Colin farrell and anton yelchin star in this new hollywood film. Tags columns, gemma files, john brhel, my first fright. The film follows young charley brewster, who discovers that his nextdoor neighbor jerry dandrige is a vampire. Eventually, jose menendezwhom roddy mcdowall referred to as the worst human being he had ever metacquired the rights to fright night. Stay in touch with fright night files next episode air date and your favorite tv shows. Colin farrell seems incapable of giving a bad performance, and proves it again in this tongueincheek reboot of the twoflick 1980s fright night franchise. The fright night files tv movie 2014 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Fright night is a 1985 american horror film written and directed by tom holland in his directorial debut, and produced by herb jaffe.
Almost three years ago to the day hollywood lost one of its brightest stars in actor anton yelchin, who died at age 27. The film is slightly more tongue in cheek than the original, and is gorier, which ruins the tone of the film a bit. Fright night completely and utterly lacks in tone and atmosphere and just feels cold and sterile. Odd forces upset three women in this tripartite episode film about victims plagued by the supernatural. He and holland had an immediate rapport and went on to make several more films together, and sarandon was awed that holland had the film so completely. Fright night a remake of a fondly remembered bloodybuddy pic from 1985, fright night sprays its plentiful supply of shocks and chuckles in all directions. Mcdowall and holland were set to meet with menendez regarding the possibility of a. As part of the climax, peter vincent shoots billy in the head and several other places, but billy doesnt stop until charlie stakes him in the heart which causes billy to melt, turn to sand and then explode.
The fright night files tv movie 2014 the fright night. In night gallery, the 1969 film that served as a pilot for the anthology tv series of the same name, theres a segment titled the cemetery that will forever haunt me. This halloween, tv one will treat viewers to an anthology of three short films of deadly romance with the premiere of the fright night files airing october 18, 2014 at 8. I am a huge fright night 1985 fan, i love it and fright night 2 1988, so when they remade fright. This isnt a sequel, its another remake and this is how the first one should have been done. Fright night part 2 was released in 1989, despite the studios initial rush to put a followup into production based on test audiences responses to the original. The fright night files is a trio of short horror films.
Tom holland has faith that his fright night iii novel will. Top 10 scenes from fright night one of my favorite vampire movies of all time is fright night because it was edgy, funny and pretty gory. Robin givens to star in tv one movie mamas boy exclusive. Go behind the scenes with davetta sherwood fright night files. The actor of such films as the new star trek movies, fright night, charlie bartlett, green room and more was found dead on june 19, 2016, the victim of a freak accident where he was pinned between his jeep grand cherokee and a brick pillar after the car rolled back down his.
Iconic horror film and one of the better films for the genre during this era. Fright night is a great horror because it takes a well worn formula and adds a twisted storyline. It is the sequel to the 1985 film fright night, with ragsdale and mcdowall reprising their roles. It stars william ragsdale, chris sarandon, roddy mcdowall, amanda bearse, jonathan stark, dorothy fielding, stephen geoffreys, and art evans. Yes, farrell even can play a smugly smartass vampire in a throwaway remake without seeming to be slumming. In romania, charley and his friends discover that their alluring art professor is a reallife vampire, hellbent on completing an ancient ritual with amys blood. Ed is definitely a vampire but he is one who can also turn into a wolf. The movie offers a light plot accompanied with great. High quality fright night inspired tshirts by independent artists and designers from around the world. Just, yknow, not one that actually makes it into theaters. Fright night 2011 charley anton yelchin is a highschool senior whos in with the in crowd and dating amy imogen poots, the most soughtafter gal on campus. It is a directtovideo homage sequel to the 2011 remake of fright night.
Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Top 10 scenes from fright night the paradise of horror. The plot follows a teenaged boy who discovers that his neighbor is actually a vampire, which culminates in a battle between the two. At least a third of this film consists of people walking or running through a forest.
A horror film created in the mind and chanted into existence, with an atmosphere that can only be described as love. The fright night files 2014 three tales revolve around young women and supernatural vengeance. With sean blakemore, hakim callender, kendrick cross, gabrielle dennis. The problems only grow for young charley brewster william ragsdale when he expresses his thoughts about fanged new neighbor jerry dandridge chris sarandon. That the film completely holds together and never once threatens to spill into spoof territory is undoubtedly due to the quality work of all involved. It did get a sequel called fright night part 2 in 1988, which is actually hard to come by. My first fright featuring gemma files cemetery dance online. It stars william ragsdale, chris sarandon, roddy mcdowall, amanda bearse, jonathan stark, dorothy fielding, stephen geoffreys and art evans.
