Fright Night the 1985 Vampire movie.What do we think about it?

What was it's box office? Who did you see it with? How much did it cost? Is it a good movie? Why did you pick it to see? What about the poster, was it good? Can I see it anywhere today? Would you watch it again? How many times? Would you pay to see it again? Do you like scary movies? Are scary movies a good thing? Do you think I should have bought a different 4 year old movie and if so which one?

Fright Night is a classic. Fantastic film. Terrific blend of comedy and horror. Still holds up. Every actor is perfectly cast.

Chris Sarandon was the right choice for the vampire. Both sexy and intimidating. I would have totally succumbed to him. And he rocked a sweater in a dance club.

Roddy McDowell was terrific.

One thing about the '80s I loved was films about late night cable television - U.H.F., Elvira Mistress of the Dark and Fright Night. Wayne's World also explored it in the '90s, but I prefer the '80s films; much more fun.

I don't mind the 2011 remake. Colin Farrell was perfectly cast. But I didn't like that the vampire hunter was changed from a late night host to a magician.

r1 I watched it alone I have bought it on dvd so effectively paid to see it again.

I didn't find it to be very scary. The music was phenomenal.

r2 Oh I could never watch a remake!Its Chris Sarandon eternally for me in this role! You sound as enthusiastic a fan of the film as me! Would it be classed as a cult hit?

Honestly, r4, I think it has reached a status beyond a cult hit. I just call it a "classic".

Like Elvira Mistress of the Dark and Vamp, which I consider to be cult hits, I consider and rank Fright Night higher than those films because I think it gets a little more respect and love, but just my opinion (also, I think it's better known). But I love all three.

I love '80s horror!

r5 I dare say that you are right! Classic seems more accurate.

I have never seen the sequel though. Have you?

Nightmare on Elm street films started in the 1980s I am also a fan of .But Fright Night was special and frankly sexy too.😘

I saw the sequel way back in the late '80s. It was okay but I didn't think it was good as the first.

However it seems to get a lot of love online from horror fans. The main reason being that they want a North American release on Blu-Ray.

Ok thanks r7! Was Roddy and Chris both in the sequel?

Chris Sarandon was masterful and intense. I found him hot in this role.

Roddy does, Chris doesn’t, R8. Director Tom Holland didn’t return either, which is a great shame. Part II could have been a much better film with him. It still has its charms, though, and I recommend seeing it at least once. I still adore the original, although I would have cast somebody other than Amanda Bearse as Amy. I have the soundtrack on vinyl and one of my hard drives.

Intense is a very apt description r10

The Eureka Blu-ray is worth getting. Lots of special features. Great looking transfer.

I liked the cast, particularly the guy playing the lead (dorky but sweet and totally believable as your average nerd next door) and the one playing Evil Ed. There was also a male friend of the vampire who seemed a lot more than a friend. And Evil Ed's brief nude scene, although nowhere near as eye-popping as the dude in American Werewolf in London, was an unexpected treat for a baby gayling. Roddy was fun and cute and the effects were surprisingly gruesome.

I thought Amanda Bearse was genius casting myself - she was so spunkily sexless at first that her transformation into an unhinged femme fatale was truly unnerving. And she matched up well with the male lead - you could see them hitting it off.

If they'd gone with someone more conventionally teen-movie the character would have been a lot less interesting as written.

^I knew somebody was gonna come along and say this. It’s not that a more “conventionally” teen-movie type was needed. It just needed to be someone more believable in the role. For starters, Bearse was 27 in 1985 and looked/sounded every bit of it. I also don’t think she and Ragsdale matched well at all. I can see what they were going for with her casting; I just don’t think they achieved it.

Is everyone agreed that Chris Sarandon was perfectly cast?

I love this movie and couldn't believe i'd never heard of it before. Chris Sarandon is excellent as Jerry Dandrige. And i don't mind part 2, but the remake was shit.

When did you first watch it r17?

I loved it - and the music was great.

I also thought Stephen Geoffreys was so cute - yet annoying - in that movie. His porn career afterward was underwhelming.

