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| Fright Night | |
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| Credits | |
| Title: | Fright Night |
| Directed by: | Tom Holland |
| Written by: | Tom Holland |
| Produced by: | Herb Jaffe |
| Music by: | Brad Fiedel |
| Cinematography: | Jan Kiesser |
| Edited by: | Kent Beyda |
| Production | |
| Distributors: | Columbia Pictures |
| Released: | August 2nd, 1985 |
| Rating: | R |
| Running time: | 106 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $9,000,000 |
| Gross: | $24,922,237 |
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Fright Night is an American feature film of the horror genre withe an emphasis on vampire fiction. It was written and directed by Tom Holland and produced by Columbia Pictures. It premiered theatrically in the United States on August 2nd, 1985. The movie spawned a sequel called Fright Night Part II in 1989, and was remade twice, first in 2011 as just Fright Night, and again in 2013 under the misleading title Fright Night 2: New Blood. The movie also spawned a Fright Night ongoing comic book series published by NOW Comics.
Fright Night stars William Ragsdale as suburban teenager Charley Brewster, who has the misfortune of discovering that his charming new next door neighbor, Jerry Dandridge, played by Chris Sarandon, is actually a vampire! While trying to balance a tenuous relationship with girlfriend Amy Peterson, Charley must now confide in his weirdo classmate "Evil" Ed Thompson over what to do about his vampire problem. Salvation comes in a most unlikely form as Roddy McDowall enters the story as Peter Vincent - a washed up movie actor-turned late night horror host.
Co-stars in the movie include Amanda Bearse as Amy Peterson, Stephen Geoffreys as Evil Ed, Dorothy Fielding as Judy Brewster, and Jonathan Stark as Billy Cole.
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Chris Sarandon | Jerry Dandridge |
| William Ragsdale | Charley Brewster |
| Amanda Bearse | Amy Peterson |
| Roddy McDowall | Peter Vincent |
| Stephen Geoffreys | Evil Ed |
| Jonathan Stark | Billy Cole |
| Dorothy Fielding | Judy Brewster |
| Art J. Evans | Detective Lennox |
| Stewart Stern | Cook |
| Nick Savage | Bouncer #1 |
| Ernie Holmes | Bouncer #2 |
| Heidi Sorenson | Hooker |
| Irina Irvine | Teenage girl |
| Robert Corff | Jonathan |
| Pamela Brown | Miss Nina |
| Chris Hendrie | Newscaster |
| Prince A. Hughes | Bouncer #3 |
Notes & Trivia[]
- The tagline for this film is "There are good reasons to be afraid of the dark".
- Production on Fright Night began on December 3rd, 1984. Principal photography concluded on February 23rd, 1985. The shooting schedule was prolonged because William Ragsdale injured his foot while filming a scene where Charley Brewster is running down a staircase.
- Actor Art Evans is credited as Art J. Evans in this film.
- Actor Bob Corff is credited as Robert Corff in this film.
- Actor Prince Hughes is credited as Prince A. Hughes in this film.
- The movie that Charley Brewster is watching in his room is Scars of Dracula, directed by Roy Ward Baker and starring Christopher Lee.
- This movie was released on the same day as the John Hughes sci-fi/comedy Weird Science.
- The exterior set used for Jerry Dandridge's house was later used for the Davis residence in the 1986 family film short Mr. Boogedy.
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