FRIGHT NIGHT (1985) MOVIE REACTION! FIRST TIME WATCHING!
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- FRIGHT NIGHT (1985) MOVIE REACTION! FIRST TIME WATCHING! Polls, early access and full reactions on Patreon / reelreviewswithjen Watch me watch this 1985 horror movie, Fright Night in this first time watching reaction video! Fright Night tells the story of a teenager discovers that the newcomer in his neighbourhood is a vampire, so he turns to an actor in a television horror show for help dealing with the undead.
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The film was written and directed by Tom Holland. Fright Night stars Chris Sarandon as Jerry Dandrige, William Ragsdale as Charley Brewster, Roddy McDowall as Peter Vincent, Amanda Bearse as Amy Peterson, Stephen Geoffreys as Evil Ed, Jonathan Stark as Billy Cole, Dorothy Fielding as Judy Brewster, Stewart Stern as Cook and Pamela Brown as Miss Nina.
Check out this first time watching horror reaction video for Fright Night, and see if I can make it as a horror movie rookie. Horror is a genre I've barely explored, mostly because I'm a huge wuss. Typically my Halloween movie viewings consist of Hocus Pocus and Halloweentown. This year I decided to expand my horror movie knowledge and try and watch these horror movie fan favourites.
Check out my first time watching this 1985 horror movie, Fright Night, and enjoy my reaction video! Don't forget to like and subscribe for more videos! If you have suggestions for other horror movies I should watch, comment below!
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Fright Night and The Lost Boys are still on my favorite vampire movies of all time list. Such fun classics!
So good! I really enjoyed this one!
@@ReelReviewsWithJen There is a great 80s sequel to Fright Night! 🙂
I Have Both Of Those Movie's, Love Them Classics
Fun Fact: There actually was a weekend late night horror movie TV program called Fright Night, which aired in Los Angeles in the 1970s, hosted by actor Larry Vincent, who starred as its host, "Sinister Seymour." Shortly after his death, the show was brought back in 1981 as Elvira's Movie Macabre, starring Cassandra Peterson as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.
Fun Fact: The vampire movie with Christopher Lee that appears on the television after Jerry Dandridge's attack on Charlie is an actual Hammer Studios movie, Scars of Dracula(1970).
Not the best in Hammer Films Dracula series; but a fun entry none the less!!
I’m a huge fan of Hammer Horror. In 2007, I had the great honour of meeting Sir Christopher Lee & got to speak with him at length about his career with Hammer Films; & the now legendary film that is, The Wicker Man.
Even late in his life, he was as imposing as you could expect. I’m 6ft 2” tall & standing next to him, he made me feel small.
@@davidanderson1639 Wow! You were extremely lucky to get to meet him in person! 😁👍
@@davidanderson1639I even like the bad ones, just for those 30 seconds you see Lee pop up and not even say a word. His presence was en is just mesmerising.
Yes, Jen, you have seen the actress who plays Charlie's girlfriend, Amy, before. She's Amanda Bearse, and she starred in the Fox sitcom, Married: With Children, as Marcy, from 1987 to 1997.
Marcy D'Arcy!
@@justinplayfair4638 Only after she married Jefferson, until then she was Marcy Rhodes.
@@darkdg4106 yeah, I know. It's just that D'Arcy sounds snappier!
Also, the actor who played Dandridge is Chris Sarandon, who was the evil Prince Humperdinck in The Princess Bride.
Right, crazy how hair and makeup can turn you from a teen to a full adult. Married with Children was only a few years after Fright Night. Fright Night was also supposed to be like a franchise type thing, but the Menendez Brothers case effed it up.
Vampires are actually able to shape shift into numerous animals. The animals are usually associated with the night, nocturnal animals like wolves, bats, cats, rats and etc. They can also turn into mist or fog. And the reason Jerry is always eating apples and whatnot is because part of his bat DNA is a fruit bat. 🙂
Chris Sarandon added the fruit bit because of the fruit Bat.
