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Fright Night (DVD)
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Genre | Horror |
Format | DVD |
Contributor | Craig Gillespie, Colin Farrell, Toni Collette, David Tennant, Anton Yelchin |
Language | English |
Runtime | 1 hour and 42 minutes |
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Meet the sexy new neighbour, Jerry Dandrige (Colin Farrell). Hes dangerously charming and utterly lethal. Thats because he just happens to be a vampire, and out for bloodbuckets of it. After high school senior Charley Brewster (Anton Yelchin) makes the connection between Jerrys suspicious activity and a steadily rising body count, he vows to end the reign of terror next door. But he cant do it alone. His only hope is Las Vegas magician/vampire slayer Peter Vincent (David Tennant). Together, this unlikely duo set out to end Jerrys evil rampage. But Jerry is a ruthless, relentless killer and hes not going down without a fight. Get set to sink your teeth into this thrilling re-vamp of a terrifying horror classic. Featuring a star-studded cast and crawling with special features, Fright Night will captivate you from the very first bite!
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- Language : English
- Product dimensions : 1.4 x 13.5 x 17 cm; 80 Grams
- Item Model Number : E15480
- Director : Craig Gillespie
- Media Format : DVD
- Run time : 1 hour and 42 minutes
- Release date : 25 January 2012
- Actors : David Tennant, Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, Toni Collette
- Studio : The Walt Disney Company Australia Pty Ltd
- ASIN : B07769821N
- Country of origin : Australia
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: 18,756 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
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This remake has a fairly nondescript hero (and an even more boring, exchangeable girlfriend), Colin Farrell completely miscast as the vampire (he's about as scary as a stuffed toy cyberman), and a completely wasted Toni Collette.
However, what it does have (and the only thing the redeems the movie from being a total yawn-fest) is David Tennant as Peter Vincent. It's the sort of role that he does really well, because he understands that campy, tongue in cheek humour works when you play it seriously, but don't take it seriously. If that makes sense.
The fact that he's in goth eye makeup and leather pants for most of the movie doesn't hurt at all, of course. But the truth is that his talent and his charisma shine through in just about any role he plays and he lifts this movie from a dreary "2" to at least a "4" every time he's on screen.
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In 2011 Fright Night was ready for the remake treatment and its legion of fans were up in arms. Now as another rule you're not allowed to like a remake better than the original, how dare they? In this case I found the remake to be a lot better than the 85 original and that's coming from someone who dearly loves 80s horror movies.
This is a clever remake in that it takes the plot from the original and then leaves it there. The much missed Anton Yelchin plays Charley Brewster this time, but it's his nerdy friend who spots that his next door neighbour is a member of the undead. Colin Farrell puts in a brilliant performance as the no nonsense vampire who is relentless in his thirst for blood. Imogen Potts plays Yelchin's girlfriend, she would also go on to co star with Yelchin in THE GREEN ROOM. David Tennant practically steals the show as Peter Vincent, now not a TV host but a Las Vegas magician who collects weird memorabila and drinks all day from his luxury Vegas apartment.
This is such a fun movie with lots of in jokes, Tennant is just brilliant as the eccentric magician who of course doesn't believe Yelchin's claims that he is indeed fighting a vampire. Blink and you'll miss Lisa Loeb's funny cameo. This is a hugely rewarding movie that will most probably never get the overall praise it deserves because it will always have that attachment of 'remake' thrown at it, but director Craig Gillespie did the rarest of things and brought in a different identity. A truly unique 'remake'.


So was I disappointed? Nope. The film is great fun, my initial slight concerns with he lack of a growing emerging plot line disappeared as the pure pleasure of the film took over. It's a very easy, very enjoyable film, some small jump moments but overwhelmingingly just fun. Farrell is excellent as the vamp next door, as are Yelchin and Poots as the teens in trouble, and whilst he might redefine the word hammy here Tennant is pitch perfect in the role of Peter Vincent.
Leave your inhibitions and pretensions at home, just relax and give into the fun, this film is well worth a couple of hours of your life, in fact ai'm kind of tempted to watch it again soon.


One of the biggest changes is a much younger Peter Vincent, he is a modern day celeb male diva(think of Russel Brand charactors) I actually quite liked this change, this movie is good enough to stand alone to the newer generation or sit right next to your copy of the original, it is entertaining, refreshing and fun and does justice to the original.
It doesn't over use the 3D effect and there for has more impact when put to full effect used to make you jump, and in my opinion the vampire exploding in sunlight in 3d is the best death scene I have seen in the last year, truely an awesome moment.
I really would have liked to have given the rating of 3 and a half stars, so gave it 4 because it deserves more than a 3