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Thirty-nine years after they made the vampire classic Fright Night (watch it Here) together, several members of the film’s cast are set to reunite with writer/director Tom Holland – and will be joined by special guests Mark Hamill and Rosario Dawson – for a live reading of the script! This event has been put together for Table Read, which is an award-winning podcast, a top charter on Apple Podcasts, and Realm partner. It’s scheduled to take place on April 20th in Burbank, California, and more information can be found at the Table Read link.

Holland will be directing the script reading, which is being produced by Table Read’s Shaan Sharma, Mark Knell, and Jack Levy. Reprising their roles from the film will be Chris Sarandon as Jerry Dandrige, William Ragsdale as Charley Brewster, Amanda Bearse as Amy Peterson, Stephen Geoffreys as Evil Ed Thompson, Art Evans as Detective Lennox,...

All You Need Is Death: "A young couple who are a part of a mysterious, secret organization travel at night with the desire to discover forbidden knowledge. They believe that living, modern alchemy is contained in old, forgotten songs. When they find an elderly, mysterious woman who sings songs that have never been heard before, they open the door to ancient evil and madness."

All You Need is Death is the feature debut from Dublin-based writer/director Paul Duane and stars Olwen Fouéré, Charlie Maher, Simone Collins, and Gary Whelan.

XYZ Films will be releasing the movie on VOD and in select U.S. cinemas on April 11th.

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Mark Hamill & Rosario Dawson Join Christopher Sarandon, Horror Icon Tom Holland, And The Original Cast For A Live Reading Of “Fright Night” On The Table Read Podcast: "Table Read, an award-winning podcast, a top charter on Apple Podcasts and Realm partner,...

Welcome to Fright Night! For real. Table Read, an award-winning podcast, a top charter on Apple Podcasts and Realm partner, is recording a special episode featuring the cast of the 1985 horror-comedy classic with extra special guests.

This exclusive live table read is scheduled to take place on April 20, 2024, in Burbank, California.

The 1985 supernatural horror film written and directed by Tom Holland, follows the story of teenager Charley Brewster (William Ragsdale) who discovers his neighbor Jerry Dandrige (Chris Sarandon) is a vampire and seeks assistance from a TV show host turned vampire hunter to stop Jerry’s reign of terror.

Cast in attendance include:

Chris Sarandon as Jerry Dandrige William Ragsdale as Charley Brewster Amanda Bearse as Amy Peterson Stephen Geoffreys as Evil Ed Thompson Rosario Dawson as Miss Nina & others Art Evens as Detective Lennox Dorothy Fielding Jonathan Stark

In addition to the cast, special guest Mark Hamill will be...

The 1986 horror comedy House, directed by Steve Miner from a screenplay by Ethan Wiley (based on a story by Fred Dekker), has a solid cult following to this day. The 1987 standalone sequel House II: The Second Story (watch it Here), which was written and directed by Wiley (again from a story by Dekker), has a less positive reputation than its predecessor. But there are fans out there who enjoy House II even more than the first House – and I happen to be one of those fans. So I’m very happy to see that JoBlo’s own Lance Vlcek has decided to celebrate House II: The Second Story, which has been a favorite of mine since childhood, with a new video that digs into The Best Scene in the movie! You can check it out in the embed above.

If you’re familiar with House II and wondering which scene...

It’s not even October, but Massachusetts is already being spoiled with horror events. A mere week after Silver Scream Con took place in Danvers, Terror Con slashed into the Royal Plaza Trade Center in Marlborough on September 15-17.

Freddy Krueger himself, Robert Englund, had the longest lines throughout the weekend. He was joined by several other A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise alumni: Part 1’s Heather Langenkamp, Amanda Wyss, and Ronee Blakeley; Part 2’s Mark Patton and Kim Myers; Part 4’s Lisa Wilcox and Nicholas Mele; Part 5’s Erika Anderson, Whit Hertford, and Beatrice Boepple; and Freddy vs. Jason‘s Monica Keena.

Other big draws included Lance Henriksen (Aliens), Edward Furlong (Terminator 2), pro wrestling legend Mick Foley, The Walking Dead‘s Seth Gilliam, Ross Marquand, Chandler Riggs, Emily Kinney, and Katelyn Nacon, Danielle Harris (Halloween), Sherilyn Fenn (Twin Peaks), John Kassir (Tales from the Crypt), and a Fright Night reunion with Chris Sarandon,...