@@reesebn38 Same ish worded a bit different.😄✌️ But yeah, it's a fruit bat thing.
Fun Fact:Jerry Dandridge in this film,Det. Mike Norris in the original "Child`s Play" and Jack Skellington`s speaking voice in "Nightmare Before Christmas" were all the same dude(The singing voice was Danny Elfman doing his best impression of Sarandon):Chris Sarandon, Stephen Geoffreys` Evil Ed Thompson also inspired Dane Dehaan`s Green Goblin voice and facial mannerisms in "The Amazing Spider-Man 2".
There is a sequel, which I think is very underrated. It is definitely worth watching. As for the holy water, it wasn't holy water, it was tap water, when Peter Vincent was on the phone with Dandrige, and said he the father bless it himself, he was joking around with Dandrige. That is why Dandrige agreed to drink it. I love this movie, I watch every year at Halloween.
Bruh, part 2 sucks
I really like part 2. I enjoy 1 and 2 equally and think it's totally worth giving it a try.
It's interesting how the movie shifts from a comedic horror to full on serious horror about halfway in. It has elements of comedy but doesn't skimp on the terror, which is difficult to do without being jarring, but in this case it works. It's a great homage to Hammer Horror.
Fun Fact: The animatronic bat that was created for Jerry Dandridge's bat-transformation was originally an unused effect designed and created for the movie 'Ghostbusters' a year earlier. Special effects designer Richard Edlund worked on the special effects for both Ghostbusters and Fright Night.
The vampire Amy was as well.
The Actor who played Jerry was Chris Sarandon, Susan Sarandon’s ex husband. He also played Prince Humperdink in the movie Princess Bride
And the voice of Jack Skellington from the Nightmare Before Christmas.
@@TwilightLink77 And the Detective from Childs Play.
He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Leon Shermer in Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
The name Peter Vincent is a combination from PETER CUSHING (who played Van Helsing & Dr. Frankenstein in the Hammer films) & our own VINCENT Price.
Fun Fact: Brad Fidel composed the music for Fright Night. He was also a frequent collaborator with James Cameron, having done the music for The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, and True Lies.
Roddy McDowell is a veteran of science fiction and horror, Jen. 😁He was in films like Planet of the Apes and The Legend of Hell House(which I highly recommend), and the TV movie Night Gallery. His character, Peter Vincent, is inspired by the old horror movie actors of the 1960s like Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, who starred in the old Hammer Studios horror films. His name is a combination of Peter Cushing and Vincent Price, who appeared in horror films by American International, the American equivalent of Hammer Studios.
Roddy McDowall's science fiction and horror films were only part of a long and notable career. He was a very successful child star in the 30s, going on to be cast in many mainstream films and Broadway plays. These days the two roles for which he is best remembered are Cornelius in _Planet of the Apes_ and Mordred in the original production of _Camelot._
@@ElliotNesterman Ya he's an icon. I saw him in so many things growing up. Even his child films.
The Legend of Hell House is awesome! Written by the great Richard Matheson.
More than one Disney movie too iirc
Legend of Hell house... Classic
This movie surprisingly holds up to this day. They spent quite a bit on special effects on this one. Another great movie Roddy Mc Dowell, "Peter Vincent", in the original "Planet of the Apes", SiFi movie if you haven't seen it yet.
Or the original Lassie movie for a nice dog movie.
There is a sequel Fright Night Part 2 (1988). The director Tom Holland would later direct Child's Play and actor Chris Sarandon who did Jerry Dandridge in this movie would also do Detective Mike Norris in Child's Play. The special effects in this movie were done by Richard Edlund who also did the special effects for Ghostbusters (1984). The idea for Jerry to eat apples was actually Chris Sarandon's idea to make Jerry a fruit bat, otherwise Chris wouldn't have done the movie.
Vampiric lore says that they can shift into different things mist(fog), bats, and wolves. Yes there is a second movie.
