Why the updates far more oldfashioned than the classic. Amy peterson was the girlfriend of charley brewster. He was portrayed by stephen geoffreys in the original and christopher mintzplasse in the remake, who also played. Fright night 1985 batty special fx matte paintings ghostbusters reject the. Fright night is a 1985 vampire movie directed by tom holland no, not that tom holland, starring chris sarandon, william ragsdale, amanda bearse, and roddy mcdowall charley brewster ragsdale is a teenage boy who loves watching horror movies on latenight television while making out with his girlfriend amy bearse, whom he pretends is helping him study. The teen audience were outraged and peter was back by public demand. A teenage horror film addict is shocked to discover that his new nextdoor neighbor is a. Fright night 1985 the ultimate collection posts facebook.
In the original 1985 film, he was portrayed by chris sarandon, who also played prince humperdinck in the princess bride. Jerry dandrige is a fictional character from the fright night, a vampire who first appears in the 1985 film fright night portrayed by chris sarandon, which was. The kids today, he complains, dont have the patience for vampires. Sometime between the events that turned them into vampires and the time jerry moved to a small town, jerry and regine went their separate ways. This film is my alltime favorite horror movie, not only because i still swoon over charley brewster william ragsdale, but also because i believe it paved the way for modern vampire films. Fright night 1985 the ultimate collection added 8 new photos to the album.
Sep 22, 2016 fright night 1985 clip this feature is not available right now. In my eyes this fun little fright flick will always be a classic good for any time of the year. The end scene is supposed to be set three months later. Long before there wascabin fever or scream, there was fright night. Ed is quite aware of the usual vampire weaknesses, such as that it takes faith for a vampire to be warded off with a cross, or that they need to be invited into anyones houses. A year or so later, i happened upon a comic book adaptation of the. Fright night 1985 horror on the screen haunted mtl.
Fright night 3 will be a sequel to original 1985 classic. He was the vampire alter ego as well as nickname of edward thompson. There are some very good reasons to be afraid of the dark. High quality fright night inspired stationery by independent artists and designers from around the.
In 1989, a bollywood remake was produced in hindi entitled wohi bhayakar raat, starring kiran kumar as the vampire. After years of climbing to reach the top of the social ladder, high school senior charley brewster. Ed was the servant of jerry dandridge and partner of billy cole. Amy amanda bearse is seduced after waking up inside jerrys chris sarandon bedroom. Fright night is one of the more entertaining horror films from the 80s. Two rightfully revered vampire movies with a curious number of parallels, but who wore the cape better.
Charley foils his own 911 call by babbling on about vampires to the embarrassed. During vincents broadcast, he turns into a vampire as he taunts the audience over knowing what a vampire looks like. The earlier films master vampire, jerry dandridge chris sarandon is smooth, suave, and sexy. Even though amys human again, she still has the breasts of a vampire. She learned her lesson the hard way when she was kidnapped by jerry and turned into a vampire herself, and only her boyfriend could save her. Fright night 1985 clip this feature is not available right now. The best line in fright night belongs to roddy mcdowall, who plays a brokendown old hambone actor who used to star in vampire movies. They want to see some mad slasher running around and chopping off heads. With chris sarandon, william ragsdale, amanda bearse, roddy mcdowall. Fright night 1985 plays its heros inability to be seen as credible a bit too long, and largely for laughs. Fright night is a 1985 film about a teenager who learns that his next door neighbor is a vampire, but no one believes him.
If youve ever watched tom hollands 1985 masterpiece, fright night, youll find yourself wellequipped to answer that question. Fright night was originally adapted into a novelization in 1985 by horror writer john skipp. Fright night novelization fright night wiki fandom. He recently completed work on a noir anthology graphic novel titled. Feb 21, 2020 the original ending in tom hollands fright night script largely plays out the same until the films final scene when charley and amy are watching peter vincents fright night together. Vampires, who are doomed to live forever, have outlived their fashion. Tom holland is writing fright night 3 book, but amazon. In preparation for the release of the film, authorpartners john skipp and craig spector had a one month deadline to compose a novel based on tom hollands screenplay. December 14, 2016 my sister and i have been ultimate fans of fright night since 1986.
Spin off comic based on the two 1980s fright night vampire movies, following the adventures of the movies vampire slayers, charlie brewster and peter vincent, as they take on other denizens of. Teenager charley brewster discovers that his new next door neighbor is a vampire who is murdering young women but soon finds himself fighting for his own life and that of his friends when the vampire sets his sights on him. The original 1985 fright night is a cult classic that has stood the test of time and a reboot. The film features appearances from chris sarandon the princes bride who played the charming vampire neighbor jerry dandridge, amanda bearse as charlie brewaters girlfriend amy, william ragsdale as charlie brewster and stephen geoffreys who played the ever eccentric rebel evil ed. Artist is turning horror movies into faux comic book covers bloody disgusting monster horror. It did get a sequel called fright night part 2 in 1988, which is actually hard to come by. Fright night by tom holland chris sarandon, william ragsdale. Fright night 1985 amanda bearse as amy peterson imdb.
