea	...	Tagger
Calin Andrei Razvan	...	Huffer
Marius Chivu	...	Fright Night Grip

Storyline

By day Gerri Dandridge is a sexy professor, but by night she transforms into a real-life vampire with an unquenchable thirst for human blood. So when a group of high school students travel abroad to study in Romania, they find themselves ensnared in Gerri's chilling web of lust and terror. Charley and "Evil" Ed must stop Gerri from drinking and bathing in the blood of a "new moon virgin," which just so happens to be Charley's ex-girlfriend, Amy. They enlist help from Peter Vincent, the vampire hunting host of a reality show called "Fright Night," to drive a stake through Gerri's plan and save Amy from a fate far worse than death.

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Plot Keywords:

bathory | murder of a nude woman | female nudity | nudity | usa horror host | 

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Taglines:

New blood.

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for bloody violence, sexuality/nudity and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 October 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Fright Night II

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gaeta / Rosenzweig Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min (Unrated Edition)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The Peter Vincent character was modeled after Bear Grylls.

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Goofs

Charley and Amy are chased by Elizabeth through the subway labyrinths during night. Seconds later the daylight coming from a window hurts Elizabeth, giving them time to run, but outside it's night again.

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Quotes

Gerri Dandridge: Hey kids, did Charley tell you everything he saw in my apartment last night?

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Alternate Versions

The 100 minute Unrated Version includes five shots of explicit nudity and gore (totaling 31.44 seconds) during the death of the Romanian girl in Gerri's lair which were removed from the 99 minute R-rated version.

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Connections

Follows Fright Night (2011)

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Soundtracks

American Hookers
By Todd Johnson and Jessica Leschow
Performed by Gram Rabbit

User Reviews

Murray is great but it's the epitome of an 80s horror sequel

American students on a visit to Romania get more than they bargained for when they encounter a female vampire on which the legends are really based and call on help from Peter Vincent, a monster hunting reality star.

Despite a critical and fan black lash the 2011 Fright Night remake it was surprisingly entertaining enough. Fright Night 2 - New Blood starts well enough with its explosive and Paranormal Activity-esqe opening where an unseen vampire (on camera) assailant murders its victim. From pole dancing clubs to underground stations story wise with elements reminiscent of the fictionalised version of the real Elizabeth Báthory, this instalment may have fared better as a standalone vampire film.

Following a gratuitous Jamie Murray moment as Gerri Dandridge (and others littered throughout) we're introduced to a handful of stereotype characters, and a recast Peter Vincent (Sean Power) on his Most Haunted, Ghost Hunters, Faked or Fact-like programme which coincidently is being filmed in Romania. Aside from characters names it shares very little, if anything as a sequel to Fright Night the remake or the originals.

Writer Matt Venne serves up a sequel in the vein of a 80s horror cash-in follow-ups, it's a rehash/retelling of the same story, the overarching concept with a different backdrop. It features a nice touch where the antagonist uses bat like sonar to locate the leads. There's a few one liners, even a borrowed line from 'Happy Days' Fonz.

With a fitting soundtrack, a horned eerie score and some good blood and makeup effects it mainly benefits from Murray's natural allure and performance. To director Eduardo Rodriguez credit it has some great Gothic settings and locations and some novel camera work - other than that think a hybrid execution of it predecessor, the Subspecies series and American Werewolf in Paris. Aside from being more graphic it presents what the likes of Teen Wolf the TV series, True Blood, Vampire Diaries and Grimm to name a few offer.

What it lacks in originality, epitomizing all the trappings of a horror sequel it makes up for with its Hammer looking settings, violent and bloody soaked fun setups and surprising production values given its direct to video debut. Murray fans will be pleased.