I was 17, just out of high school, and I saw this in the theater with my girlfriend. I tell you what, it's a fantastic date movie if you're both into Roddy McDowell and old vampire flicks. We watched it on either Friday or Saturday night with a great crowd, and it was one of the best cinema experiences. The audience reacted wonderfully at all the great moments, an intoxicating mixture of screams and laughter.
I remember seeing it in the theater as well, I was 18. It was the sleeper hit of the summer.
“Back, Spawn of Satan!!!”
😂😂😂
“You have to have faith for that to work on me, Mr. Vincent.”
Love it, Love it, Love it!!!👍
Best vampire movie ever.
Nice reaction to this well made movie. Just some FYI:
1) Peter Vincent honored the "Reborn Christian Agreement". Dandrige held the water by the fire checking to make certain it was just tap water before drinking it.
2) In Vampire Lore, Vampires are able to change into many forms including Bats, Wolves, and Fog.
3) Dandrige was eating apples to represent being a "Fruit Bat Offshoot" of a Vampire.
4) Dandrige couldn't heal from Charley's pencil attack because the wood splinters needed removing first. When Peter Vincent removed the stake from Evil Ed, there were no splinters so Ed was able to heal.
I love this movie, it's like total homage to all horror movies from the 70s, 60s, 50s, 40s and 30s....awesome.
I love the use of blue background light, like the alley scene where Evil gets turned. Beautiful hues of blue with fog, so vibrant, seems to glow like neon lights....candy visuals for the eyes.
In an interview Chris Sarandon explained about bats eating fruit as part of the research study in preparation for the role
One of my favorite lines in this movie: Welcome to FRIGHT KNIGHT…for real.
One of the few vampire movies that emphasized having real faith for THE CRUCIFIX deterrent too work.
Chris Sarandon (Jerry) has been in
various classic movies, including
"The Princess Bride", "Child's Play"
& "Dog Day Afternoon".
Dog Day Afternoon such a great movie and Chris once married to Susan Sarandon and he was in protocol with Goldie Hawn
Its from the Director Of Child's Play, Tom Holland. The VFX were done by Boss Film Studios, the Oscar nominated company behind GHOSTBUSTERS, Last Action Hero, Poltergeist 2, 2010, Masters Of The Universe: The Movie, and Blade Runner.
Saw this in the theater when it was first released everyone was having a good time in the theater.
Amy and Ed were both in the movie Fraternity Vacation in 1985 as well. In that, they played a couple.
Also, being able to turn into a wolf (or a dog) is a fairly common bit of vampire lore.
True story, I remember seeing this movie as a kid on Halloween after we came inside from trick or treating. We had this movie rented on VHS and I was absolutely freaked out I was about 9 years old and I was horrified by this movie lol
A couple more 80s vampire movies I'd recommend: The Lost Boys, Once Bitten (starring a young Jim Carrey), The Hunger, Vampire's Kiss (Nicolas Cage!), The Monster Squad and Near Dark.
Near Dark is brilliant! The bar scene is one of the best vampire movie moments.
And Vamp with Grace Jones
@@vincentlyon7448 You posted my addendum!
@@jean-paulaudette9246 Based on prior posts, Vamp seems so up Jen's alley.
Oh, and for a werewolf movie in a similar vein, "Silver Bullet" from 1985. Oh, and has Jen watched the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" movie? I know Jos Wheedon hates it but I really enjoyed it.
The kid who played Evil Ed was in another 80’s horror movie called “976-EVIL” you should add to the list.
Thanks for watching this and I’m glad you enjoyed it
It's not that the "Holy" water didn't work, it's that it was just tap water. Which is what they agreed upon over the phone.
I thought you might like this one Jen. Roddy McDowall, (Peter Vincent), has appeared in so many films and T.V. stuff, with his fair share of horror related things. I'd really recommend "Legend Of Hell House", which is a very good film with McDowall in. Worth it for the soundtrack alone, which is really spooky. You mentioned recognizing Amy? Her name is Amanda Bearse, who I remember being the butt of Al Bundy's jokes in "Married With Children". Good effects in this, and the dirt in the coffin has to do with soil from the vampire's homeland, I believe.
