Fright Night

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On February 12, 2019, Sony Pictures themselves re-released the film again on Blu-ray containing a new 4K remaster, which also included the remixed 5.1 audio and the original stereo mix. While it does exclude the isolated score, the booklet, and a few other special features, it also adds a few new special features not available on either of the Twilight Time releases. [40]

Finke, Nikki (August 21, 2011). " 'Conan', 'Fright Night', 'Spy Kids 4D' Flatline; 'The Help' Needs No Help At No. 1, 'Apes' #2". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved August 31, 2011. McDowall also did a lot of work on his character, and made a conscious decision to pattern his performance after the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz. [5] [7] [8] [13] "My part is that of an old ham actor, I mean a dreadful actor. He realizes it but doesn't admit it. He had a moderate success in an isolated film here and there, but all very bad product. This poor sonofabitch just played the same character all the time, which was awful. And then he disappeared from sight, 15 years beforehand. He's been peddling these movies to late night TV, various syndicated markets – he'd go six months in Iowa, six months in Podunk." [13] McDowall commented to Fangoria, "He's got such a sad life, he's sort of cowardly and then he finds his strength as a human being." [22] Despite the pathetic character he was portraying, McDowall was a pillar for the cast and crew. "He was a kind of Yoda on the set", commented Sarandon. Recalled Ragsdale, "He had his videocamera on his shoulder and he was shooting, like, family movies the whole time." [15] a b c d e f g h i j k l "Fright Night – Panel Discussion With Actors And Crew Members At Monsterpalooza 2012!". youtube.com. May 20, 2012 . Retrieved September 13, 2014. a b c " 'Fright Night' Actors and Director Discuss Making The Film". youtube.com. September 22, 2008 . Retrieved September 13, 2014. The most difficult role to cast was Amy Peterson. "There wasn't the perfect girl next door until Amanda Bearse walked in", Holland commented. [7] Pre-production [ edit ]

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a b "Fright Night Retrospective Part Two: How the 80s Damn Near Killed Sequels, Fright Night 2 Underwhelms Everyone and How The Menendez Brothers Destroyed Fright Night 3". August 23, 2011 . Retrieved September 13, 2014. a b "Slain Entertainment Executive: Jose Menendez's Conflict and Controversy". Los Angeles Times. August 25, 1989 . Retrieved September 14, 2014. Devo's song Let's Talk was included on their 2000 compilation CD Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology. Charley Brewster is a teenager living in a suburb of Las Vegas, Nevada, who discovers that a new neighbor has moved in next door. Charley's old best friend, Edward "Evil Ed" Lee, informs him that many students have gone missing, including their other childhood friend, Adam Johnson. When Charley goes home after school, his mother, Jane, introduces him to Jerry Dandrige, their new neighbor. Fed-up and angry with Ed after he claims that Jerry is a vampire, Charley tells him that he is crazy and that he does not want to be friends anymore. The Peter Vincent character was named after horror icons Peter Cushing and Vincent Price, and Holland specifically wrote the part for Price, [5] [8] but at this point in his career, Price had been so badly typecast that he had stopped accepting roles in horror movies. [11] Guy McElwaine, then the head of Columbia Pictures, suggested Roddy McDowall for the part. [12] McDowall had already starred in the Holland-penned film Class of 1984, so Holland was immediately receptive to the suggestion. "He understood the part", commented Holland, "and he also understood what he could do with it, and he really wanted it!" [7] McDowall was particularly interested in the genesis of the character. "In the film, I perform as being in my late 20s or early 30s in the film clips of my old movies-all the way up to my 60s, when I'm the washed-up has-been", McDowall adding that the role interested him because, "I'd never played anything that old." [13] Holland and McDowall built a lasting friendship, and McDowall eventually invited Holland to a dinner party where he introduced him to Vincent Price, who was flattered that the part was an homage to him and commented that the film "was wonderful and he thought Roddy did a wonderful job." [5]

Sarandon was offered a role in the 2011 remake and chose to pass on the torch by doing a cameo as a man who is eaten by Jerry Dandrige. Sarandon pointed out "It's not the original and they didn't set out to make the original", but the cast and crew of the remake "were all huge fans." [16] Farrell had watched the film countless times during his youth, and publicly stated "I heard they were remaking Fright Night and went 'Ah, god, remake! Hollywood, so dull!' And I read the script and really hoped I didn't like it, and I did." [50] Recalled Sarandon of his first encounter with Farrell: "He walked in and he literally was almost shaking, he was so excited at the prospect of meeting his childhood idol. He gave me a beautiful bottle of wine and a DVD set of the Carl Dreyer Vampyr. It was a really graceful and wonderful introduction." [51] Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Marti Noxon gives us a tutorial on how to do horror-comedy right". August 18, 2011 . Retrieved May 23, 2012. Holland wrote the film for himself to direct, in part because he was so disheartened by the film that was ultimately made from his previous screenplay, Scream for Help, [6] [8] [9] and he had developed enough clout from the successes of his screenplays for Class of 1984, Psycho II, and Cloak & Dagger that the head of Columbia Pictures said, "Let's take a chance on the hot screenwriter kid", [10] not figuring that Fright Night would be as successful as it ultimately became.

It's So Long For Now: Caputo Files for Bankruptcy Liquidation", The Comics Journal #140 (February 1991), pp. 11-12. a b c Paul Davids (October 1985). "There Are Vampires Lurking in the Shadows Waiting for Roddy McDowall in Fright Night". Monster Land. New Media Publishing, Inc. (5): 31–35, 39–42. Kindy, Dave (October 30, 2023). "Antique vampire-killing kits sell big at auction. They're mostly fake". The Washington Post . Retrieved October 30, 2023.