Fright Night

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Miska, Brad (August 17, 2013). "Fresh 'Fright Night 2' Images To Chew On; Final Cover Art Revealed!". Bloody Disgusting! . Retrieved June 6, 2017. a b "Fright Night Retrospective Part Two: How the 80s Damn Near Killed Sequels, Fright Night 2 Underwhelms Everyone and How The Menendez Brothers Destroyed Fright Night 3". August 23, 2011 . Retrieved September 13, 2014.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Marti Noxon gives us a tutorial on how to do horror-comedy right". August 18, 2011 . Retrieved May 23, 2012. On January 20, 2015, Twilight Time re-released the film on Blu-ray as a 30th-Anniversary Edition, limited to 5,000 copies. The Blu-ray has gone out of print and has been a sought-after collector's item. [39] a b "William Ragsdale bio – Fright Night press kit". Archived from the original on October 22, 2009. Billington, Alex (June 24, 2011). "DreamWorks Announces 'Fright Night' Comic-Con Event + Screening". FirstShowing.net . Retrieved December 2, 2011. J. Geils Band – Fright Night Music Video". Youtube . Retrieved September 13, 2014. [ dead YouTube link]

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a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Pirate Commentaries". iconsoffright.com. September 2008 . Retrieved September 13, 2014. a b c d "Choice Cuts: Tom Holland's Fright Night Tour". Youtube. August 9, 2008. Archived from the original on December 22, 2021 . Retrieved September 13, 2014. Burlingame, Russ (October 28, 2020). "Fright Night Director Offers Update on Sequel He's Writing". Comicbook.com. Jonathan Stark was not a fan of vampire films, but he also liked the script. The Billy Cole character was written as a hulking giant, so Stark padded himself with extra clothing when he went in to audition. [8] At auditions, he read the scene in which he is being questioned by the detective, which was written to be played straight. "I'm thinking if I'm sitting there being evil", Stark commented, "the lieutenant's gonna get suspicious. Why not throw him off the trail by being funny?" [8] Holland liked his take on the character, and Stark was told that he had the part – but because he came in to read at the start of the audition process, months passed before filming commenced and Stark worried that he had lost the role. [15] The gap worked to his advantage, however, because it gave him time to hit the gym and bulk up so he would not have to wear padding in the film. [8] Charley Brewster is a teenager living in a suburb of Las Vegas, Nevada, who discovers that a new neighbor has moved in next door. Charley's old best friend, Edward "Evil Ed" Lee, informs him that many students have gone missing, including their other childhood friend, Adam Johnson. When Charley goes home after school, his mother, Jane, introduces him to Jerry Dandrige, their new neighbor. Fed-up and angry with Ed after he claims that Jerry is a vampire, Charley tells him that he is crazy and that he does not want to be friends anymore.

Sarandon was offered a role in the 2011 remake and chose to pass on the torch by doing a cameo as a man who is eaten by Jerry Dandrige. Sarandon pointed out "It's not the original and they didn't set out to make the original", but the cast and crew of the remake "were all huge fans." [16] Farrell had watched the film countless times during his youth, and publicly stated "I heard they were remaking Fright Night and went 'Ah, god, remake! Hollywood, so dull!' And I read the script and really hoped I didn't like it, and I did." [50] Recalled Sarandon of his first encounter with Farrell: "He walked in and he literally was almost shaking, he was so excited at the prospect of meeting his childhood idol. He gave me a beautiful bottle of wine and a DVD set of the Carl Dreyer Vampyr. It was a really graceful and wonderful introduction." [51] a b c d e f g h i j k "Fright Night Reunion Q&A Panel from Days of the Dead". youtube.com. November 25, 2012 . Retrieved September 13, 2014. [ dead YouTube link]

Thomas, Bob (August 30, 1985). " 'Fright Night': A vampire film minus gore: 'Fright Night' stars vampire". Chicago Tribune. p.nM. ScoreKeeper Welcomes Intrada Records' New Release of Brad Fiedel's FRIGHT NIGHT". aintitcool.com . Retrieved September 13, 2014. The crew attempted to achieve the illusion of the cross-scar vanishing from Evil Ed's forehead live on-set, but the effect was a resounding failure. In that predigital age, Edlund's crew was able to alter the film using optical photography to achieve the effect. [21] The Peter Vincent character was named after horror icons Peter Cushing and Vincent Price, and Holland specifically wrote the part for Price, [5] [8] but at this point in his career, Price had been so badly typecast that he had stopped accepting roles in horror movies. [11] Guy McElwaine, then the head of Columbia Pictures, suggested Roddy McDowall for the part. [12] McDowall had already starred in the Holland-penned film Class of 1984, so Holland was immediately receptive to the suggestion. "He understood the part", commented Holland, "and he also understood what he could do with it, and he really wanted it!" [7] McDowall was particularly interested in the genesis of the character. "In the film, I perform as being in my late 20s or early 30s in the film clips of my old movies-all the way up to my 60s, when I'm the washed-up has-been", McDowall adding that the role interested him because, "I'd never played anything that old." [13] Holland and McDowall built a lasting friendship, and McDowall eventually invited Holland to a dinner party where he introduced him to Vincent Price, who was flattered that the part was an homage to him and commented that the film "was wonderful and he thought Roddy did a wonderful job." [5]

