Fright Night

"You can't run from evil when it lives next door."

2011 1h 46m EN

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6.3

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★6.3TMDB · 2,195

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Synopsis

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A teenager suspects his new neighbour is a vampire. Unable to convince anyone, he tries to enlist the help of a self-proclaimed vampire hunter and magician.

“You can't run from evil when it lives next door.”

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Cast

Anton Yelchin
Charley Brewster
Colin Farrell
Jerry Dandrige
Toni Collette
Jane Brewster
David Tennant
Peter Vincent
Imogen Poots
Amy Petersen
Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Ed Thompson
Dave Franco
Mark
Reid Ewing
Ben Wegner

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Craig Gillespie
Writers: Tom Holland, Marti Noxon, Tom Holland
Languages: English
Countries: India, United States of America

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ERA

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Released 15 years ago.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: India, United States of America.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Fright Night (Reboot) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Craig Gillespie, shot by Javier Aguirresarobe. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Ramin Djawadi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Tatiana S. Riegel shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Anton Yelchin and Colin Farrell and Toni Collette carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "You can't run from evil when it lives next door.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Craig Gillespie directs. Javier Aguirresarobe behind the camera. Ramin Djawadi scores. Tatiana S. Riegel cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in India, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 15 years ago.
2International production across 2 countries: India, United States of America.
3Part of the "Fright Night (Reboot) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Craig Gillespie, shot by Javier Aguirresarobe. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Ramin Djawadi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Tatiana S. Riegel shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Anton Yelchin and Colin Farrell and Toni Collette carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "You can't run from evil when it lives next door.".
9IMDB entry: tt1438176 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 10 themes, including "sunrise", "vampire", "halloween", "suspicion".

The technical file

Cinematography: Javier Aguirresarobe
Original score: Ramin Djawadi
Editing: Tatiana S. Riegel
Production design: Richard Bridgland
Costume design: Susan Matheson
Makeup / hair: Greg Nicotero
VFX supervisor: Joe Bauer
Sound: Tony Lamberti
Runtime: 106 min · 1h 46m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $30,000,000
Box office: $41,002,607
Return: 137% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Fright Night (2011)

Part of

Fright Night (Reboot) Collection

In 2009, DreamWorks announced that it would be overseeing a remake of Fright Night. Mike De Luca, Michael Gaeta, and Alison Rosenzweig are the producers. Marti Noxon wrote the script and Craig Gillespie would direct the remake, and it was financed by Steven Spielberg with his company DreamWorks. Anton Yelchin to play the lead as teenage Charlie Brewster who thinks his next door neighbor is a vampire. Toni Collette plays Charlie's mother. Colin Farrell plays the antagonist/charismatic neighbor/vampire Jerry Dandrige. Scottish actor David Tennant plays the role of Peter Vincent. The remake was followed by a non-sequel sequel, titled Fright Night 2, which was released direct-to-video on October 1, 2013 by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.

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Andres Gomez2014-11-15
★ 7/10
Quite a decent teen horror movie. Maybe it lacks some jokes and the story, as always, is quite stereotypical, but the formula works well. Yelchin, Farrel, Tennant and Poots make a good team.
Dark Jedi2018-02-25
★ 6/10
I have to admit that I have not seen the original but from this version of Fright Night I must say that I do not understand all the fuss and why it has become somewhat of a cult classic. I give 6 stars out of 10 and that is quite frankly just barely. If someone had told me that this was a high-budget TV-movie I would not have been very surprised. Maybe it felt more fresh in 1985 when the original came out. The first part of the movie is actually a bit boring. However, after the vampire finally reveals himself so that Charlie’s girlfriend and mother starts to believe him things starts to pick up pace a bit. Unfortunately a lot of the movie is still somewhat mediocre. There are the usual frustrating moments, which Hollywood seems to believe must be in every movie, where Charlie just stupidly stands and stares wasting time, drops his weapon etc. etc. The special effects are okayish but never great. The “vampire hunter” Peter Vincent is just a jerk most of the time until the very end when he shapes up a bit. It is a decent enough evening diversion but as I wrote, as far as I am concerned, it gets an “okay” but just barely.
CinemaSerf2022-07-08
★ 6/10
OK, so perhaps this didn't really need a "reimagining" but it's still quite good fun. Anton Yeltsin ("Charley") lives with this mum "Jane" (Toni Collette) when the charming "Jerry" (Colin Farrell) moves in next door. "Charley" is immune to his charms, though, and after some mysterious goings-on begins to suspect that his new neighbour is never going to be able to use a sun-lamp. Of course nobody believes him, so he searches out the supposed vampire killer "Peter" (an on-form David Tennant). Things really hot up when he discovers that the love of his life "Amy" (Imogen Potts) is target number one, so he must use all the holy relics, guile and sheer brass neck he can to try to thwart this powerful and ancient menace. Just about everyone here has their tongue in their cheek, the story moves along entertainingly and the stars - especially a wonderfully hammy Farrell are clearly enjoying this too. The visual effects won't blow you away, but they are effective enough and of course, well you just know that right will triumph. It's teen brain fodder, nothing more, but I still quite enjoyed it.