Well ladies and gentlemen, we’re basically two-thirds of the way through October, and you know what that means. It means the Season of the Witch is upon us. All Hallows’ Eve. The time when death and dismemberment and ghosts and goblins and monsters of all types go mainstream, and every product suddenly grows pumpkin spice crazy. I swear I saw a can of pumpkin spice insect repellant in the supermarket the other day. Or maybe that was just a hallucination.

Another thing we have come to count on during Halloween season is horror movies, of course – but not just the “Halloween” or “Friday the 13th” or “A Nightmare on Elm Street” variety. I’m talking about the films that blend scares and laughs in almost equal measure, that simultaneously test our nerves and tickle our funny bone. Fright and mirth can coexist just fine, we’ve come to learn.

It’s time for a new episode of the Revisited video series, and in this one we’re looking back at a 1980s classic that is widely considered to be one of the best vampire movies ever made, writer/director Tom Holland’s Fright Night (watch it Here)! To find out what we had to say about Fright Night, check out the video embedded above.

Fright Night has the following synopsis:

Teenage Charley Brewster is a horror-film junkie, so it’s no surprise that, when a reclusive new neighbor named Jerry Dandridge moves next-door, Brewster becomes convinced he is a vampire. It’s also no surprise when nobody believes him. However, after strange events begin to occur, Charlie has no choice but to turn to the only person who could possibly help: washed-up television vampire killer Peter Vincent.

The film stars Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Amanda Bearse, Stephen Geoffreys, Roddy McDowall,...

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Meet Jerry Dandrige. He’s sweet, sexy, and he likes to sleep in late. You might think he’s the perfect neighbor. But before inviting Jerry in for a nightcap, there’s just one thing you should know. Jerry prefers his drinks warm, red, and straight from the jugular! It’s Fright Night, a horrific howl starring Chris Sarandon as the seductive vampire and William Ragsdale as the frantic teenager struggling to keep Jerry’s deadly fangs out of his neck. Only 17-year-old Charley Brewster (Ragsdale) knows Jerry’s bloodcurdling secret. When Charley can’t get anybody to believe him, he turns to TV horror host Peter Vincent (Roddy McDowall), who used to be the “Great Vampire Killer” of the movies. Can these mortals save Charley and his sweetheart Amy (Amanda Bearse) from the wrathful bloodsucker’s toothy embrace? If you love being scared, Fright Night…will give you the nightmare of your life.

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is bringing the original Fright Night to 4K Uhd on October 4th and its Packed with both old and brand-new bonus features:

Synopsis

Meet Jerry Dandrige. He's sweet, sexy, and he likes to sleep in late. You might think he's the perfect neighbor. But before inviting Jerry in for a nightcap, there's just one thing you should know. Jerry prefers his drinks warm, red, and straight from the jugular! It's Fright Night, a horrific howl starring Chris Sarandon as the seductive vampire and William Ragsdale as the frantic teenager struggling to keep Jerry's deadly fangs out of his neck. Only 17-year-old Charley Brewster (Ragsdale) knows Jerry's bloodcurdling secret. When Charley can't get anybody to believe him, he turns to TV horror host Peter Vincent (Roddy McDowall), who used to be the "Great Vampire Killer" of the movies. Can these mortals save Charley and his sweetheart Amy...

(Welcome to Year of the Vampire, a series examining the greatest, strangest, and sometimes overlooked vampire movies of all time in honor of "Nosferatu," which turns 100 this year.)

Just before the 2020 presidential election, the Michigan Democrats held a fundraiser where the original cast of "Fright Night" would reunite via Zoom to do a live script reading of the 1985 vampire comedy, with Mark Hamill stepping in for the late Roddy McDowall and Rosario Dawson for any additional one-off characters. I joined hundreds of viewers as Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Amanda Bearse, Stephen Geoffreys, Jonathan Stark, and Dorothy Fielding...

The post Year of the Vampire: Fright Night Embraces Queer Vampirism and is So Cool, Brewster appeared first on /Film.

Friday night is morphing into Fright Night for the Michigan Democratic Party.

With just five days to go before Election Day, the cast from the 1985 cult classic are gathering for a virtual live reading of the script along with special appearances by Star Wars star Mark Hamill, Rosario Dawson and self-proclaimed Fright Night superfan Michael Rosenbaum. The event, scheduled for 8 p.m. Et, will raise funds for the party in the swing state.