Following the plot of the first film, it focuses on charley. The original 1985 fright night is a cult classic that has stood the test of time and a reboot. Fright night is the best horror comedy of the 1980s you havent seen. The houses are like mexican food the basic elements are all the same, just mixed differently. Painting from the night gallery episode the cemetery.
It drops the peter vincent becoming the mask story and turns charley into a buffytype character, with jerry resembling both spike suave and cool and angelus loves to kill and. Fright night is a 1985 vampire movie directed by tom holland no, not that tom holland, starring chris sarandon, william ragsdale, amanda bearse, and roddy mcdowall charley brewster ragsdale is a teenage boy who loves watching horror movies on latenight television while making out with his girlfriend amy bearse, whom he pretends is helping him study. The 1985 horror comedy movie fright night gets an edgy 21st century remake. None of the actors from the previous film reprise their roles, and the plot is similar to both the original fright night and its remake. Fright night files, which first aired as part of tv ones halloween movie offering last year, returns in march with three new short films that will offer tales of horror, betrayal and. Cookies websites use cookies that have been placed on this site by its operator. Fright night part 2 is a 1988 american horror film directed by tommy lee wallace and starring william ragsdale, roddy mcdowall, traci lind, and julie carmen. During the movie charlie mentioned billy wasnt a vampire because billy was seen walking around in the sunlight. The best line in fright night belongs to roddy mcdowall, who plays a brokendown old hambone actor who used to star in vampire movies. Fright night, as moonless night, as humid sensuality, as public access roaring like an analog fireplace, consumes all passion in the universe and translates it back, a feeling as strong as a latenight doublefeature. Dracula uses a wolf form throughout the original novel by bram stoker, so it isnt completely unheard of. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours.
The original fright night wasnt gory and tended to rely more a dark atmosphere. Russell simmons accusers tell their stories in new documentary on the record watch. Vampires, who are doomed to live forever, have outlived their fashion. With sean blakemore, dura brown, jess marie carr, nadine ellis. A remake of tom hollands fright night, the films screenplay was adapted by marti noxon. Can he save his neighborhood from the creature with the help of the famous vampire killer, peter vincent. This one is of course the new version of fright night, it sort of follows some of the basic story of the original movie, but somehow i feel fails in the humour that was in the 1980s movie, in this one david tennant is the star, he at least is rather funny and his character is rather unexpectedly weak and eccentric, and flawed just as the one.
The wiki page for this film says its a straight to dvd sequel to the 2011 remake of fright night its a lie. Bruce campbells horror film festival today announced the full lineup for its third annual festivities on. Composer brad fiedel also returned with another distinct synthesizer score. Charley brewster anton yelchin is a high school senior whos on top of the worldthat is until jerry colin farrell moves in next door and charley discovers that he is a vampire preying on. Director tom holland keeps the picture wonderfully simple and entirely believable. The film has an odd blue tint to it that sucks out the life from the story and to top it off the revamped characters are all so unlikable its sad. There are so many memorable scenes in the film from when peter burns a cross into evils head or charlie sees jerry for the first time. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. I say this despite my dread certainty that it will be followed by fright nights 2, 3, 4 and 5, in which a series of increasingly suspicious neighbors will be introduced in increasingly exotic locations. In fright night 1985 billy cole is described as jerry dandriges day guard. A teenage horror film addict is shocked to discover that his new nextdoor neighbor is a vampire in this delightful mix of horror and comedy.
The kids today, he complains, dont have the patience for vampires. As a result, this movie plods along to the point of annoyance. For the love of lockwood jealousy engulfs marla peters eva marcille just as she is set to marry her fiance lockwood masters sean blakemore driving him to call off the wedding. The true enemy of fright night is the weirdly sincere. With will payne, jaime murray, sean power, sacha parkinson. Craig gillespies fright night underwhelmed at the box office, but it did well enough that someone decided to greenlight a followup.
Fright night, directed by craig gillespie and written by marti noxon, is several degrees superior to final destination 5, which opened a week earlier. Are they all doomed to spend eternity as ravenous creatures of the night. Fright night files is tv ones first, original horror film 90 minutes of terror broken into three separate tales that will have you hiding. Fright night 3 will be a sequel to original 1985 classic. Fright night 2011 is a remake of the cult 1985 horrorcomedy hit, directed by craig gillespie and starring colin farrell, anton yelchin, david tennant, toni collette, imogen poots, and christopher mintz plasse. When a nice new neighbor moves in next door, charley discovers that he is an ancient vampire who preys on the community. His girlfriend, amy amanda bearse, thinks charley is avoiding their relationship issues, his.
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