Fright Night

Name: Fright Night
Director: Craig Gillespie
Genre: Horror, Comedy, Action, Drama, Mystery
Released: 2011-08-18
Duration: 6360000 s
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, Toni Collette

Directed by Craig Gillespie

2011 1h 46mHorror, Comedy,

6.472%59%

A remake of the 1985 original, teenager Charley Brewster (Yelchin) guesses that his new neighbor Jerry Dandrige (Farrell) is a vampire responsible for a string of recent deaths. When no one he knows believes him, he enlists Peter Vincent (Tennant), a self proclaimed vampire killer and Las Vegas magician, to help him take down Jerry.

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Cast of Fright Night

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
Emily MontagueDoris
Chris SarandonJay Dee
Gracie GillamBee
Chelsea TavaresCara
Lisa LoebVictoria
Brian HuskeyRick
Mike MillerStore Guy
Marya BeauvaisMrs. Granada
Kent KirkpatrickTeacher
Arron ShiverCop #1
Rick A. Ortega Jr.Cop #2
Charlie B. BrownDoctor
Rebekah WigginsPassing Nurse
Eb LottimerAdam's Dad
Liezl CarstensShow Nymph #1
Laura AidanShow Nymph #2
Alma SisnerosShow Nymph #3
Bruce HolmesPyro Guy
Chris RanneyGuard
Lovie JohnsonD.J.
Jerry G. AngeloGuy on Dance Floor
Tait FletcherNightclub Security Guy
Kevin Christopher BrownJerry's House Cop #1
Jesse PickettJerry's House Cop #2
William H. Burton Jr.Hulking Man
Bonnie MorganVamp #1
Michelle Waterson-GomezVamp #2
Paula FrancisNewscaster #1
Dave CourvoisierNewscaster #2
Dee Bradley BakerJerry's Vampire Vocals (voice)
Craig GillespieDirector
Tom HollandWriter
Marti NoxonWriter
Michael De LucaProducer
Alison R. RosenzweigProducer

Fright Night Ratings & Reviews

Jacob O’NealMarch 21, 2025
I went to see this in the theater with my dad in 2011 for a few reasons. He took me to see the original movie in the 80’s. The cast was impressive. It was written by “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” writer Marti Noxon and directed by Craig Gillespie who made “Lars And The Real Girl”. Boy was I disappointed. This is one of those remakes I can’t separate from the original. I tried. In fact, I just watched it again and I was nothing but angry. Let me explain why. Charlie, our hapless hero, played by the late Anton Yelchin, is a high school student who has the misfortune of having a vampire move in next door. In the original, William Ragsdale was a horror obsessed kid and it’s done in a way where he may just have an overactive imagination. No one believes him. His best friend, Evil Ed, and girlfriend, Amy didn’t believe him. He had to enlist the help of Peter Vincent, a horror movie host and former star of many Hammer like vampire movies. But the remake betrays all of that. Ed is now just Ed and has less personality. Charlie isn’t the believer he was in the original. Peter Vincent is now a David Blaine style Vegas magician. It takes so much of the motivation away. They had to assign new motivations to the characters and they failed all around. The movie took all the fun of director Tom Holland’s original film and threw it out the window for attempted scares and action sequences. The cast was great and they tried. Colin Farrell, Toni Collette and Imogen Poots were all good as well as Yelchin and Tennent (fresh from his run on Doctor Who). I don’t blame Craig Gillespie for this. I blame writer Marti Noxon, who took over showrunner duties from Joss Whedon on Buffy in season 6 for the possibly worst two seasons. But I think, more than anyone, Disney is to blame. This was released through their Touchstone banner and we all know how everything they touch turns to crap in the last twenty years. This movie is crap. It’s void laughs and character development. The only reason to watch it is the cast. Period. You can avoid this movie and be happier for it.

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Fright Night
Fright NightTrailer
Alamo Drafthouse Event
Alamo Drafthouse EventBehind the Scenes
Neighborly Chat
Neighborly ChatScene
Mom, Don't Talk To Him
Mom, Don't Talk To HimScene
You Don't Get To Blow Me Off
You Don't Get To Blow Me OffScene
That's A Big Cross You Got, Charlie
That's A Big Cross You Got, CharlieScene
The Whole House Looks Like Dark Shadows
The Whole House Looks Like Dark ShadowsScene
Efright Night: No One Believes Me (Music Video)
Efright Night: No One Believes Me (Music Video)Scene