Thanks for finally getting to this one, Jen! 😄Fright Night was written and directed by Tom Holland(no, not Spider-Man Tom Holland), who would write and direct Child's Play three years later.
Don't forget he wrote the screenplay for Psycho II as well.
@@pumkinheadfanvhsforever6087 Yes, that too. lol
It's all good... Don't know if Jen has seen that on here yet so I figured I'd mention it since she enjoyed this so much she might watch it for a future reaction. :)
The vampire is played by Chris Sarandon, who also played Prince Humperdinck in The Princess Bride.
Sooooo excited to see this show up on your channel. Fright Night is a classic. You should do the sequel too as Charlie and Peter come back. Nerdy trivia: The vampire actor Chris Sarandon was married to Susan Sarandon. After they divorced she kept the last name.
They must have been a pretty couple.
7:08 this police officer later played an airline official on Die Hard 2, and I swear, every scene he's in, in that one, I hear/see his classic "What are you talking about!?" from this movie.
Thanks for another awesome reaction video, Jen! 😄I knew you'd enjoy Fright Night. Yes, there was a sequel, Fright Night Part 2, released in 1988. Both William Ragsdale and Roddy McDowell return as Charlie Brewster and Peter Vincent. I hope you can also get to some of the other movies I've recommended, like Wes Craven's New Nightmare and The Serpent and the Rainbow, and the 1988 remake of The Blob. 🙂
The sequel was as awful as this was great.
It was better than the remake.
@@HuntingVioletsThat's not that hard 😁
@@lewisnerFR
My favorite vampire film ever! So much charm, so funny, so creepy, so genuinely fun! Sarandon said he had Jerry eat apples as a sign that he was a vampire with fruit bat tendencies! I love the cast, especially Sarandon and McDowell! Both are just aces! But everyone is great! This film never ceases to entertain! Glad you finally got to it!
Same, also the first time I seen on screen boobs 🤷
Fright Night is such a great movie! I heard an interesting factoid that Peter Vincent's name came from Peter Cushing and Vincent Price.
I love that line, "Look over your shoulder Mr Dandridge. "
Fun Vampire Facts;
- Depending on the lore, vampires have the ability to shape shift into bats, wolves, or even mist/fog.
- Vampires have no reflection in mirrors because they have no soul (An old superstition would have the mirrors in a household turned to the walls, or covered so the soul of the departed did not become trapped).
- Vampires cannot cross running water.
- All religious symbology is at least offensive to vampires, if not harmful.
I've also heard the mirror thing explained as they aren't truly there. They exist in hell and the vampires body in the real world is just a projection.(think something like a more solid ghost, which is also why they can shape shift) Which is why they can't truly be killed only their body destroyed.
@@markcarpenter6020 I have to admit, that's not one I had heard before, then again, the lore has a tendency to change depending on who's telling it/the medium it's being told in... ;-)
@@DV80s yep. Stoker actually got most of his vampire lore from Irish vampires not eastern European vampires (strigoi) like most people think. I always found it fascinating that every culture and civilization on earth has a vampire myth. It always made me wonder if maybe in the distant past there actually was a hominid species (like neanderthals) that had a habit or culture of drinking blood.
Jen. You mention the apples. Classically apples are good for the teeth and keeping them sharp!! Also the song Jerry is whistling when he enters Charlie's room is "Stranger's in the Night".
Vampires can turn into wolves as well as bats, and can transform at will. They can also, in some stories, transform into a mist, which is useful for getting into locked rooms.
Werewolves cannot control their transformation and only become wolves.
masterpiece of the 80s and the forerunner of everything we loved about buffy and angel! nice video!