Fright Night stars confirmed to attend are Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Amanda Bearse, Stephen Geoffreys, Jonathan Stark, Dorothy Fielding, Art Evans and Chris Hendrie. Per her tweet, Michigan attorney general ...

Friday night is morphing into Fright Night for the Michigan Democratic Party.

With just five days to go before Election Day, the cast from the 1985 cult classic are gathering for a virtual live reading of the script along with special appearances by Star Wars star Mark Hamill, Rosario Dawson and self-proclaimed Fright Night superfan Michael Rosenbaum. The event, scheduled for 8 p.m. Et, will raise funds for the party in the swing state.

Fright Night stars confirmed to attend are Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Amanda Bearse, Stephen Geoffreys, Jonathan Stark, Dorothy Fielding, Art Evans and Chris Hendrie. Per her tweet, Michigan attorney general ...

We're back with a new installment of Horror Highlights! In today's installment, we have details on the livestream of the official Fright Night stage play, the full Fantaspoa lineup, details on Alamo on Demand's Fulci collection and Ari Aster picks, and an exclusive Q&a with actor Eric Fellows:

The Rage of the Stage Players Present: A Dramatized Livestream Reading of the Official “Fright Night” Stage Play: "The Rage of the Stage Players, Pittsburgh's longest-running dark/fringe theatre company (now our 19th season), are thrilled to announce that, with the permission of horror icon Tom Holland, we will be presenting a visceral dramatized livestream performance, that will welcome audiences to Fright Night…For Real.

Come join us on Sunday, August 2, 2020, for a historic, not-to-be-missed, “Fan-niversary” event, to celebrate the original film’s release, 35 years to the day! It will include an introduction by the film’s creator, Tom Holland, and...

"Welcome to Fright Night... for real." While it was previously released in the Us on a limited edition Blu-ray from Twilight Time several years ago, Tom Holland's Fright Night will soon be coming to Blu-ray in the Us in what is expected to be a more widely available release from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

Blu-ray.com reports the news of the new Fright Night Blu-ray, which will come with the following special features (via Blu-ray.com):

"Audio Commentary with Writer/Director Tom Holland, Actors Chris Sarandon & Jonathan Stark, Moderated by Filmmaker Tim Sullivan Audio Commentary with Writer/Director Tom Holland, Actors William Ragsdale & Stephen Geoffreys, FX Artist Randall Cook, and Moderated by Journalist Jeremy Smith and Filmmaker Tim Sullivan "You're So Cool, Brewster!" Documentary "What Is Fright Night" Featurette "Tom Holland: Writing Horror" Featurette "Rowdy McDowall: From Apes to Bats" Featurette 1st Ever Fright Night Reunion Panel - Fear...

Why does Fright Night, the 1985 vampire teen horror-comedy curio, endure as a great movie long past its expected sell-by date? Because writer/director Tom Holland’s Fright Night extends its core subject matter, vampiric transformation, into a studied allegory for the painful, violent uncertainty of adolescence. And because it unflinchingly tackles the two underlying themes at the core of the best horror fodder: sex and death. In the spirit of Halloween, this writer wanted to tackle one of his favorite ’80s creature features. So welcome to the first Tfh review of Fright Night… for real.

Let’s quickly cover the pitch. Devout teen cinephile Charley Brewster (William Ragsdale), his girlfriend Amy (Amanda Bearse) and their odd-duck third wheel high school colleague “Evil” Ed (Stephen Geoffreys) all tackle severe self-doubt, that most teenage of impulses, as they combat Charley’s new next-door neighbor, the elegant, supremely confident apple aficionado Jerry Dandrige...

With the Summer season just flying by, the upcoming Flashback Weekend 2018 is now here, with festivities kicking off on Friday, August 3rd at the Crowne Plaza O’Hare, and the event will run through the afternoon of Sunday, August 5th. For this year’s convention, Flashback Weekend is hosting a cavalcade of horror greats, including Brad Dourif, Tom Holland, Fiona Dourif, William Ragsdale, Alex Vincent, Svengoolie, Michael Berryman, FX legend Steve Johnson, Stephen Geoffreys, as well as Ash vs. Evil Dead’s Dana DeLorenzo and Ray Santiago, and many more. And as if all that wasn’t enough, attendees have the opportunity to see both Fright Night and Child’s Play under the stars in two outdoor screenings hosted by Holland and each film’s respective cast members.