Apparently not that long ago there was talk and planning for a Fright Night 3 involving the original director Tom Holland.

It was not a huge hit when it came out. I don’t remember it at all at the time. I remember seeing the box at the video store later but didn’t think of it much. I think it started to get popular when it was on basic cable like USA Night Flight or something.

It’s a great movie. I thought Stepehen Geoffreys was one of the best parts and then learning he did gay porn later is just bizarre to think about.

But short answer is: not huge at the time, found its following after on video and cable.

R18 2005

I wonder if having the original director involved will make Fright Night 3 as good a film as the original if it comes to fruition?

r23 Was it on DVD? Lots of extras on it?

In the early 80s my sis and I would get high as fuck and see whatever horror movie was out that week.

[Quote] His porn career afterward was underwhelming.

But he LOVED getting his ass fucked though. I have a few of his porn.

r26 Which ones did you enjoy?Night of the living dead?Hellraiser?Nightmare on Elm Street?

Chris Sarandon was perfectly cast.

All I remember is the opening scene. An outdoors concert? A massively muscular saxophone player. Hot AF. The rest of the movie? Meh.

All of them! Sunday afternoon way to get out of the house. Motel Hell and Happy Birthday to Me hold a special place in my heart.

Indeed r29 A Naughty sexiness!

R30 here, Disregard my post. That scene was in another mid 1980's teen vampire movie The Lost Boys.

I loved the original but the whole Amy being(or maybe being)the reincarnation of Sarandon's true love subplot being completely dropped and him turning Amy into just another servant was strange.

The 80s were not a great decade for movies, and the reverence shown to this middling horror flick shows that.

This was a great flick and the guy who played Evil Ed later became a gay porn star can’t remember the name

It's one of my favorite horror movies. I found Jonathan Stark sexy in the movie.

Hated the Colin Farrell version.

R30, you're thinking of 'The Lost Boys' -

r37 I genuinely don't think in this instance originally can be bettered.

I love this movie. I was a kid in the 80s, so part of my love for it is probably nostalgia, but it's also just a fun, well-done movie.

Love this movie and always have. As someone has already mentioned, it’s a perfect blend of horror and comedy.

Actually, as a big fan of this movie, I do think r34 brings up an excellent point. There was much made about Amy being a reincarnation (?) of Sarandon's true love and, yes, it was dropped or they didn't explore it any further.

It gave more weight to why Charley was more determined to kill Jerry.

It’s tremendous.

So is the remake.

Curious to see if the Fright Night 3 project comes off.

R25 no, I was just happened to catch it on tv. But I did end up buying the dvd. I don't think it had any special features though.

I am a major horror fan who doesn't typically love vampire/monster movies, but "Fright Night" is one of the exceptions for me. It's atmospheric, darkly funny, suspenseful, and really just well done from beginning to end. Chris Sarandon was gorgeous in it.

I EAT DOG SHIT I FIND IN THE STREET!

Yes, even DRACULA is lame to me.

But I do make exceptions for a few vampire movies that manage not to “suck.”

I like FRIGHT NIGHT, LOST BOYS, LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, 1,000 DAYS OF NIGHT, FROM DUSK TIL DAWN, THE HUNGER and that Netflix DRACULA last year.

R48 what about Near Dark??

r45 Thank you. Great serendipity that you happened to stumble across such a great movie.

Fantastic movie ! So much fun to watch in a theater , and of course Chris made al the little gaylings mussy's wet . I enjoy it on tv but Im glad I saw it when it came out on the big screen. It really takes it up another level.

I haven’t seen the original since I was a boy, but I do remember Sarandon being shirtless and making my Spidey Sense tingle.

During the '90s, the guy who played Evil Ed went on to do a lot of gay porn as "Sam Ritter."

Not very attractive, but he often made up for it in enthusiasm.

Evil Ed went on to make gay porn? Wow.

Yeah, the actor who played Evil Ed - Stephen Geoffreys -what a strange turn of events.

