Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Amanda Bearse
Charlie Brewster (William Ragsdale) believes that his next door neighbour Jerry Dandridge (Chris Sarandon) is a vampire. His belief is strengthened when mysterious deaths of girls are reported. When D...( read more
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DVD Release Date: January 19, 1999
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November 9, 2009I've been meaning to watch this for ages and glad I finally got round to it. I always remember the poster for it looking pretty good. Considered a cult classic this is a fun 80's tongue in cheek horror. The make up effects towards the end were pretty good considering it was made ...( read more)
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September 29, 2009The first two thirds of this film are riddled with every clichés in the book and it just seems like a typical bad 80's horror film. Then it gets really good! The werewolf scene and the melting on the stairs are classic moments in horror! It was all a little too late though, 15 re...( read more)
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October 26, 2008Sometime in the 1980's someone decided to make a Hammer horror movie set during the age of Reagan. Fright Night is about a teenager (William Ragsdale) who finds out that his new neighbor (Chris Sarandon) is actually a vampire. He ends up enlisting the help of the over the hill ho...( read more)
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October 28, 2007A funny and interesting vamp movie from the 80's that was not too campy. Chris Sarandon makes a sexy vampire! He is great eye candy for the ladies.
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November 18, 2009More disgusting than scary, this decent little horror combines fright and humour making for a fun and enjoyable time.
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November 13, 2009Not really scary but still a really great movie. Especially if you love vampire movies and the 80's. Which I clearly do.
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October 31, 2009Entertaining horror comedy about a high school kid who has a vampire move in next door. The kid enlists the help of a horror movie actor and local tv host to kill the monster. The film has some interesting performances, like Stephen Geoffreys as Evil Ed, a truly strange and kind ...( read more)
Critic Reviews
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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August 4, 200924 yrs ago... but i cant forget this only horror movie that was so full of fun. ive watched this with my best friend & omg we decided to stay inside the theater and reviewed it thrice because we had so much fun laughing.
so sad to say early this yr i asked my 22-yr old son to look for a dvd or cd because i wanted him to see it with her sisters. too bad its not available anymore. -
December 4, 2008Can't wait for the special editon of fright night to come out next year!
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October 11, 2007Uhhh...Vincent Price is not in this movie, it's Roddy McDowell who played Vampire Killer Peter Vincent. His name is a tribute to Vincent! This is a perfect movie because it's a tribute to the genre and never takes itself too seriously! Honestly, I don't think a remake of this would be as popular and Chris is HOT! Gotta love "Evil"!
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June 19, 2007cheesy? hell no!!!this has some great scenes example-when charlie has to pull a cross on amy and she turns crying "it's not my fault,you promised you'd protect me charlie,"then when she hears him drop it she turns looking like a fanged monstrosity,that's fucken brilliant!
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July 15, 2006A good vampire film.Chris Sarandon does a good job of being the seductive vampire and vincent price is also in this film which is good.Overall a good vampire film with good 80's music.
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