So was this remake true to the original, a blatant rip-off or something a bit better? Come on in and find out. You might be surprised by what I have to say in this movie review!
Fright Night 2011, was penned by Marti Noxon (I Am Number Four; on TV: Glee, Mad Men) and directed by Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl; on TV: United States of Tara). This is a remake of the 1985 movie of the same name.
The opening scene in Fright Night was very reminiscent of the first Men in Black movie, with the energetic, peppy movie music as we zoom, like we’re flying, into a small outlying neighborhood of Las Vegas. We find ourselves in a house where a family is being murdered, in a bloody, messy manner.
We segue into Charley Brewster (Anton Yelchin) battling the woes of his motorcycle not starting, and meeting the circle of his friends at school.
Very early on, we meet Charley’s neighbor, Jerry (Colin Farrell), helping Charley’s mom (Toni Collette) with a gardening thing or two in the front lawn.
Then we meet Charley’s friend, Ed (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), whose blackmailing Charley into breaking into a house…
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