Tickets for Flashback Weekend 2018 are currently on sale now. For more information, check out the latest press release on all the featured...

I know I say this every single year, but it really is hard for me to believe that we’re now less than two months away from Flashback Weekend 2018. Chicago’s longest-running convention returns to the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare Hotel Friday, August 3rd through Sunday, August 5th, and Fbw founders Mike and Mia Kerz have put together a frighteningly fun lineup that Midwest horror fans are not going to want to miss. Tickets are currently on sale and can be purchased Here.

For Flashback 2018, both Brad Dourif and Tom Holland are headlining this year’s convention as the co-Guests of Honor, and there will be Child’s Play and Fright Night reunions and screenings happening that weekend. Joining in on the Child’s Play festivities are Fiona Dourif, Alex Vincent, and Christine Elise, and to celebrate Fright Night, William Ragsdale, Amanda Bearse, Stephen Geoffreys, Jonathan Stark, and legendary...

We should go ahead and rename December 12th “Arrow Video Day,” because the fine fiends over there have a ton of titles coming out this Tuesday, including Special Edition sets for The Premonition and Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood, and they’ve also put together standalone special edition Blu-rays for both House and House II: The Second Story. Severin Films is resurrecting Asylum this Tuesday, and fans can finally get their hands on the latest season of Game of Thrones, as well as a box set featuring every episode from all seven seasons.

Other notable releases for December 12th include K-Shop, Once Upon A Time at Christmas, Brackenmore, The Snake Woman, Beware the Lake, and Hollow Creek.

Game of Thrones: The Complete Seventh Season (HBO, Blu-ray & DVD)

Summers span decades. Winters can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun. It will stretch from the south,...

[Editor's Note: A version of this retrospective originally appeared in the September 2014 issue of Deadly Magazine.] With House II: The Second Story, the vastly underrated sequel written and directed by Ethan Wiley (who also wrote the screenplay for the original House), New World Pictures introduced audiences to a whole new world filled with unexpected frights and adventures with an Old West twist. The sequel was released in late August of 1987 and took a decidedly left turn away from the more straightforward house of horrors style seen in Steve Miner’s original film, instead favoring a tone that was much more light-hearted, fun-spirited, and far more family friendly.

For the uninitiated, House II follows a young man named Jesse (Arye Gross), who inherits a strange house from the parents who gave him up for adoption when he was just an infant. As he begins to settle into his new dwelling with the help of his girlfriend, Kate (Lar Park Lincoln), his best pal, Charlie (Jonathan Stark), and Charlie’s aspiring musician girlfriend,...

[Editor's Note: A version of this retrospective originally appeared in the September 2014 issue of Deadly Magazine.] With House II: The Second Story, the vastly underrated sequel written and directed by Ethan Wiley (who also wrote the screenplay for the original House), New World Pictures introduced audiences to a whole new world filled with unexpected frights and adventures with an Old West twist. The sequel was released in late August of 1987 and took a decidedly left turn away from the more straightforward house of horrors style seen in Steve Miner’s original film, instead favoring a tone that was much more light-hearted, fun-spirited, and far more family friendly.

And while The Second Story did respectable business during its two-week theatrical run that summer and was also a profitable sequel for New World, House II isn’t a film that I feel gets nearly the love that it should. Case in point: Joshua Jackson’s character makes a comment about House II during the sequels discussion scene in Scream 2,...

Growing up, I was a big fan of both House and House II: The Second Story, so as you can imagine, Arrow Video’s recent House: Two Stories Blu-ray collection was right up my proverbial alley. Both films look better here than they did on DVD (which is how I’ve been viewing them for years now), the new retrospective featurettes do a great job of diving deep into both movies, and the other supplemental materials included are a welcome blast from the past. For fans who are on the fence about adding House: Two Stories to your home media collections, I can emphatically say this set is well worth the investment.

In House (1986), we meet famed writer Roger Cobb (William Katt), a Vietnam vet with a slumping career and a marriage that has hit the skids after his son disappeared while visiting Roger’s aunt Elizabeth in her gothic abode one fateful day.