He was a Tony nominated actor and a good actor who appeared in this film, Heaven Help Us and At Close Range. And then, for whatever reason, in the '90s, he started doing porn. Maybe the roles dried up, drugs, who knows.

I'm no prude, but I feel bad he ended up in porn. From Fright Night to porn there is an ocean in between.

Most of the comments are from the same few people repeating themselves.

It’s fine. As a kid I found it scary, but a lot of fun as an adult. I actually liked the sequel a lot and found it more fun.

The black drag looking vampire on roller skates used to scare me as a kid and me and my sisters would call them Tina Turner wannabe.

[quote] What was it's box office? Who did you see it with? How much did it cost? Is it a good movie? Why did you pick it to see? What about the poster, was it good? Can I see it anywhere today? Would you watch it again? How many times? Would you pay to see it again? Do you like scary movies? Are scary movies a good thing? Do you think I should have bought a different 4 year old movie and if so which one?

$24.9 million. Alone. Nothing (I downloaded it off the internet). Yes. Because of its cult classic status. It was actually better than the movie itself. Yes. Yes. At least once. No, because I didn't pay anything the first time either. Yes. Definitely. Yes (Toni Erdmann).

Love both the original and the sequel with gorgeous Julie Carmen as the main villain. The trivia page of the sequel on IMDB features details of how careful and yet respectful the production was dealing with one of the actors being HIV.

There was supposed to be a third one, but the death of producer José Menéndez, murdered by his sons, put a stop to that.

[quote] Soon after the filming was wrapped up, Roddy McDowall and Fright Night creator Tom Holland were scheduled to meet with Live Entertainment chairman Jose Menendez to discuss making a third film, but plans died with Menendez, who was infamously murdered by his sons. As a direct consequence of this horrific tragedy, Part 2 ended up losing it's planned country-wide distribution and playing only in one LA and another NY theater, which directly resulted in its poor box office results (even though its per theater results were pretty good) and being released almost straight to video. Since all of the movie's planned promos and ads were canceled as well, most people never even learned of the movie's existence until eventually noticing it at their local video store.

[quote] Roddy McDowall and director Tommy Lee Wallace had an unpleasant lunch with Live Entertainment chairman Jose Menendez to discuss the film's distribution and marketing, and later the same evening the exec was slaughtered by his sons, Lyle Menendez and Erik Menendez. As news of the murders swirled around Hollywood the next morning, McDowall phoned Wallace and cracked, "Well, I didn't do it. Did you?"

Yes, this made $24.9 million. The second only made $2.9 million

There is a really good podcast episode on a podcast called The lost drive in that discussed in great detail the 1985 original Fright Night film. I would really recommend it to big fans of the film or 1980s horror genre.

Sorry,

The trivia page of the sequel on IMDB features details of how careful and yet respectful the production was dealing with one of the actors being HIV poz.

Now, I have to watch it again.

R53 I actually think he was kind of cute. A little dweeby, but there's still something sexy about him. He had a nice body. Not the biggest cock, so I'm surprised to see him topping in this scene

I liked the remake but felt it went on too long

Wow, I had no idea the Menendez father was behind Fright Night 2.

two gay jokes in the first 5 minutes.

I've never seen NEAR DARK but I'm always down to give Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen and Katheryn Bigelow a chance.

Just so you guys know, the swole saxophonist from THE LOST BOYS is Timmy Cappello and he was much more famous for being Tina Turner's boytoy on sax.

Director Joel Schumacher is gay, so he probably saw Cappello during a Tina Turner performance and became instantly dickmatized.

was gay

I watched Fright Night in the theater and there were so many gasps when Chris Sarandon showed up in Charlie's house, sitting there chatting with his mother. He was so gorgeous. And yes, the nightclub scene prompted me to go see it again in the theater. Roddy McDowell was brilliant. I just love Fright Night.

R72 sounds like fan fiction. I highly doubt the theater gasped over his beauty. Please.

Watching now. Everything 80's. except for coke.

