![]() He lives in a cookie cutter Las Vegas suburb with his realtor single mom (Toni Collette, who has been playing this part since about the time Hollywood was invented). She doesn't want to go to prom cuz that's lame (I'm thinking she'll regret the decision to be too cool for prom fifteen years from now) and she forces him to buy her smoothies. Why would he hang out with them when he can make out with his way-out-of-his-league girlfriend Amy (the hilariously named Imogen Poots) or her douchey friend Mark (Dave Franco)? High school student Charley Brewster (Anton Yelchin) has risen in popularity due to another generous gift from the Puberty Fairy, leaving his geeky old friends Adam (Will Denton) and Ed (Christopher Mintz-Plasse and is there a film in the front half of this decade that doesn't have this guy in it?) behind in the dust. I’ve seen worse.And a collage of "Colin Farrell shirtless" Google Image results. Tennant & Yelchin are both very good and made a fairly mediocre vampire movie not feel like a complete waste of time. I’d have liked more humor & it dragged to begin with but it did really pick up once Tennant came into the picture more about halfway through. As a standalone film, it’s a fun vampire flick. If you like Yelchin & think this looks like your type of thing, give it a go. ![]() Therefore, I’m not going to waste my breath (er… fingers?) telling everyone to just watch the 1985 film. ![]() I’m not stupid, though – I know that younger people don’t like watching older movies so are very unlikely to seek out the original. Massive fail with the casting of these two, which was disappointing as everyone else was so good.įright Night (2011) is pointless but I suppose it’s not horrible. As for Christopher Mintz-Plasse, I can see why they chose him as Charley’s nerdy friend Ed but he’s so typecast now that he’s starting to get on my nerves & just ended up an annoying distraction. I don’t normally like him much anyway but he really didn’t have the charisma or the sexy charming thing going on that I expect from a vampire. Unfortunately, while the casting of these actors/actresses was spot on, I really disliked Colin Farrell as our main vampire baddie Jerry. He’s my favorite Doctor Who and I found him strangely attractive in his leather pants & eyeliner… Finally, I loved David Tennant as “vampire hunter” Peter Vincent. Anyway – She’s a cutie & the name Poots never fails to make me giggle. But that’s movies for you! The nerdy guys always get the hot girls. I also liked Toni Collette as his mother and had no problem with Imogen Poots as Charley’s girlfriend even though she’s too hot for him. He was uniquely talented and the absolute perfect choice to play Charley Brewster in Fright Night so I have no complaints there. I’ve liked Yelchin ever since Charlie Bartlett & was saddened by his untimely death. The only reason I decided to watch this was to see Anton Yelchin (R.I.P.). ![]() These signs seemed extraneous at the time… It’s ultimately forgettable but is luckily different enough from the 1985 film that it hasn’t damaged it in my mind. This Fright Night is just a bit “so what?”. Argh!!! That one actually damaged the franchise & I wish it didn’t exist. It at least didn’t completely piss me off & make me want to shout at my TV like that godawful A Nightmare On Elm Street remake. So, this is indeed yet another completely pointless remake but is it any worse than all the other pointless remakes? I guess it’s probably at the ever-so-slightly better end of things. But I’ll always be fond of it as, along with A Nightmare On Elm Street, it was my introduction to 80’s slasher-type flicks at a junior high spin the bottle party. I haven’t actually watched the original in years, though, which is why I’m not going to do a comparison review. I might as well start by pointing out the obvious to anyone who knows me: I prefer the original Fright Night and remakes piss me off. The plot follows a teenage boy who discovers that his neighbor is actually a vampire, which culminates to a battle between the two. Starring: Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, David Tennant, Imogen Poots, Toni Collette
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