Fright Night (2011) Movie Blurb by Shale September 7, 2011 This isn’t my usual movie fare, but I am vacationing in St. Peters MO and there is a theater that has early matinees for $5, so that is one of my frequent activities and today I arrived just as this one was showing so went to see if it would scare me. This movie opened on August 19th so those into this kind of movie likely have seen it already. This remake of a 1985 movie of the same name is a teen oriented vampire/horror/comedy – can’t really take it too seriously – and yet there were tense suspenseful moments. I never saw the original movie but by what I read of it, there are the same characters and plot and it is likely dated. This one takes place in the present time, accounting for cell phones, ipads, texting, and ubiquitous videos that don’t show a vampire’s image, replacing mirrors usually used for that. I noticed that the aggregate reviews on Rottentomatoes showed that 75% of both critics and audiences liked it. The movie is 3-D but I saw it in 2-D. It starts with one of those scary scenes of a quiet house except for a terrified teen boy trying to hide from a monster under a bed next to his dead father & mother. The monster we later learn is Jerry Dandrige (Colin Farrell). Monster Lookin’ Good Jerry lives next door to Charley (Anton Yelchin) who is trying to be cool with his girlfriend Amy (Imogen Poots) even tho he was recently a nerd like his friend Ed (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), who alerts him to missing schoolmates and that Jerry is a vampire. Charley & Amy Spying on Jerry Well, no one believes a kid when he tells them his neighbor is a vampire and killing ppl. That is until Jerry gets really hungry and angry that his identity is up and he becomes quite aggressive in getting Amy, Charley and his mother, (Toni Collette) to leave their house (which they would not invite him in). We Believe You Now Charley That’s the set-up. From there are chases where an unkillable monster keeps coming back, vampire bites and turnings and Charley’s resolve to kill Jerry and get Amy back. Vampire Bites are Seductive Aiding him in this is a TV magician, Peter Vincent (David Tennant), supposedly an expert on vampire killing. This was a fun movie, more teen comedy than horror. I enjoyed it.
I enjoyed this movie, especially David Tennant in a post Dr Who role, the wife didn't spot him, LOL. But I have to say I still prefer the original, Roddy McDowall was a legend as Peter Vincent.
I haven't seen it yet, but nice to hear Tennant doing well after the Dr. And I have to say the org. was a fave of mine, Vincent price and his voice lol. I was an odd child as it was one of my fave movies.
I havent seen it,the original was awesome..... I dont like ppl WHO COPY OTHER PPL'S MOVIES!!!! Get off thier ass's and make thier own stuff! (Oh i forgot,nothing good to make anymore so they have no choice but copy SOMETHING GOOD from the past and make it worse)