One of the funniest things i noticed in this movie. Was in Peters first video Charlie is watching. hes holding the stake hes going to use backwards… i guess if your going to take out a vampires heart smashing it with a blunt end works better
Cool reactions. I just discovered your channel today. I've seen this movie several times a few years back. I think it's a good movie for it's time. You might have missed seeing a few things. When he drank the water and you were wondering why nothing happend to him, that was because it wasn't Holy Water. A few scenes back when they were talking to him over the phone and he said that he wouldn't do Holy water, Peter said to tell him that it's just ordinary tap water. All he has to do is just sip it. But I think you were talking durring that part so you must not have heard him say that. And the only reason they went there in the first place was just to humor Charlie. None of them believed that the guy was a vampire. Not until Peter held up that mirror and couldn't see the guys reflection. When he was whistling when he was going into Charlie's room, that was as old song called "Strangers In The Night". I think that was a pretty appropriate song for what he was doing. It wasn't the looks that was keeping Amy there. Vampire's have the power of mass hypnosis just by looking at you if they choose to use it. The reason that Peter and Amy looked familiar to you might be because the actress who played Amy a few years later played on the sitcom called "Married With Children". And the guy Peter played in the original movie "Planet Of The Apes". He played the main ape named "Cornelius". He's also appeared quite a few other movies. But I enjoyed watching it again because you had great reactions to it. Thanks.
Hi Jen, Glad you got to this one, you should check out the sequel. As a long time horror fan I can tell you most stories and games vampires can turn into bats, mist and wolves at will. Werewolves (usually) stand on two legs not four. Vampires usually have minions to watch over them, humans under their charm, even werewolves in some stories. Also you missed something during the watch. Peter Vincent says it will be tap water not real holly water when they are talking to him on the phone. He (the vampire) also held the vial up to the fire as it he could tell by that if it was holly water.
I love the sequel!
This is one of the formative films of my life. It is a complete classic. And *far* too few people react to it.
Just throwing it out there, this movie had a sequel, which was actually pretty good in my opinion, as well as multiple remakes.
I thought the remake was decent. I remember when the car crash happened I kept thinking "Is the driver going to be Chris Sarandon? Is the driver going to be Chris Sarandon"? And I got so excited when it was. I remember hearing one guy in front of me just going "no they didn't, no they didn't".
I think the sequels great! I love the group Charlie and Peter have to fight.
@@tremorsfan Jerry bit Jerry.
No, Jen, the movie you see Peter Vincent appearing in on television is NOT a real movie. It's a fake movie scene created specifically for Fright Night, but taking inspiration from the old Hammer Studios vampire films of the 1960s.
When I finally watched them I fell in love with the old Hammer films. They were obviously B movies but they had beautiful sets and incredible actors and actresses in them.
@@markcarpenter6020 B movies they may be,but the success of their early horrors virtually revived horror at the movies,which had become either giant bug flicks or the silly stuff coming from AIP.
11:40 "He doesn't have the ability to heal?" Back in the olden days, vampires would only heal after sleeping on their native soil. Later, it changed to being able to heal if, or shortly after, they had feasted on blood.
Here are a couple of fun facts.
The cross burnt on to Ed's forehead which also disappears after he dies is a nod to what happens to Lucy in the first Hammer Horror movie of Dracula.
The multiple clocks in Jerry's house that chime at the same time is a nod to the 1960 film The Time Machine as the time traveller George also has multiple clocks in his house.
Love her reactions especially how at the end she recaps the whole movie,reminds me of when I wuz a little kid and we would watch a movie and then immediately tell it to each other even though we just watched it together but we would recount it out of pure giddy excitement, good times. She should watch The Gate or Vampire's Kiss. P.S. In folklore vampires can turn into various animals including bats and wolves even cats and other things . vampires and werewolves are always closely interwoven in tradition.
"When Charlies mom comes home, she's gonna have some questions"... Great line and awesome reaction!!!
Did Ed bite/turn Charlie`s mum into a vampire ??