Why do the same people keep commenting over and over? 💀

It's a message board?

r73 That poster sounds very enthusiastic but I don't think that translates into them being fictional.

Best vampire movie evah! Except for too much powder on Roddy's hair.

R76 yeah but it’s weird when someone posts “I loved this movie” and then a couple of posts later “Best movie!” And then again and so on and so on

It’s not like there has been much discussion. It’s just a bunch of repetitive comments from the same few posters.

Jesus, let the person enjoy Fright Night. Who cares if he is repeating himself? It is a great movie and it's a beloved classic in the horror film community.

And I don't think r72's story is far-fetched. I'm sure audiences gasped or got a fright when he showed up at Charlie's house. Because, by then, we the audience knew Jerry was a vampire.

No one gasps at someone’s beauty in a film, yet alone everyone in a theater. Please

I grew up with this movie. Love every minute of it. Was fortunate enough to meet most of the main cast several years ago except Amanda Bearse and Jonathan Stark (they weren't at the convention I attended) and, of course, Roddy. Definitely up there with The Lost Boys as one of the greatest vampire flicks of the '80s.

Contrarians abound on DL. Nothing new. They can't stand seeing people enjoying their lives. It's every thread not only this one.

They hate their lives and attack.

I sound like Prince Harry.

Enjoy yourselves without lying.

I think I prefer Fright Night to The Lost Boys. Lost Boys is still entertaining but it was kind of choppy in its editing and looking at the deleted scenes, some of them could have been placed back in to give a bit more back story.

r83 I'm sure you are much more intelligent than Prince Harry!!

I used to IDOLIZE Stephen Geoffreys as a kid, so when I got to meet him at a Con several years ago, it was really a treat. According to him, he had to choose between FN 2 and 976-EVIL, and he ended up taking the lead role in the latter because it gave him a chance to work with Robert Englund. Plus, he also thought the script to FN 2 sucked. Right before FRIGHT NIGHT, he and Amanda starred in the 80s teen sex comedy FRATERNITY VACATION, which was also one of my faves growing up. It had a rockin' soundtrack that included several Bananarama songs and co-starred a pre-famous Tim Robbins. Brad Fiedel did the score and he, too, would go right from this film to work on FRIGHT NIGHT.

[Quote] The black drag looking vampire on roller skates used to scare me as a kid and me and my sisters would call them Tina Turner wannabe.

He was cool, but I don't his character spoke at all, which helped with the creepiness.

Stephen Geoffreys was a cute twink. The fact that there's footage of him getting fucked makes me happy.

Does anyone have links to Stephen Geoffrey's other videos?

R88 yes, Tina Turner wannabe never spoke, which made him/her creepier. I found them scarier than any character in the first.

Now that I think about it I wonder if Tina Turner wannabe being black is what made us more scared as kids. A black cross dressing vampire who doesn’t speak and rolls around on roller skates. 💀💀💀

The black cross dressing vampire was named "Belle". He/She was played by choreographer Russell Clarke, who had choreographed many films including Xanadu, Teen Witch, Earth Girls are Easy, Two Moon Junction, Vamp and Fright Night 2. Clark also worked with the likes of David Bowie, Grace Jones, Gloria Estefan and Pat Benatar on various music videos. Sadly, he died in 2002.

R90 here he is in a three-way. Who'd have known Evil Ed had such a hot body?

A bit of trivia: The nightclub scene in Fright Night was the same set used previously in Body Double for the Frankie Goes to Hollywood "Relax" segment.

[quote][R90] here he is in a three-way. Who'd have known Evil Ed had such a hot body?

You could tell in Fright Night.

Classic film. Loved it then and now.

Stephen Geoffreys later did a lot of gay pron. Always wearing a cap. He loved getting fucked.

Licking:

Fuck machine:

Just fucked:

Fright Night and Lost Boys are my favorite vampire movies. Both filled with so much hot guys and tons of homoeroticism. I am pretty sure Jerry and Billy in Fright Night were a gay couple.

