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Fright Night

posted by admin, August 26, 2011 @ 1:29 PM

Movie: Fright Night

  • Director: Craig Gillespie
  • Release Date: August 2011
  • Writers: Marti Noxon, Tom Holland
  • Run Time: 106
  • Genre: Comedy, Horror

Tagline: You cant run from evil when it lives next door.

Review: Finally a horror remake that is WORTH seeing. I must admit, i had some pretty low expectations walking into this, and it did way more than prove me wrong. Initially I thought they were going to make this a straight B movie by incorporating tons of humor with their gore, which would have been fine with me, seeing that I love the genre. But this movie was more fun than funny. Do not get me wrong, there are some sequences that are funny, but it had more of that drive-in appeal to its horror. And I loved every bit of it.

Its story is pretty basic, and somewhat generic. I mean come on, a vampire living next door. But the weird thing is, it did not come off as cliche. And I think the biggest contribution to that was the pace of the film. Once you get past the first 10 to 15 minutes of the film, which are kind of dull, the movie quickly begins to morph into a fast paced gore fest. And now looking back on it, if it were not rated R, then this movie would have been stupid, and it would of fit in with every other crummy horror remake.

But the aspect that I appreciated the most was the writing. For once, they did not alter any rules to make their film different. They stuck with what already works, and left it up to the actors to make these vampire rules entertaining. And Collin Farrell did just that.

Bottom line, of all the horror movies that come out this year, this will probably be the one you will have the most fun at.

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2 Responses to “Fright Night”

  1. mitchell says:

    I agree with you on Fright Night – the first half hour of it was great, actually. tailed off a bit towards end but still a way better film than it should have been

  2. gerald says:

    I agree with you on Fright Night – the first half hour of it was great, actually. tailed off a bit towards end but still a way better film than it should have been


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