Fright Night
Senior Charlie Brewster (Anton Yelchin) finally has it all--he's running with the popular crowd and dating the hottest girl in high school. In fact, he's so cool he's even dissing his best friend Ed (Christopher Mintz-Plasse). But trouble arrives when an intriguing stranger Jerry (Colin Farrell) moves in next door. He seems like a great guy at first, but there's something not quite right-- yet no one, including Charlie's mom (Toni Collette), seems to notice! After witnessing some very unusual activity, Charlie comes to an unmistakable conclusion: Jerry is a vampire preying on his neighborhood. Unable to convince anyone that he's telling the truth, Charlie has to find a way to get rid of the monster himself in this Craig Gillespie-helmed revamp of the comedy-horror classic.
- Director
- Craig Gillespie
- Writers
- Marti Noxon
- Actors
- Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, David Tennant, Imogen Poots, Toni Collette
- Genre
- Thriller
Reviews from Rotten Tomatoes
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Colin Farrell's performance as Jerry is the pulsing, stakeable heart of the movie.
Keith Staskiewicz, Entertainment Weekly, 08.19.2011 -
Voila! Black magic.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone, 08.19.2011 -
It improves on the premise it has been handed, producing a modernized version of a decades-old story that's superior to its predecessor in virtually every aspect.
Sean O'Connell, Washington Post, 08.18.2011 -
A boring revamp, with dull 3D effects, insipid teenage protagonists and only sporadically scary outbursts of neck-biting, crucifix-wielding and staking through the heart.
Nigel Floyd, Time Out, 08.31.2011