I always love this movie. And you never look at Amanda Bearse the same way again after this movie. This was right before she played in Married With Children. as Marcy Rhodes/Darcy
There was a modern remake of Fright Night that came out in 2011 starring Colin Farrell as Jerry Dandridge and Anton Yelchin as Charlie Brewster, Jen. It wasn't as well received.
I did rather enjoy David Tennant as Peter Vincent, though.
Fun Fact: The original ending of Fright Night was supposed to show Peter Vincent transforming into a real vampire on television during the broadcast of Fright Night, but that idea was scrapped.
Probably cause The Howling had a similar ending lol
@@BooneErica Maybe. lol
Absolute 80's classic!
Agreed!
The actor who played Ed, was in another horror film that I’d highly recommend to you, called 976-Evil .. it’s directed by Freddy Krueger himself, Robert Englund!
Great suggestion. Oddly enough he disappeared for a while then went into gay porn .. to each their own. I know that because when I was younger I thought this guy is very strange in a good way, why wasn't he in more movies.
I was hoping someone would react to this movie. I've pit it in a few comment sections as a suggestion during Halloween season.
This is one of my favorites. I don't usually do a lot of scary movies, but this one I love. It's scary, sexy, and funny.
Me and my brother still quote lines from this movie.
"YOU'RE SO COOL, BREWSTER!"
"MMM MMM. HIS DINNER'S IN THE OVEN."
Amy's mouth reveal was the scariest thing. It freaked me out. Oh, btw, that actress may look familiar to you if you've ever watched the Married with Children show. She played Darcy.
Roddy McDowell was an A list actor from years ago. He was in the original Planet of the Apes movie, and countless others.
The Vampire, Jerry, played in the movie PRINCESS BRIDE. Maybe that's where you've seen him before.
Oh, you should see Andy McDowell in OVERBOARD with Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell. It's so good...if you like 80's romcoms.
A few more suggestions: THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE, QUEEN OF THE DAMNED, the actor playing Charlie was in a really good movie that came out some years ago.
It's a mystery thriller with Hillary Swank and Idris Elba,q called THE REAPING. So freaking good and suspenseful.
So is Company Of Wolves.
Wow excellent reaction, you're hitting on all cylinders hitting a lot of classic sometimes not classic but fun unforgettable movies. Thank you glad i subscribed
I saw this advertised in a magazine which I still have then went to see it. God I am so old.
Hello Jen,nice to see you again🚪🛋😁
Yes there are a sequel:Fright Night 2 from 1988.Also watch:A Return to Salem's Lot from 1987.
@Reel Reviews With Jen! Yes Jerry's daytime protector was a Zombie. The reason that Eddie "Evil" came back to Life is because Peter took the Stake out of his heart to use against Jerry. Removing the Stake brings the Vampire back to Life in all legends unless you Beheaded the Vampire. So Ed came back to Life as a Vampire but after Jerry was finally killed Ed became human again as is the traditional lore. This is 1 of the Best 80s movies of All-Time. It's a Fun Horror film and this movie was Rated R
I have been waiting for this review. You have just watched one of my favorite movies, and indeed one of the coolest movies from the eightys. It is a great mix of fun and fright. There is a sequel, but is is nowhere near as good. This movie stands alone. Fun fact, my ring tone is currently the fright night theme song.
With regard to the holy water, I think the implication was (from Peter Vincent saying "it's just ordinary tap water" earlier) that he lied and the water wasn't actually blessed, because at that point Peter Vincent was going through the motions to get paid, and didn't really believe in vampires in the first place.
Amy played Marcy on Married With Children, and Jerry played the cop in Child's Play.
Vampires in some old folk lore can turn to bats, wolves (not a werewolf) and mist. Some go so far as large black cats and ravens or crows
Chris Sarandom came up with apple thing. He said it's a reference to bats that eat fruit, although we all know Jerr over there turns in to a vampire-demon thing 😅
I haven't been subscribed very long .but I'm enjoying the reviews good job
I agree that the special effects are really quite impressive and hold up rather well. I believe that bat-like skeleton of Jerry's during the climax was a left over prop from Ghostbusters.
