Fright Night
Directed by Tom Holland
For young Charley Brewster, nothing could be better than an old horror movie late at night. Two men move in next door, and for Charley with his horror movie experience, there can be no doubt that they are a vampire and his day guardian. The only one who can help him hunt them down is a washed-up actor, Peter Vincent, who hosts Charley's favorite TV show, Fright Night. But Vincent doesn't really believe that vampires exist.
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Fright Night Ratings & Reviews
- Carl Brutananadilewski22 January 2026One of the best vampire films
- paulfulbro31 December 2025Classic 80s horror
- Ecto-1A22 November 2025🧛🏼♂️ When Zillow doesn’t mention the vampire next door, and it knows your name. 😬 I’m not usually one for vampire movies, but Fright Night is an exception. It’s well-written, well-directed, well-acted, well-paced and genuinely well-produced. The remake doesn’t even hold a candle in capturing what made the original such a gem. Even with a few dated effects (like most films of its era) it still holds up remarkably... well!
- stuhannaford29 October 2025Dated, as you can imagine, but good fun and with a whole coffin load of 80's SFX that are still a good watch. Difficult to call it a horror, even at the time, with lots of goofy lines, goofier characters and a humorous and playful look at classic horror movie tropes rather than gore galore. Not so many Fright's, but will offer a good, old fashioned movie Night in.
- Brad Stephens6 October 2025Cheesy, 80s fun.
- sopula29 May 2025Very 80’s, big romp
Fright Night Trivia
Fright Night was released on 2 August 1985.
Fright Night was directed by Tom Holland.
Fright Night has a runtime of 1h 47m.
Fright Night was produced by Herb Jaffe.
For young Charley Brewster, nothing could be better than an old horror movie late at night. Two men move in next door, and for Charley with his horror movie experience, there can be no doubt that they are a vampire and his day guardian. The only one who can help him hunt them down is a washed-up actor, Peter Vincent, who hosts Charley's favorite TV show, Fright Night. But Vincent doesn't really believe that vampires exist.
The key characters in Fright Night are Jerry Dandrige (Chris Sarandon), Charley Brewster (William Ragsdale), Amy Peterson (Amanda Bearse).
Fright Night is rated 18.
Fright Night is a Horror, Comedy film.
Fright Night has an audience rating of 7.7 out of 10.
Fright Night had a budget of US$9M.
Fright Night has made US$24.9M at the box office.