Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Anton YelchinCharley Brewster
- Colin FarrellJerry Dandrige
- Toni ColletteJane Brewster
- David TennantPeter Vincent
- Imogen PootsAmy Petersen
- Christopher Mintz-PlasseEd Thompson
- Dave FrancoMark
- Reid EwingBen Wegner
- Will DentonAdam
- Sandra VergaraGinger
Recommendations
- 75
Orlando Sentinel
Fright Night can also boast of having the best vampire-villain in ages. The bushy-browed Colin Farrell was BORN to wear fangs. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
As in the earlier film, this one dances always at the edge of comedy. It especially has fun with the Rules of Vampire Behavior. - 75
The A.V. Club
The film's greatest pleasures come from Noxon's script - which puts the sexual chaos created by Farrell's attractive bloodsucker front and center - and from the performances. - 75
Chicago Tribune
Plenty gory, but graced by a jovial sense of humor and an enjoyably guts-centric use of 3-D. - 70
Arizona Republic
It's a somewhat goofy movie that also manages some real scares. Best of all, it makes excellent use of an element of vampire stories effective since Count Dracula confronted Van Helsing in Bram Stoker's novel: I know that you know, and I also know there is nothing you can do about it. - 70
Chicago Reader
This remake is good fun, aided in no small degree by Colin Farrell's strutting, dead-eyed performance as the bloodsucker. - 63
Slant Magazine
One of the minor triumphs of this Fright Night remake is Farrell's coolly assured performance, a cocksure spectacle of masculine virility far more intimidating to his character's victims, male and female alike, than the razor-sharp fangs Jerry uses to munch on human neck meat. - 50
ReelViews
Aside from some cosmetic changes, little of what this Fright Night offers elevates it above the classification of "unnecessary."