This is a somewhat rare case as well where the sequel, Fright Night Part 2, is just as good as the original. In my opinion. It doesn't get nearly the same amount of attention as Fright Night though. But I highly recommend it.
Also, I see some people have mentioned this one as well but Once Bitten is a fun vampire/comedy too.
The guy playing the vampire also played Prince Humperdink in the movie The Princess Bride.
The tune he was whistling was "Strangers in the night " 🌙 by the way. Pretty cute.
This soundtrack is awesome. Brad Fidel did a great job. Also, April Wine with their song “Rock myself to Sleep”.
I was like 8 when this came out and it never gets old. The sequel was good but not as good as this one. RIP Roddy McDowell.
I think that Billy Cole was a Ghoul. Vampires make Ghouls to guard them and keep them safe during days and they can move around in day light to search and inform them etc. And there is indeed a sequel, Fright Night Part 2(1988), which is also pretty decent.
"I have just been fired because nobody wants to see vampire killers anymore, or vampires either. Apparently, all they want are demented madmen running around in ski-masks, hacking up young virgins." A not-so-subtle jab at the slasher movie craze of the early 1980s.
Haha yes I definitely noticed that
You’re gonna get mad at me for pointing this out,but the demented madmen actually did the opposite,as the sexually promiscuous ones were the ones that were killed(they are too busy making love to notice a killer skulking around) and the virginal ones ended up being the final girls,the ones that survived.I know,I know.Nobody likes to be corrected,but there it is.
@@pathatfield2543 Oh, I'm not mad. I'm well aware that Peter Vincent's words were inaccurate as far as the slasher movie genre went. lol I've complained about that myself. It was probably indicative of the fact that Peter had probably never even seen a slasher and was just going off of what he'd heard about them. But Fright Night was always meant to be a clever meta satire of the horror movie genre, and that line was mostly a playful jab at slasher movies.
To me this movie is one of the best 80s films like back to the future
Werewolves and vampires used to be sorta one in the same. Dracula could turn into wolves, bats, and "mist". The howling wolf at the start is an oblique reference to Bela Lugosis Dracula.. where a wolf howls.and he says "the children of the night... what music they make". The apple thing I think was Chris Sarrandon's choice... it's like a vestigal bat thing.
"Is there a sequel?" There is! Only Charlie and Peter return though 😢
There is also a remake from 2011.
Salem's Lot + Rear Window is a pretty accurate description. One of my favorite horror-comedies. Funny that you thought the 'kids' looked like teenagers 🤣🤣🤣 - You probably recognize Amy (Amanda Bearse) from Married With Children.
the sequel is pretty good too
'Dancing with a Vampire? Ten steps you should know!' Such a great comment! This film is a forgotten gem, love Roddy McDowell
2 things. Peter Vincent told Jerry on the phone it would be tap water, not holy water. Notice Jerry making sure when he looks at the consistency near his fireplace. 2. They weren't part werewolf, vampires can change into many creatures.
Christopher Sarandon, who plays Jerry Dandridge, also starred in one of my favorite Lovecraft film adaptations "The Resurrected," based from "The Strange Case of Charles Dexter Ward." Hearily advised.
There was an old Vincent Price movie adaptation of that story with Lon Cheney Jr. as one of his assistant warlocks.
The song Jerry was whistling? 'Strangers in the Night'.
I watched this movie again for the first time in a while last October as one of my Halloween movies for the month. After doing so, I was wondering if the actor who played "Evil" Ed, Stephen Geoffreys, did anything after this movie. I'm guessing most people don't know this, but according to IMDB, during the 90s, his career in film made a surprisingly drastic turn. Definitely not the kind of stuff I'm into. But seriously, I'll just point everyone to his IMDB page, and you can see for yourselves.