The remake with Colin Farrell and Anton Yelchin was pretty good too. Just as sexy. Chris Sarandon and Colin Farrell can both get it.

r101 Please elaborate on what you found most homoerotic in these films! There are a number of blogs online debating gay subjects to Fright Night so you could well be fight about them being a couple.

[Quote] The remake with Colin Farrell and Anton Yelchin was pretty good too.

Colin was fine, but they just got too carried away. Why the hell would a vampire (who's supposed to be laying low) blow up a house?!

R103 In Fright Night, the main Charley's mother makes a snide remark that the handsome new neighbor must be gay. Then the film shows Jerry and his manservant act very affectionate with each other. Jerry is a vampire that preys on humans but his manservant Billy is the only one he doesn't harm and is very loyal to him. They just seemed like lovers to me. Also then Charley's best friend Evil Ed. I didn't even know the actor was gay at time but his character seemed very campy and gay in his mannerisms and seems to be a bit flirty with Charley.

Lost Boys had that whole leather and chains clothing and close male companionship thing. Again, the body language and David the lead vampire seems to be seducing Michael. Joel Schumacher directed this so that could have been intentional.

r105

Indeed so would you say Jerry had a sexuality as a vampire and would you say he was meant to be interpreted as bisexual or even gay?

R106 I think he's bisexual. Because he seemed to be seducing Charley's girlfriend Amy and notes that she resembled a past female lover of his. I don't know if his bisexuality is from being a vampire or if he was just a bi man that just happened to be a vampire.

I jerked off to a fantasy of Jerry getting sucked and fucked by Billy.

Great movie!

The remake was HORRID.

What was Jerry he was an undead creature but he didn't seem to be a vampire?

Zombie, I guess too.

There's a scene from the film that I used to rewind and watch over and over. It's at the disco when Chris Sarandon enthralls Amanda Bearse. He takes her out on the dance floor, and there's a shot of his butt swaying to the music. Really sexy...I rewinded and replayed that scene so many times, I must have worn out the VHS tape.

Her hair becomes moussed while dancing. lol

Then grows after bitten.

R112, you mean when he runs her hand over one of his butt cheeks? Yeah, that was hot.

Yup, R114. Right at the beginning of this clip:

r112 I wore out the videotape on the come to me scene were Chris Sarandon comes down the stairs half naked and seduces Amy who is on the carpet looking nervous but very sexually excited!🔥😁

Does Stephen Geoffreys ever talk about his brief porn career?

He mentioned it briefly in an article many years ago, and I think he was asked about it during a fan Q&A once. Here's a link to the article. It's very brief in one of the last paragraphs on the right.

Yeah, I can't find any in-depth interviews of him discussing his porn career. Maybe he feels it's nobody's business or he doesn't like talking about it.

Could someone add links to Stephen/Sam's videos I've tried porn hub and their search engine is garbage every search somehow brings up twinks.lol

^See R94.

He has a nice body but the voice kinda ruins it.

Wow! I learned a lot about this film I didn’t know from this thread.

Geoffreys was in a horror film sometime around 2007(??) playing a school teacher, and the director cast him specifically because of who he’d been in FN. I remember there was an interview around the time and he discussed his drug/porn past and that he’d made peace with it. Good for him!

I always love this film and have seen it countless times. A great, solid, wild 80’s horror comedy with great effects and a crisp use of sound. I think the casting peculiarities only make it more interesting.

The sequel I have burned in a disc from bittorent. I didn’t even find out it existed until the 2010’s. I like it a lot but you can see how it’s much weaker in comparison.

The female lead of part 2 was very good both sexy and scary but that weird interpretive dance she does where she suddenly turns into possessed Bruce Campbell from Evil Dead is still weird.

The actor who was HIV positive in the initial sequel was Merritt Butrick, who is most famous for playing the new waver Johnny Slash in SQUARE PEGS. He was part of the first group of famous actors of the time to die from AIDS.

On the SQUARE PEGS dvd set there’s a wonderful sequence of all the actors on the show remembering him.