A bootleg of Brad Fiedel's score for the film first surfaced in Japan in 2000. [28] In 2011, Intrada Records officially issued the score on CD. [28] [29] Since some of the master tapes had gone missing, some of the music was transferred from lower-quality tapes. [30] The limited-edition 2011 Twilight Time Blu-ray also included the complete isolated score. [28] a b "Fright Night Retrospective Part Three: Crafting the Ultimate 80s Creature Feature with Tom Holland". August 23, 2011 . Retrieved September 13, 2014. a b c d e f g h i j k "Fright Night Exclusive Interview". iconsoffright.com. March 8, 2008 . Retrieved September 13, 2014. Devo's song Let's Talk was included on their 2000 compilation CD Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology. a b c d e Abbie Bernstein (August 1985). "On the Set: Fright Night". Fangoria. O'Quinn Studios, Inc. (47): 32–35.a b c Paul Davids (October 1985). "There Are Vampires Lurking in the Shadows Waiting for Roddy McDowall in Fright Night". Monster Land. New Media Publishing, Inc. (5): 31–35, 39–42. Robert Koehler of Variety writes, Fright Night has "a cleverly balanced mix of scares and laughs". [17] Box office [ edit ] Kindy, Dave (October 30, 2023). "Antique vampire-killing kits sell big at auction. They're mostly fake". The Washington Post . Retrieved October 30, 2023. a b c " 'Fright Night' Actors and Director Discuss Making The Film". youtube.com. September 22, 2008 . Retrieved September 13, 2014. Colin Farrell accidentally disses his 'Fright Night' remake". ew.com . Retrieved September 13, 2014.

Champlin, Charles (March 16, 1985). "Critic At Large: Fangs For Those Memories". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved January 23, 2016. Finke, Nikki (August 21, 2011). " 'Conan', 'Fright Night', 'Spy Kids 4D' Flatline; 'The Help' Needs No Help At No. 1, 'Apes' #2". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved August 31, 2011. During a reunion panel discussion at Monsterpalooza in 2012, the cast of the original film discussed the remake at length. Bearse commented "as a stand-alone horror movie, it was very well done. It didn't lessen the appeal of the original. It was just more of a one-note film." [16] Geoffreys only watched the first 20 minutes and then turned it off. Stark and Ragsdale went to a screening and discovered they "were the only two people" in attendance. [16] Ragsdale liked an early draft of the screenplay, but he was not particularly enamored with the final result and was perplexed that "there was kind of a nastiness to" the Evil Ed character. [16] The discussion dragged on for so long that the audience roared with laughter when Sarandon sarcastically interrupted Ragsdale to declare "I'm sure there are some other questions about the original Fright Night." [16] Stephen Geoffreys Talks Fright Night – INTERVIEW 10/15/12". encyclopediapsychotika.com. October 15, 2012 . Retrieved September 13, 2014.

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Fright Night is a 1985 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Tom Holland (in his directorial debut) and produced by Herb Jaffe. It stars Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Roddy McDowall, Amanda Bearse, Jonathan Stark, Dorothy Fielding, Stephen Geoffreys, and Art Evans. The film follows young Charley Brewster, who discovers that his next-door neighbor Jerry Dandrige is a vampire. When no one believes him, Charley decides to get Peter Vincent, a TV show host who acted in films as a vampire hunter, to stop Jerry's killing spree. A straight-to-video homage sequel titled Fright Night 2: New Blood was filmed in Romania. It stars Will Payne, Jaime Murray, Sean Power, Sacha Parkinson, and Chris Waller. The film was released direct to DVD on October 1, 2013. [18] Though billed as a sequel, the film repeats the plot of the original and remake, with none of the 2011 cast, and no reference is made to events in the previous film (for example, the character of Evil Ed, killed in Fright Night, is alive in the "sequel").