Fright Night 2011

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Bonus features: Peter Vincent: come swim in my mind ; the official "How to make a funny vampire movie" guide ; bloopers ; Kid Cudi "No one believes me" music video (uncensored version) ; Squid man--extended & uncut.
Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, David Tennant, Toni Collette.
Senior Charley Brewster finally has it all. He's running with the cool kids and dating the hottest girl in high school. But all hell breaks loose when charming Jerry Dandrige moves in next door. Charlie thinks there's something odd about him, although no one, including his mom seems to notice. But after too many of his classmates vanish under bizarre circumstances, Charley comes to an unmistakable conclusion: Jerry is a vampire preying on his neighborhood!
DVD, widescreen (1.78:1) enhanced for 16x9 televisions, 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Vampire Zombieland submitted by crazypockets on January 19, 2012, 6:00pm I think this was meant to be the vampire answer to the movie "Zombieland," though a little less funny, and slightly less gory. At times it was a little hard to figure out exactly what they were going for: comedy or straight-up horror. It didn't really succeed completely as either one, but overall it was pretty entertaining. The casting in this was a definite plus; who wouldn't love a vampire Colin Farrell? Or David Tennant, vampire-hunter (major bonus points for the "Scooby Gang" shout-out!!)? Leave high expectations at the door, and it'll be a good time.

Somewhat Buffylike submitted by CasualTim on January 21, 2012, 12:23pm Fright Night has a sense of humor about itself that’s not forced or desperate, and the rollicking positives outweigh the minor negatives.

First, those few negatives: I generally find Colin Farrell pretty annoying (“In Bruges” the huge exception). The Farrell Effect, however, besides actually kind of working with the character of Jerry, was ratcheted down just enough here. And Yelchin, Tennant, and Mintz-Plasse made up for the more chafing performances given by some of the supporting cast (read: bad, but sadly not bad enough to be clearly intentional as a way of supporting the B-Movie reference/reverance going on here).

There are one too many showdowns, and the final one is not necessarily the most suspenseful or the most impressive. However, I can see why the showdown after the showdown after the showdown was included. There is measurable growth in the our emotional investment over the several third acts. Although it’s fairly obvious where it’s going, the plot does continue to develop through each battle. Still, had Fright Night stuck to the 90 minute rule, and found a way to remove 16 minutes of filler, the length would have felt perfect.

I don’t have the best of memories, but I seriously can’t remember scenes or images that would warrant the R rating that this film received. The BBFC puts it at 15, which seems more reasonable. There is a fair amount of mildly disturbing surprise when some of the more alarming things happen, but that is partially because those incidents are more rare than you’d expect. Not to mention that the depictions themselves in terms of realism and gore are quite tame relative to current movies.

In fact, that’s one of the best things about Fright Night: it’s got an Evil Dead or Buffy quality going for it, where the violence is concussive but slapstick, unexpected but not always horrifying. Part of the reason we stick with Charley is that the relationship between anxiety and humor is so apparent and so shared. It’s because Yelchin plays a terrific underdog and the only way to survive in that situation is to learn to find the humor in each predicament. Yes, okay, part of the reason is also because we know that David Tennant might turn up again and do a terrific job at it.

Yes, some shortcuts were taken. Yes, it seems like this could’ve been made for half the budget that IMDB estimates it at, and yes, you’ll know roughly where the story’s headed. But you’ll also continue to receive honest, and honestly fun surprises throughout. And you’ll cheer - sometimes for the good guys, and perhaps sometimes for not the good guys. Think of it like an old wooden roller coaster: it doesn’t have the longest drops or the highest speeds or 6 barrel rolls, but it’s got a great unique flavor that it’s own kind of fun. Great for popcorn and Thursday nights.

Fun horror movie submitted by Sridevi on February 28, 2012, 2:25pm This is the prefect horror film. Funny and creepy at the same time. A must see!

Fright Night...For Real! submitted by Dragonessa on May 2, 2012, 12:24pm Fright Night is an incredibly fun movie. I had some reservations going into it but once I started watching I was hooked. The characters are incredibly fun and easy to relate to, the story has the perfect blend of horror and comedy and of course - the vampires are just as creepy and awesome as you'd expect, and who wouldn't want to see Colin Farrell as a vampire? I really truly loved David Tennant as the vampire hunter Peter Vincent - he stole every scene he was in and seemed to be having a ton of fun on this film (I'm also a devout Whovian so there might be a little bias here...). The effects in this film are also top-notch and the blood is prominent without being too over the top. I think my favorite aspect of the film was the vampires themselves, especially Colin Ferrell. He did a great job as Jerry (what kind of name is that for a vampire!?) and ooozed creepiness.

All in all this was a great movie and one I would thoroughly recommend for a horror-movie night or any time really. Just don't invite any vampires into your house.

it's not? submitted by lekendrick on May 23, 2012, 9:45pm as good zombie land more like adventure land as derided Jesse Adam Eisenberg vehicles go, but whatever it's the dream works independent spirit of big budget film making on it coming in @ only $30,000,000 & titled the same as a 1985 horror film intended be 3-D ready remake it's okay...