I hope you guys are ready, because April 11th looks to be an incredible day of home entertainment releases for genre fans, especially if you’ve been patiently waiting for the stunning new Phantasm Blu-ray set from Well Go USA, which features every film from the franchise together in one nifty package. Arrow Video has also assembled the first two House movies for a limited edition Blu-ray set that arrives this week, and Severin Films has resurrected the cult classic Cathy’s Curse in HD for the first time ever.

Severin Films is also keeping busy with a pair of other releases—Dark Water and The Other Hell—and Scream Factory is giving both The Vampire and Demented the Blu-ray treatment as well.

Other notable horror and sci-fi home entertainment offerings for April 11th include The Bye Bye Man (Unrated), The Violent Shit Collection, Chupacabra Territory, Naciye, Takashi Miike’s Dead or Alive trilogy,...

Arrow Video isn't playing any April Fools' Day joke on horror and thriller fans with their Blu-ray releases for next month, which include the respective House: Two Stories (previously scheduled for a March 21st release) and Donnie Darko box sets, Wolf Guy, Caltiki the Immortal Monster, and more.

Press Release: Mvd Entertainment Group furthers the distribution of Arrow Video in the Us with several titles for April 2017. On April 18th comes The Night Evelyn Came Out Of The Grave (Blu-ray and DVD) and The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (Blu-ray and DVD), two giallo chillers from director Emilio P. Miraglia which were previously only available in the limited edition box set entitled Killer Dames. Miraglian blends the grisly whodunnit of the giallo with gothic and supernatural elements to create some truly unique chills in tales of revenge from beyond the grave and killer curses.

One of Emilio P. Miraglia's supernatural,...

Step inside, we’ve been expecting you! At long-last, Arrow Video is proud to present the first two installments of hit horror franchise House on Blu-ray for the first time! In the original House, William Katt (Carrie) stars as Roger Cobb, a horror novelist struggling to pen his next bestseller. When he inherits his aunt’s creaky old mansion, Roger decides that he’s found the ideal place in which to get some writing done. Unfortunately, the house’s monstrous supernatural residents have other ideas… Meanwhile, House II: The Second Story sees young Jesse (Arye Gross) moving into an old family mansion where his parents were mysteriously murdered years before. Plans for turning the place into a party pad are soon thwarted by the appearance of Jesse’s mummified great-great-grandfather, his mystical crystal skull and the zombie cowboy who’ll stop at nothing to lay his hands on it! From...

The UK is in for a bloodsucking good time next spring. Tom Holland's Fright Night (1985) is coming to the UK on Blu-ray / DVD in April of 2017. Read on for a full list of specs and features for this special edition 4K restoration. Also: a new trailer for The Naughty List (based on a short story by Brian Keene) and a featurette from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

Fright Night 4K UK Blu-ray / DVD Release Details: From Zavvi.com: "Eureka Entertainment to release Tom Holland’s directorial debut Fright Night, the iconic 1980s vampire classic starring Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale and Roddy McDowall, for the first time on Blu-ray in the UK in a Special Edition Dual-Format on 10 April 2017.

He's sweet, sexy, and he likes to get in late. You might think he's the perfect neighbour. But before inviting him Jerry in for a nightcap, there's something you should know.

Reviewed by Kevin Scott

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Mr. Hush (2011)

Written by: David Lee Madison

Directed by: David Lee Madison

Cast: Brad Loree (Holland Taylor), Edward X. Young (Mr. Hush), Stephen Geoffreys (Stark), Steve Dash (Mac), Jessica Cameron (Julie), Connie Giordano (Debbie)

I don’t want to reveal my hand to early on this one, but then again you guys probably know by now that I don’t rip into any film to tear it to shreds. Typically, it’s for two reasons. I see what they were trying to do with a limited budget. The heart is there, but the money ain’t. Also, I’ve had to double back on my opinions of films on the first watch. Hating it in the beginning, and then seeing something or things on another viewing that shows me that I had a gross error in judgment. Well, “Mr. Hush” puts me into a purgatory of indecision.

One of House II: The Second Story’s taglines was “It’s getting weirder!”, although if you caught Steve Miner’s original film expectations should have been high that House II would be as frenetic and chaotic. But Ethan Wiley’s sequel does nothing with the first film, instead branching off of the notion that old houses have crazy secrets and running with it into western sub-genre terrain. Because House already paved the way for Wiley do off-the-wall shit, House II takes things even further – both with the zany storyline and with the comedy, which was always apparent in the first film but much bleaker than the slapstick here.

