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| Eureka Entertainment | Release Date: August 2, 1985 |
Starring:
Amanda Bearse, Art Evans, Chris Sarandon, Dorothy Fielding, Jonathan Stark, Nick Savage, Roddy McDowall, Stephen Geoffreys, Stewart Stern, William Ragsdale
Summary:
A teenager discovers that the newcomer in his neighborhood is a vampire, so he turns to an actor in a television horror show for help dealing with the undead.
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A farrago of cartoonish exaggeration (mouthfuls of fangs, razor-sharp talons and eyes like burning coals), knowing humour and '80s camp, it shouldn't even begin to work, and yet, strangely, it does, sort of, thanks to the assured handling of writer/director Holland, and two performances in particular - Geoffreys as Charley's pal Evil, and McDowall as the timid vampire killer.
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The movie is bloody and gruesome and quite harmless, just the way they made them "in the good old days." [02 Aug 1985, p.C7]
Towards the end, Holland's movie gets a little confused: the scary elements give way to too many gory effects. Still, Fright Night is a pleasant diversion. [19 Aug 1985]
Some of the special effects are chilling, but Fright Night lacks depth, wit and humor, and hence is neither absorbing,
intelligent, nor funny. [08 Aug 1985]
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Oct 28, 2020
A very goofy start. Stay with it, because it pays off hugely in the end. The ending is famous for how intense it was (in the 1980's).
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