Fright Night

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It's So Long For Now: Caputo Files for Bankruptcy Liquidation", The Comics Journal #140 (February 1991), pp. 11-12. The official stage adaptation of Fright Night celebrated its world premiere at Carnegie Stage in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 5, 2018. It was written and directed by James Michael Shoberg and produced by the Rage of the Stage Players. The original cast included Dan Finkel as Charley Brewster, Elena Cristina Lázaro as Amy Petersen, Greg Crawford as Peter Vincent, Ryan Ott as Billy Cole, Brian Ceponis as Jerry Dandrige, Amanda Anne Leight as Judy Brewster, Corey Shaffer as "Evil" Ed Thompson, Dave Joseph as Lieutenant Detective Lennox, Ryan Frank as Donny, and Edward Bates as Leon. [59] Foreign market [ edit ] As originally written, Jerry Dandrige was more villainous, so Sarandon tried to find various ways to humanize the vampire, [8] including suggesting the implication that the Amy character was the reincarnation of his long-lost love. "I wanted to give the audience something to hold onto in terms of understanding that this was someone who was at one time--and still is, in certain respects--a thinking, feeling human being", Sarandon said. [20] "This is a man who has been hunted for all his post-human existence, but who has fallen in love a number of times, and who in a sense, longs for a normal existence." Sarandon also did research into bats and discovered that most of the world's bat populations are frugivores, so he concluded, "Jerry had a lot of fruit bat in his DNA." [21] This explains why his character is frequently munching on apples, which Sarandon decided his character was using to "cleanse his palate" [8] after draining blood from his victims. Stephen Geoffreys Talks Fright Night – INTERVIEW 10/15/12". encyclopediapsychotika.com. October 15, 2012 . Retrieved September 13, 2014. ScoreKeeper Welcomes Intrada Records' New Release of Brad Fiedel's FRIGHT NIGHT". aintitcool.com . Retrieved September 13, 2014.

Holland wrote the film for himself to direct, in part because he was so disheartened by the film that was ultimately made from his previous screenplay, Scream for Help, [6] [8] [9] and he had developed enough clout from the successes of his screenplays for Class of 1984, Psycho II, and Cloak & Dagger that the head of Columbia Pictures said, "Let's take a chance on the hot screenwriter kid", [10] not figuring that Fright Night would be as successful as it ultimately became.Devo's song Let's Talk was included on their 2000 compilation CD Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology. a b c d e f g h i j k l "Fright Night – Panel Discussion With Actors And Crew Members At Monsterpalooza 2012!". youtube.com. May 20, 2012 . Retrieved September 13, 2014. Kaufman, Amy (August 18, 2011). "Movie Projector: 'Conan' may not conquer 'The Help' ". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved August 19, 2011. On February 12, 2019, Sony Pictures themselves re-released the film again on Blu-ray containing a new 4K remaster, which also included the remixed 5.1 audio and the original stereo mix. While it does exclude the isolated score, the booklet, and a few other special features, it also adds a few new special features not available on either of the Twilight Time releases. [40]

a b c d e f g h i j k "Fright Night Exclusive Interview". iconsoffright.com. March 8, 2008 . Retrieved September 13, 2014. During a reunion panel discussion at Monsterpalooza in 2012, the cast of the original film discussed the remake at length. Bearse commented "as a stand-alone horror movie, it was very well done. It didn't lessen the appeal of the original. It was just more of a one-note film." [16] Geoffreys only watched the first 20 minutes and then turned it off. Stark and Ragsdale went to a screening and discovered they "were the only two people" in attendance. [16] Ragsdale liked an early draft of the screenplay, but he was not particularly enamored with the final result and was perplexed that "there was kind of a nastiness to" the Evil Ed character. [16] The discussion dragged on for so long that the audience roared with laughter when Sarandon sarcastically interrupted Ragsdale to declare "I'm sure there are some other questions about the original Fright Night." [16] Tor Books published a novelization, Fright Night, by Craig Spector and John Skipp in 1985. [55] Working from Holland's screenplay, Skipp and Spector only had a month to write the book, so it could be published to coincide with the release of the film. [56] The book follows the story of the film, but includes additional details about the characters and their relationships. [12] The novel has been out of print for decades, and resale prices wildly vary. [ citation needed] a b "Slain Entertainment Executive: Jose Menendez's Conflict and Controversy". Los Angeles Times. August 25, 1989 . Retrieved September 14, 2014.

