Fright Night
Published November 2, 2024
Film info
- Title Fright Night
- Director Tom Holland
- Year 1985
- Run time 1hr 47m
- Genres Horror, Comedy
- Tagline There are some very good reasons to be afraid of the dark
Teenager Charley is suspicious when a suave new neighbour moves into the creepy mansion next door. Convinced this night-time seducer of maidens is a vampire, Charley enlists the help of a late-night TV horror show host to help him prove it.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 5:58 | The film within a film is making me want to watch an old vampire one. |
| 7:15 | Helping with his homework, is it? |
| 12:44 | The house doesn’t seem that far away that he would need binoculars really. |
| 19:13 | Seems to me if you really do think he’s a vampire, pissing him off is not the best idea. |
| 24:50 | He’s definitely being creepy about coming round a lot, the mum should have picked up on that. |
| 29:18 | “You wouldn’t want to wake your mother,” he says, bashing the kid about the room and breaking all the furniture. |
| 35:54 | He thinks the guy off the TV can help him? Also, how did he find him? |
| 41:18 | “What could be more important than my autograph?” “Saving a kid’s life.” |
| 59:44 | Excellent eighties music, nothing dates a film better! |
| 1:20:06 | It’s all got a bit chaotic and weird now. |
| 1:21:11 | Different way to die by chandelier. |
| 1:29:32 | Oh god, that’s disgusting. They never did that in Buffy. |
| 1:38:47 | Yay for flimsy attics! |
Thoughts
This was a bit of a weird one, the tone of it was all over the place and I couldn’t quite work out whether it was trying to be funny or terrifying or gory or what. The plot didn’t make a lot of sense but if you can suspend all of that, then it’s a medium okay vampire movie with some shocking gore towards the end, and the potential to kick off a bigger franchise afterwards.
Rating: 2 / 5