The Second Story starts with a rainy night, with a couple trying to get their child out of a house before a cowboy-hat wearing zombie shoots them up. And then it jumps years into the future, when Jesse (Arye Gross) finally...

By Michael Juvinall, MoreHorror.com

The Windy City beware as the next Days of the Dead horror convention claws its way up from its grave and into your city on November 16-18th.

The event will be held at the Chicago-Schaumburg-Marriott Hotel in Schaumburg, Illinois. This promises to be their biggest show to date with more pre-tickets sold than any previous show.

The celebrity guest list for the Chicago show is pretty impressive, with appearances by wrestling legends Roddy Piper and Mick Foley. Rock icon Peter Criss of Kiss will be signing. There will be a special Fright Night reunion with cast members Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Stephen Geoffries, Amanda Bearse, and Jonathan Stark. There will be some mini-reunions including Roddy Piper and Keith David from They Live, Sid Haig and Bill Moseley from House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil’s Rejects. Heather Langenkamp and Amanda Wyss from A Nightmare on Elm Street.

By Lee Pfeiffer

Twilight Time has released the 1985 cult hit Fright Night as a limited edition (3,000 unit) Blu-ray. The film, written and directed by Tom Holland, has gained a devoted following over the years, and for good reason. The film is primarily played for laughs, but Holland refrains from going over the top into outright spoof by providing at least a few scenes that have a genuinely chilling element to them. Charley Brewster (well played by William Ragsdale) is a well-adjusted high school student. His suburban lifestyle with his single mother is comfortable and relatively carefree, with his main problem being his unsuccessful attempts to relieve his girlfriend Amy (Amanda Bearse) of her virginity. Life as he knows it ends when he notices a coffin being brought into the empty house next door in the dead of night. Turns out the new neighbor is Jerry Dandridge (Chris Sarandon), a handsome,...

Hitting movie theaters this weekend:

Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star - Nick Swardson, Don Johnson, Christina Ricci

Contagion - Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Jude Law

Warrior - Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte, Joel Edgerton

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Warrior

The Stars: Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte, Joel Edgerton

The Plot: The youngest son (Hardy) of an alcoholic former boxer (Nolte) returns home, where he’s trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament — a path that puts the fighter on a collision corner with his older brother (Edgerton).

The Buzz: The world is pretty big, and there are a lot of folks out there busy populating it, so I guess it stands to reason that similar stories would crop up, even if they’re both insanely inspirational in their against-all-odds/too-good-to-be-true essence. I am, of course, nodding to the obvious similarities between last year’s (phenomenal...

If you've ever seen Tom Holland's original Fright Night, then I probably don't need to tell you just how special the characters are in the film because you're already well aware. But for those of you out there who may not be as familiar with Holland's story, allow this writer to indulge a bit in the world of my favorite horror film of all time and take this opportunity to bring you up-to-speed on just what makes Fright Night so special, even after 26 years.

In Fright Night Holland tells us the story of teenager Charley Brewster (William Ragsdale), who discovers his new next-door neighbor, the always charming Jerry Dandridge (Chris Sarandon), is hiding a dark secret: He's really a bloodthirsty vampire who has plans to turn Charley's community into his own personal meal ticket, and I guess you could say he starts off by feasting on the local prostitution population,...

As a child of the 80s, to me there were two distinctive kinds of horror movies: the kind you watched if you really wanted to scare the crap out of yourself (A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The Thing) and the kind that you enjoyed because they treaded on the lighter side of genre fare (The Monster Squad, Ghostbusters, Gremlins), and Fright Night definitely fell into the latter category, making it an almost instant classic for myself and worldwide fans alike when it hit VHS shelves everywhere in late spring 1986.

Even though most of us adore Fright Night for being the best vampire movie of the entire 1980s, what I've always thought made it even more entertaining than your average vampire film of that time was that the movie also had some incredible characters as well as a look and feel that demonstrated writer/director Tom Holland...

This is a reader’s (he called himself Charley Brewsterrr) review from a test screening that took place in Orange, California.

I can just see it now, studio execs walking into video stores and combing the aisles looking for something to remake without any care in the world. It is a safe gamble to re-imagine something that was successful before because if it doesn’t gel, it is an out because it worked before and they can push blame elsewhere. God forbid someone takes a chance on an original script as opposed to worrying about losing their cushy job. Don’t get me wrong brother, I am not a hater when it comes to redoing a story. From wave one remakes like The Thing and The Fly, to more creative bankrupt outings like Dawn of the Dead and The Ring – all I want is a good movie, and those four titles delivered.