Jerry Dandrige was my first vampire crush (human visage) love this film the FX are great for the time :)🧛♂
I love Fright Night! It’s over the top ridiculous fun. When I was a kid Topps cards had a horror line of horror cards like baseball cards. I remember the package had a drawing of giant mouth vampire Amy on the front. Kid me thought that was so cool I had to collect them. 😂
That's that's the greatest vampire movie ever.
In the early 70s there was a soap opera called Dark shadows about vampires 🧛♂️. Barnabas Collins was the head vamp.
The reason Ed survives is because Peter removed the stake. In older movies that was often part of the plot. When i watched this for the first time i actually shouted WTF at Peter when he removed the stake, so i expected Ed to show up again.
AWESOME REACTIONS! Love it, Jen! Fright Night is one of my favourite movies, it's creepy AND fun. I prefer THIS movie to "Lost Boys" because it's so much more fun. It's a fun, scary romp that's really awesome for party viewing. Love this movie! Great reactions, Jen - you obviously enjoyed yourself immensely.
Jerry Dandridge is played by Chris Sarandon, who is the ex-husband of actress Susan Sarandon. He earned an Academy Award nomination in 1975 for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Dog Day Afternoon. He also starred in Tom Holland's next horror film, Child's Play, and he played Prince Humperdinck in The Princess Bride.
@@DV80s Yep, I forgot about that.
I know I am one year too late but the reason why the main vampire , Jerry, is eating fruit in this movie is because the actor (Chris Sarandon) decided this would be funny as he read that most vampire bats are actually fruit bats that sometimes drinks blood but they mostly eat fruit. And Sarandon thought that; "Jerry could still have some fruit bat dna in him?". I just thought it was a cute lil' fact!
As Always Love Seeing Your Reactions To All These Great Movie's Sweetheart 😘
I gotta say, I love when u go " Ooooo my" or "That's the name of the movie." I just find it funny. If u go back to when they are talking to Jerry about the test, Peter says " It's just ordinary tap water, all he has to do is sip it."That was why it didn't work. Vampires can change into bats, wolves, fog, and rats. If u watch Bram Stoker's Dracula, u can see Dracula change into plenty of things. The reason why Ed came back is because Peter removed the stake from his chest. There is a direct sequel and a Remake. I think u would like both. There is a Fright Night part 2 remake, but it's just another remake of the original, but not good.
Btw, they didn't give Jerry real holy water, its was only regular tap water. Somehow, Jerry figures it out by the fire, and then drinks it with little hesitation. What his vampire eyes could see when he looked at the flask against the flames is just a matter for our speculations and imagination, though
My dad had this movie on vhs and i remember as a kid finding the movie cover so cool . forcing my dad to put it on i was maybe 8 years old haha the part that scared me the most was when his best friend died, the meeting and everything scared me shitless .
About the apple -thing: I read that wasn't originally into the script of the movie, it was an idea of Chris Sarandon: He thought that, in order to hide his true identity, a vampire should eat an apple or some other fresh fruit to "wash away" the smell of the blood after he just killed someone. Especially because most of the times he uses seduction to trick his victims... technically, he uses fruit as some sort of tooth-paste... 🙂The director liked the idea and decided to keep it into the final cut. 🙂I am not 100% sure this is true but I like to think it is! 🙂
There is a sequel! And a remake! With David Tennant! And you should absolutely watch all of them!
Did you notice that Jerry was whistling "Strangers in the Night" when he entered Charlie's room?
Nosferatu--not the vampire's name, by the way, just a word for the undead used in Dracula, which the movie was an unauthorized adaptation of--was where the deadliness of the sun came into vampire lore. Dracula could walk around in the sunlight in the book.
Fun Fact: The tall bouncer who gets killed by Dandridge at the night club is played by Nick Savage, who also played biker gang leader Ali in Friday the 13th Part III.
I thought I knew the face.