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Fright Night

  • 1985
  • R
  • 1h 46m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
87K
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3,121
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Fright Night (1985)
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Body HorrorDark ComedySupernatural HorrorTeen HorrorVampire HorrorHorror

"Fright Night" sees a teenager believing that the newcomer in his neighborhood is a vampire. He turns to an actor in a television hosted horror movie show for help to deal with the undead."Fright Night" sees a teenager believing that the newcomer in his neighborhood is a vampire. He turns to an actor in a television hosted horror movie show for help to deal with the undead."Fright Night" sees a teenager believing that the newcomer in his neighborhood is a vampire. He turns to an actor in a television hosted horror movie show for help to deal with the undead.

  • Director
    • Tom Holland
  • Writer
    • Tom Holland
  • Stars
    • Chris Sarandon
    • William Ragsdale
    • Amanda Bearse
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    87K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    3,121
    775
    • Director
      • Tom Holland
    • Writer
      • Tom Holland
    • Stars
      • Chris Sarandon
      • William Ragsdale
      • Amanda Bearse
    • 419User reviews
    • 172Critic reviews
    • 62Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 5 nominations total

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    Chris Sarandon
    Chris Sarandon
    • Jerry Dandrige
    William Ragsdale
    William Ragsdale
    • Charley Brewster
    Amanda Bearse
    Amanda Bearse
    • Amy Peterson
    Roddy McDowall
    Roddy McDowall
    • Peter Vincent
    Stephen Geoffreys
    Stephen Geoffreys
    • Evil Ed
    Jonathan Stark
    • Billy Cole
    Dorothy Fielding
    Dorothy Fielding
    • Judy Brewster
    Art Evans
    Art Evans
    • Detective Lennox
    • (as Art J. Evans)
    Stewart Stern
    Stewart Stern
    • Cook
    Nick Savage
    • Bouncer #1
    Ernie Holmes
    • Bouncer #2
    Heidi Sorenson
    Heidi Sorenson
    • Hooker
    Irina Irvine
    • Teenage Girl
    Bob Corff
    Bob Corff
    • Jonathan
    • (as Robert Corff)
    Pamela Brown
    Pamela Brown
    • Miss Nina
    Chris Hendrie
    Chris Hendrie
    • Newscaster
    Prince Hughes
    • Bouncer #3
    • (as Prince A. Hughes)
    Christopher Lee
    Christopher Lee
    • Dracula
    • (archive footage)
    • Director
      • Tom Holland
    • Writer
      • Tom Holland
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews419

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    9elinspectordetimpanos

    One Great one

    After all this years (20) of vampire slaughtering, Blade's karate Vs vampire flicks, or even Carpenter's Rambo characters, Fright Night still offers the scent of a classic. Tom Holland's masterpiece holds by itself because of a great cast and a plot that gathers every single cliché of the genre and plays a bit with humor and a lot of effective spooks. Roddy Mc Dowall steals the movie with his over the hill terrified looser character. Even special effects are bizarre today as they're a craftsmanship result giving some scenes a bizarre concept that takes you directly into Roger Corman's "B" world. A true pleasure to watch from time to time. Happy 20 years
    7moviebuff72-223-265524

    One of the best vampire movies from the 80's

    Fright Night is a good horror film. It's not scary but well made. It has enough violence to make a true horror bugf happy. It also has a good story. It's well made, written and acted. It's hard to believe thos movie is almost 40 years old. I remember seeing it heavily edited on broadcast television before I got a chance to rent it. Television cut out good stuff. I think the most interesting character is the vampire. Mr. Sarandon was convincing as the neighbor from hell. William Ragsdale along with Roddy McDowell played their parts to the hilt. I recommend watching this in the dark with someone who loves old movies as much as you do.
    7damianphelps

    Its as 80's as 80's can get

    The 80's dropped a few movies of this ilk that blended horror themes with comedy (House being another good one). Plants its tongue firmly in its cheek and just focuses on being entertaining. Its really good fun.

    Chris Sarandon is absolutely fantastic in this and the rest of cast contribute well.

    Keep an eye on your neighbour, you never know who lives next door?
    7mmalsamie

    The first horror movie i've ever seen

    Classic, good vampire movie. Maybe not a great one, but still one of my favourites.
    7deatman9

    So much better then the remake.

    This is another one of those examples where the classic is way better then the original. The remake completely changed the story line I would not even really call it a remake.The acting in this one is good and the special effects are actually creepy instead of that CGI crap. Really is a great classic horror.

    This movie is about a young guy named Charlie Brewster. While spying on his neighbours one day he sees things to lead him to the suspicion that his new neighbour is a vampire. He is scared for his life while everyone else is scared for his sanity.

    I have loved this movie since I was a kid it used to be scary then but now its just funny and enjoyable. Must see for horror fans if not might not enjoy it so much.

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    Related interests

    Jeff Goldblum in The Fly (1986)
    Body Horror
    Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Sian Clifford in Fleabag (2016)
    Dark Comedy
    Daveigh Chase in The Ring (2002)
    Supernatural Horror
    Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. in I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
    Teen Horror
    Tom Cruise and Indra Ové in Interview with the Vampire (1994)
    Vampire Horror
    Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby (1968)
    Horror

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Because of his theatrical roots and the long hours spent in the makeup chair, Chris Sarandon helped apply his own vampire makeup and often worked on the finger extensions while the makeup artists were putting appliances on his face.
    • Goofs
      In the attack scene in Charley's bedroom, Jerry Dandrige has his hand around Charley's neck and Charley drives a pencil into the top of his hand. In the next scene, Jerry pulls his hand away and looks at the pencil, and it is sticking more than halfway through his hand. If the pencil has been shoved that far down, it would have pierced Charley halfway through his neck.
    • Quotes

      [Jerry welcomes Charley and Peter Vincent to his home]

      Jerry Dandrige: Welcome to... Fright... Night! For real.

    • Crazy credits
      Just as the screen cuts to black at the end, Evil Ed can be heard saying, "You're so cool, Brewster!"
    • Alternate versions
      The Swedish version (cinema and video) misses the following: The transformation scene with Ed was removed (1m 50sec), and the scene where Dandrige's assistant melts was shortened by 16 sec.
    • Connections
      Edited into Fright Night Part 2 (1988)
    • Soundtracks
      Fright Night
      Written by Joe Lamont

      Produced by Seth Justman

      Performed by The J. Geils Band

      Courtesy of EMI America Records, a division of Capitol Records, Inc.

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 2, 1985 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Sony Pictures
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • La hora del espanto
    • Filming locations
      • Laird International Studio - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Vistar Films
      • Columbia Pictures Industries
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $9,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $24,922,237
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $6,118,543
      • Aug 4, 1985
    • Gross worldwide
      • $24,924,175
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      • 1h 46m(106 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
      • Dolby Atmos
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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