Charley Brewster is a teenager living in a suburb of Las Vegas, Nevada, who discovers that a new neighbor has moved in next door. Charley's old best friend, Edward "Evil Ed" Lee, informs him that many students have gone missing, including their other childhood friend, Adam Johnson. When Charley goes home after school, his mother, Jane, introduces him to Jerry Dandrige, their new neighbor. Fed-up and angry with Ed after he claims that Jerry is a vampire, Charley tells him that he is crazy and that he does not want to be friends anymore. Maslin, Janeturl= https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9800EEDF1038F931A3575BC0A963948260 (August 2, 1985). "Screen: Fright Night Vampire Tale". New York Times. {{ cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( link) The most difficult role to cast was Amy Peterson. "There wasn't the perfect girl next door until Amanda Bearse walked in", Holland commented. [7] Pre-production [ edit ] Sarandon recalled that Holland collaborated with choreographer Dorain Grusman in shooting a disco dance scene to have Bearse's character physically changing so that "she goes from this rather dewey, innocent-looking girl to this femme fatale; she kind of grows up right before your eyes." [23] The scene also established Amy discovering Jerry actually was a vampire.

Steward, Andrew (August 21, 2011). " 'Help' tops weekend B.O." Variety . Retrieved November 5, 2019. In January 2017, Tom Holland announced that he was writing a Fright Night 3 novel, noting that by 2019 he would obtain the rights to the franchise; after which he plans to develop a third movie. [47] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three stars out of four and wrote, " Fright Night is not a distinguished movie, but it has a lot of fun being undistinguished". [33] Variety praised Sarandon's performance, writing that he "is terrific as the vampire, quite affable and debonair until his fingernails start to grow and his eyes get that glow". [34] Colin Greenland gave a negative review for White Dwarf #75, stating "We may be justified in suspecting that a film which has such contempt for its characters has contempt for its audience, too." [35] Accolades [ edit ] Award The Peter Vincent character was named after horror icons Peter Cushing and Vincent Price, and Holland specifically wrote the part for Price, [5] [8] but at this point in his career, Price had been so badly typecast that he had stopped accepting roles in horror movies. [11] Guy McElwaine, then the head of Columbia Pictures, suggested Roddy McDowall for the part. [12] McDowall had already starred in the Holland-penned film Class of 1984, so Holland was immediately receptive to the suggestion. "He understood the part", commented Holland, "and he also understood what he could do with it, and he really wanted it!" [7] McDowall was particularly interested in the genesis of the character. "In the film, I perform as being in my late 20s or early 30s in the film clips of my old movies-all the way up to my 60s, when I'm the washed-up has-been", McDowall adding that the role interested him because, "I'd never played anything that old." [13] Holland and McDowall built a lasting friendship, and McDowall eventually invited Holland to a dinner party where he introduced him to Vincent Price, who was flattered that the part was an homage to him and commented that the film "was wonderful and he thought Roddy did a wonderful job." [5] In 2011, Intrada Records officially issued the score on CD. Unfortunately, some of the master tapes had gone missing, so some of the music was transferred from lower-quality tapes. The limited-edition 2011 Twilight Time Blu-ray also included the complete isolated score.The film was issued by Columbia/TriStar Home Video on DVD in 1999. This release included a double-sided DVD, which featured the widescreen version of the film on one side, a pan and scan version on the other, and the theatrical trailer on both. Included was a pamphlet with the poster art, five photos, scene selections, and a brief text interview with visual-effects art director John Bruno. The DVD was later issued by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment; this release is missing the pamphlet and bears a different company logo, but is otherwise identical to the previous DVD. In 2008, the film was paired on DVD with Urban Legend, [36] and in 2013, it was issued again as part of the 4 Movie Thrills & Chills Collection, Volume 3 release alongside: The Craft, Monster High, and Brainscan. [37] Release [ edit ] Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Anton Yelchin at a screening of Fright Night at the Deauville American Film Festival in September 2011 The crew attempted to achieve the illusion of the cross-scar vanishing from Evil Ed's forehead live on-set, but the effect was a resounding failure. In that predigital age, Edlund's crew was able to alter the film using optical photography to achieve the effect. [21] Chris Sarandon, who portrayed Jerry in the original film, makes a cameo appearance as a motorist killed by the vampire (his character is credited as "Jay Dee", after the initials of his original character).