Cert (UK): 15
Runtime: 106 minutes
Directors: Craig Gillespie
Following the sudden love for vampires over the past few years, Fright Night gives Twilight a run for its money. The remake of Tom Holland’s 1985 film stars Anton Yelchin as Charley Brewster, a teenager who suspects his new neighbour is a vampire. Marti Noxon, the writer of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’, adds bite to the remake as he relocates the story to Las Vegas.
Charley is a high school kid who soon becomes convinced that his new neighbour Jerry (Colin Farrell) is a bloodsucking demon that has started to prey on the locals, including his ex-best friend Ed (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) and is determined to keep Jerry’s fangs away from his mother and girlfriend. Desperate, Charley turns to local celebrity magician and expert on demons, Peter Vincent, played by David Tennant. The two team up to save Charley’s girl and to vanquish the demons for good.
The film is clever and funny, and although it’s close to Halloween and the film involves vampires sucking out the neighbourhoods souls, it didn’t have me racing for the door in tears of fright. Although other audience members were jumping in their seats, the overall effect of the horror was only caused by the ashes and blood, popping out of the screen in all its 3D glory. The film was funny and a real change from the romance twist now attached to the vampire film industry. Fright Night is definitely one to wait for and watch on DVD.
By Megan North