Nickelodeon has picked up new comedy series Bucket & Skinner’s Epic Adventures, a multi-camera buddy comedy about two best friends. It hails from comedy veteran Tom Lynch (The Troop), who is executive producing alongside creators Boyce Bugliari and Jamie McLaughlin (Quintuplets) and Jonathan Stark (According to Jim) through The Tom Lynch Co. The series begins production this month in Los Angeles for a February 2011 launch. Bucket & Skinner’s Epic Adventures is one of five new series joining Nickelodeon's line-up in early 2011, along with Power Rangers Samurai; House of Anubis, a comedy-mystery series adapted from the international TV format; Bubble Guppies, a new interactive CG-animated preschool series; and Supah Ninjas, a comic book-style action comedy series. In Supah Ninjas news, comedy veterans Mitchel Katlin and Nat Bernstein have been tapped as executive producers/showrunners. They are with UTA and Inphenate. Meanwhile, Oxygen has put in development Best Ink, a competition reality series for tattoo artists.

Thanks (or rather no thanks) to Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series (books and films), brooding, pale-skinned, sparkly, fangless, vegan vampires are at their most popular, but not that long ago vampires in fiction and film were portrayed as bloodthirsty, humans were prey (with the occasional exception), not as potential romantic partners, so, in the spirit of nostalgia, let's take a cinematic trip back to 1985 and Fright Night, a horror-comedy starring the late, great Roddy McDowell (Dead of Winter, the Planet of the Apes series, The Poseidon Adventure, Cleopatra) in one of his better roles and Chris Sarandon as an old-school, if sadly fashion-challenged, bloodsucker. Made four years before James Cameron mixed CG with live-action in The Abyss, and thus reliant on practical effects for the transformation scenes and the occasional matte shot for extending backgrounds, Fright Night remains cheesy, campy fun, equally entertaining for discerning and non-discerning horror fans.

Borrowing...

Casting news for the new Fright Night first arrived back in April with the announcement of Anton Yelchin's involvement and just a little under three months later, the roster is almost complete. Yelchin leads as Charley Brewster, a kid who finds himself in some serious trouble when a vampire moves in next door. The role of Jerry Dandridge, our local bloodsucker, went to Colin Farrell. He'll have a major influence on Toni Collette who plays Charley's mother and Christopher Mintz-Plasse who's on board to play Evil Ed, Charley's best pal. When neither believes his accusation, Charley turns to a Las Vegas showman with a thing for horror movies for some help, David Tennant as Peter Vincent. Lastly we have our most recent addition, Imgoen Poots as Charley's girlfriend, Amy.

So now that leaves us with one role yet to be cast, that of Jerry's day watcher Billy Cole. Clearly...

Get those 3D glasses ready Bidites! According to a report from Variety earlier this week the producers are taking "Fright Night" into you guessed it, 3D...

At this point is it even worth announcing that every movie is going to made in 3D. We are all for it, you can pick and choose if you want to. Hell, make every movie in 3D but do we really need to hear about it. When will that day come that 3D is just naturally an option along with 2D?

Plot Synopsis: A teenage horror film addict is shocked to discover that his new next-door neighbor is a vampire in this delightful mix of horror and comedy. The problems only grow for young Charley Brewster (William Ragsdale) when he expresses his thoughts about fanged new neighbor Jerry Dandridge (Chris Sarandon). His girlfriend, Amy (Amanda Bearse), thinks Charley is avoiding their relationship issues, his...

With talk of a Fright Night remake being tossed around DreamWorks, horror fans have been more than a little intrigued. I certainly approved of Anton Yelchin in the role of a kid who discovers that his next-door neighbor is actually a horrible vampire ... but who would they get to play said vampire? In Tom Holland's 1985 original, it was Chris Sarandon. In Craig Gillespie's remake, it will be Colin Farrell. Not a bad choice! As the Heat Vision blog points, out, Farrell has been doing mainly indie work recently (like Crazy Heart and Ondine), so this looks to be a fun way for the man to make a fresh splash in a Hollywood flick.

Toni Collette has also been added to the cast as the nosey kid's mom (previously played by Dorothy Fielding), which is great because Toni Collette is all sorts of awesome -- but there are still...

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