Fright Night

Fright night (2011) is a remake of the 1985 film which i have yet to see. However I was thoroughly impressed with this film. It starred Anton Yelchin (Charlie Bartlett) as Charley a boy who ditched his old best friend Ed Christopher mintz-plasse (superbad)  when he entered high school and started dating Amy a popular girl Imogen Poots (Solitary man). People in their school and the surrounding town start going missing, and Ed is quick to blame a vampire whom he suspects lives next to charley. They say assumptions make assholes make out of you and me, but in this case they make a blood thirsty vampire out of Ed. When Charley realizes Ed has gone missing, he searches his room and finds a plethora of vampire lore and speculations that collates with the missing people in town. Charley’s new neighbor Jerry played by Collin Farrell (The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus), starts acting strange, so Charley goes snooping. He follows a lead he found in Ed’s room, and goes to visit Peter Vincent Played by the one and only David Tennant (Doctor Who). Peter is similar to a Chris Angel mind freak with a vampire theme. He freaks out on Charley when he tells him he suspects his neighbor of being a vampire, and kicks him out of his penthouse.  Before being kicked out Charley leaves a picture of a tapestry he took from Jerry’s house, which eventually persuades Peter that Charley isn’t crazy. Awhile after Charley gets  home and does some more snooping, his mother and Amy start to think he’s gone crazy and confront him about it. While they’re confronting him Jerry gets pissed off and unleashes a vampire rage that ends with a chase and Charley’s mom in the hospital. From there Charley and Amy rush to Peter’s penthouse, where they are attacked by some vampires (including Ed). Amy is captured by jerry and taken back to his house. She is pursued by peter and charley, who intend to free her or go out with a bang.

I enjoyed this film a lot. There was a decent amount of vampire lore weaved into the plot, it wasn’t just a crazy blood sucking monster on the loose. Burning crosses and holy water along with Van Helsing like weapons are used to fight the creatures of the night. But the most powerful weapon they possess is a wooden stake blessed by Saint Peter himself, which if stabbed through the heart will change anyone turned by that vampire into a human again.

7/10