‘Fright Night’ Remake Movie Reviews From the Experts

Colin Farrell stars in Fright Night Remake

Colin Farrell stars in Fright Night Remake

If you have seen the “Fright Night” trailers or understand the ‘85 cult classic, you realize this isn’t your run-of-the-mill vampire movie – a minimum of by present day “Twilight” standards, anyway. You will find no swoony undead found within this horror-comedy – just lots of bloodstream and many laughs.

Based on MTV News, they’ve been amped concerning the film in the get-go, as well as featured it in their exclusive Sneak Peak Week prior. The film stars Colin Farrell like a bloodthirsty vampire who heads to suburbia and terrorizes his next-door neighbor Charley, performed by “Star Trek” veteran Anton Yelchin. Christopher Mintz-Plasse plays vampire convert “Evil” Ed Thompson, “Harry Potter” alum and former “Doctor Who” David Tennant is vamp-hunting showman Peter Vincent and “Solitary Guy” breakout Imogen Poots shows his love interest with Amy, with Toni Collette and Dork Franco also appearing.

Since the well-received reboot is finally in theaters, you’re ready to see exactly what the experts think:

Keith Phipps, the Onion A.V. Club – “Former ‘Doctor Who’ star David Tennant has a plum role as a Criss Angel-like Vegas cheeseball whose vampire-themed stage show might hide a special connection to vampire lore. It’s a big, fun performance overshadowed only by Farrell, who plays his character as a monster who’s learned to use an ordinary-dude exterior to blend in with his new surroundings. When he asks Yelchin for a ’sixer,’ Farrell delivers his lines with a Matt Dillon-like flatness, but his eyes tell another story: Beneath the surface, he’s all coiled hunger and pitiless manipulation, doing what he has to do to get close to victims who, against their better judgment, want to get close to him. He creates almost unbearable tension by doing virtually nothing at all, and though ‘Fright Night’ eventually reveals him as the vampire equivalent of the f—ing shark from ‘Jaws,’ it’s never better than when it lets him poke his fin just above the surface.”

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News – “You’ll need a taste for nostalgia to really appreciate ‘Fright Night,’ which knowingly blends Eighties cheese with Nineties snark — a combination that works better than it sounds. Authenticity is the key to the movie’s success: the remake is actually based on a 1985 horror flick, and was written by Marti Noxon, well-known for her work on ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer.’ One thing’s for sure: if you’re expecting the self-serious brooding of ‘Twilight,’ you’re gonna be disappointed. But if you have a soft spot for cult horror comedies like ‘The Lost Boys,’ ‘The Monster Squad,’ or even the first ‘Fright Night,’ this ought to be right up your (dark) alley. Noxon and director Craig Gillespie update the attitude for a post-’Buffy’ generation, but their remake is generally faithful to the original.”

The Conclusion

Roger Ebert, 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, which Jerry even teases Charley about. Without spoiling a single thing, I can tell you that one of the inevitable stakes through the heart in this movie is an inspired use of product placement. As vampire movies go, ‘Fright Night’ is a pretty good one.”

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