Fright Night (1985)
Directed by Tom Holland
Charley Brewster is a normal teen living in the town of Rancho Corvalis. Virtually everything is normal about Charley except for one thing: he's pretty sure a vampire has moved in next door.
A teenager believes a vampire has moved in next door.
Cast: Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Amanda Bearse
Member Reviews
This is the first time I've seen the original Fright Night. I'd only seen the remake from 2011 (which is good too,) but I don't think it tops this original! So good! Definitely one of my favorite vampire flicks. Classic.
Great movie, but the version on Shudder seems to be a little . . . off. Before the movie starts, we see a title that says, "This movie has been altered from its original version. It has been formatted to fit this screen. " Then the first few scenes are displayed in the original 2:39 aspect ratio, but it soon switches to a 16:9 for modern TVs. It also has a lot of strange fade-out transitions between scenes that I just don't remember being there before . . . almost as if they were meant to signal commercial breaks. Is the Shudder version some sort of TV edit?
Great Classic
Absolute Masterpiece
perfect combination that brings me back 30 years. I understand the 5 skull rating for sure.