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Fright Night is a 1985 American film directed and written by Tom Holland, starring Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Amanda Bearse, and Stephen Geoffreys. Produced by Herb Jaffe with cinematography by Jan Kiesser and a score by Brad Fiedel, it was filmed in Los Angeles and released by Columbia Pictures on 2 August 1985, with a further release date of 6 February 1986. The film runs 107 minutes and carried a budget of $9,000,000 against revenue of $24,922,237. Categorised as a teen film, comedy horror, vampire film, and thriller, it was followed by Fright Night Part 2. It received 5 wins and 5 nominations total and is rated R.
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7.0Charley Brewster, a high school student, accidentally discovers the true and creepy nature of Jerry Dandrige, his dashing and enigmatic new neighbor; but no one seems willing to believe him.
Cast
- Chris Sarandon as Jerry Dandrige
- William Ragsdale as Charley Brewster
- Amanda Bearse as Amy Peterson
- Roddy McDowall as Peter Vincent
- Stephen Geoffreys as Evil Ed
- Jonathan Stark as Billy Cole
Themes
- vampire
- black humor
- vampire hunter (slayer)
- old house
- boyfriend girlfriend relationship
- mother son relationship
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Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
87,138 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
83%
Metacritic
62/100
- Year
- 1985
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Genres
- Horror
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 5 wins & 5 nominations total
via OMDb · IMDb
Key facts
- Directed by
- Tom Holland
- Written by
- Tom Holland
- Produced by
- Herb Jaffe
- Starring
- Chris Sarandon William Ragsdale Amanda Bearse Stephen Geoffreys Roddy McDowall
- Cinematography
- Jan Kiesser
- Edited by
- Kent Beyda
- Music by
- Brad Fiedel
- Production company
- Vistar Films
- Distributed by
- Columbia Pictures
- Release date
- August 2, 1985 ( 1985-08-02 )
- Running time
- 106 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $7 –$9.25 million
- Box office
- $24.9 million
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- fantasy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Fright Night Part 2
- Main subject
- film industry
- Director
- Tom Holland
- Screenwriter
- Tom Holland
- Cast member
- Stewart Stern
- Composer
- Brad Fiedel
- Producer
- Herb Jaffe
- Production company
- Columbia Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Jan Kiesser
- Narrative location
- United States
- Filming location
- Los Angeles
- Duration
- 106
- FilmAffinity ID
- 294180
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1986-02-06
- title
- Fright Night
- costume designer
- Robert Fletcher
- distributed by
- Netflix
- capital cost
- 9000000
- derivative work
- Fright Night
- set in period
- 1980s
- review score
- 62/100
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Encyclopedic overview
Fright Night is a 1985 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Tom Holland, in his directorial debut. The film follows teenager Charley Brewster (played by William Ragsdale), who discovers that his next-door neighbor Jerry Dandrige (Chris Sarandon) is a vampire. When no one believes him, Charley decides to get Peter Vincent (Roddy McDowall), a TV show host who acted in films as a vampire hunter, to stop Jerry's killing spree.
The film was released on August 2, 1985, by Columbia Pictures, and grossed $24.9 million at the box office. Since its release, it has received positive reviews from critics and become a cult classic, and spawned the media franchise of the same name. Fright Night was followed by a sequel, Fright Night Part 2, in 1988, and a remake of the same name in 2011.
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