Tom holland has faith that his fright night iii novel will. This is a cult classic for good reason and i only wish i could. In the 2011 remake, jerry was portrayed by colin farrell, who also played bullseye in daredevil and bobby pellitt in horrible bosses, and was one of. Holland recently teased that charley and amy will be back in fright night 3, which maybe isnt really titled fright night resurrection and definitely isnt releasing feb 20. Fright night is a 1985 american horror film written and directed by tom holland in his directorial debut and produced by herb jaffe. Ask anything you want to know, or answer other peoples questions.
Fright night is a 1985 american horror film written and directed by tom holland in his. Between 19881993, now comics published 27 fright night comic books. See more ideas about fright night, chris sarandon and night. It stars william ragsdale, chris sarandon, roddy mcdowall, amanda bearse, jonathan stark, dorothy fielding, stephen geoffreys, and art evans.
See more ideas about fright night, night and horror movies. Aug 04, 2019 it spawned a sequel, fright night 2, a 27issue comic book series, a video game, and of course the inevitable remake, released in 2011 which itself led to a looselyconnected directtovideo. Cushing high school, and that peter vincent is close friends with actor roddy mcdowall, who portrayed the character in the movie. It is like the movie fright night but with deleted scenes in the book which if were added to the movie would make the film last longer. Jeremiah jerry dandridge is the main antagonist of the 1985 horror film fright night, and its 2011 remake of the same name.
Fright night a suburban las vegas teenager realizes that his new neighbor is a charismatic vampire in this remake of the 1985 horror comedy hit. Oct 31, 2017 in 1985, vampire flick fright night was released upon an unsuspecting world, with the lost boys stalking close on its heels in 1987. Fright night 1985 you dont have to be afraid of me scene. Dandridge is a vampire and when amy falls under his evil spell, its up charley and peter to drive a stake through their potential romance. That night, charley is surprised to see jerry in his house after his mother. You cant murder a vampire, amy, hes already dead, remember. Fright night is a great horror because it takes a well worn formula and adds a twisted storyline. A teenager discovers that the newcomer in his neighborhood is a vampire, so he turns to an actor in a television horror show for help dealing with the undead. Exacerbating the time crunch, skipp later revealed that spector was still green, so he was forced to do heavy rewrites on spectors pages.
Justified, given how much of an obnoxious ass he can be. Do not read this book alone at night bc it is very scary. Fright nights original ending was much different screen rant. Which film deserves to reign as dark ruler of befanged 80s nostalgia. Amy peterson was a resident of rancho corvalis, iowa. Tom holland has faith that his fright night iii novel will work. Oct 30, 2019 fright night was released in 1985 and directed by tom holland. Fright night is a novelization of the movie of the same name. The film follows young charley brewster, who discovers that his nextdoor neighbor jerry dandrige is a vampire.
Fright night by john skipp and craig spector is a vampire novel you must read, closely correlates with the movie. The book does go like the movie, but there are some extra tidbits in the book that werent included in the movie, and upon reading the book, there were more thrills and chills. It was chris sarandons idea to have jerry eating apples throughout the film. Fright night 1985 jerry dandrige chris sarandon eated the apple. Fright night is like porkys, ferris buellers day off and 16 candles meets dracula. Later, in one of the few scenes exclusive to the book, amy swallows her pride and phones ed to. Behind the scene of fright night and fright night part 2 over 300 behind the scenes photos introduction by andy nyman deadset foreword by reece shearsmith inside no. This original ending also muddles the importance of jerry, the head vampire, and.
Fright night, as a franchise, has grown to include a sequel, fright night part 2, in 1988, and a remake in 2011, which was in turn followed by fright night 2. Fright night, the 1985 original, is the topic of this fangfilled. Let me start by clarifying that this version of fright night 1985 bluray plays on american bluray players. Fright night 1985 jerry was at least a thousandyearold vampire before he moved into a small town in the united states. Jerry dandrige, along with his undead servant billy cole, moves in next door to teenager charley brewster william ragsdale and his divorced mother charley begins to suspect dandrige is a killer after seeing a news report about a murdered woman whom charley had seen in dandriges house, and the boy later makes the horrifying discovery that dandrige is a vampire while. I thought i should clarify this first because there are inconsistencies about the way this particular version is presented on amazon. Evil ed was a supporting antagonist in the 1985 horror film, fright night and the secondary antagonist in the 2011 3d remake of the same name.
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