He did a lot of stuff. Movies and tv. High and low. One of his last film roles is in a hysterically weird 80’s horror film called DEATH SPA (title tells all... its an possessed gym). His character is kind of trans!

FRIGHT NIGHT PART 2 from 1988 also features Brian Thompson in his younger beefcake male model-y days. He was a kind of rougher version of Jean Claude Van Dam. He had a very sculpted face and tall, bodybuilder body. His character is a vampire bodyguard who randomly eats insects, always saying the name of the insect before putting it in his mouth.

That sequel was going for the same wild tone as the first but it doesn’t quite come together.

And the lead “performance artist” vampire when she’s covered in blood and hosting the tv show reminds me of Diamanda Galas!

r126 Do you have high expertise for the touted Fright Night 3?

I meant high expectations in r127 r126 apologies

Now Vamp, it's everything a campy vampire movie should be:

[quote]FRIGHT NIGHT PART 2 from 1988 also features Brian Thompson in his younger beefcake male model-y days. He was a kind of rougher version of Jean Claude Van Dam. He had a very sculpted face and tall, bodybuilder body. His character is a vampire bodyguard who randomly eats insects, always saying the name of the insect before putting it in his mouth.

That scene where he eats the moth showcases what is one of the fattest tongues I've ever seen. Oh, the things I bet he can do with THAT thing!

R130 Agree! Thanks for the gif.

Interesting - Traci Lind who played Charley's girlfriend in Fright Night dated Dodi Fayed and apparently he was abusive to her, according to her.

Watched this for the first time as was on TV in the UK last week. Really liked it. Crazy that guy did gay porn!

r133 Did Chris Sarandon make your private bits jizz with excitement?!🔥😘

He really did. But so did the guy who went on to play Herman.

^William Ragsdale.

[Quote] FRIGHT NIGHT PART 2 from 1988 also features Brian Thompson in his younger beefcake male model-y days. He was a kind of rougher version of Jean Claude Van Dam.

I first saw him on Buffy. He played 2 different characters (one being a vampire). Also remember he's in The Terminator and Mortal Kombat Annihilation.

Near Dark is a favorite of mine. Excellent film. I was in love with Adrian Pasdar in that. And he takes his shirt off!

Brian Thompson’s scariest character is the psychotic killer he played in Stallone’s COBRA.

I always thought Thompson is gay, but he's been married twice and has two kids.

Here's 'Fright Night Part 2' in full!

William Ragsdale, Amanda Bearse and Chris Sarandon are participating in a script read to benefit the Michigan Dems.

@ChrisSarandon The most terrifying vampire next door is coming back to life to hang with the @michigandems on October 30th. The only thing more frightening than the vampire next door trying to kill you is the man in the white house winning another election.

Stephen Geoffreys is going to be a part of it too. He's been posting about it on his Facebook page.

^^ Loved him in the sequel Fuck Night.

Farrell was terrifyingly awful in the remake.

I loved the few Geoffrey porn vids I've seen. He's very enthusiastic.

Damn Amanda Bearse looks older than Chris Sarandon now!

Maybe he is a vampire...

Most butch lesbians eschew plastic surgery.

Fright Night is on Amazon Prime now, and so is Elvira: Mistress of the Dark!

r144 I think Chris Sarandon is hard to beat or surpass in the role. He is simply perfectly cast for it.

Chris Sarandon should have been bigger. What's he been doing?

Sarandon had a cameo in the remake.

Oh! Chris Sarandon was married to Susan. They’ve been divorced for decades. That’s interesting.

Really, Susan should have let Chris have his surname back, when they divorced. It would have been the right thing. Instead she kept it and dragged it into one cause after another.

That poor surname, what it’s had to endure.

The poster is magnificent. So 80s.

Fright Night and Elvira Mistress of the Dark actually make the PERFECT double bill. Horror and comedy brought together seamlessly. I loved when '80s movies did that. Vamp is another example, and probably Return of the Living Dead.

R151 a terrible one.

Picture of the cast from the read-through for the virtual reunion.

It was an average movie. I liked Chris Sarandon as the vampire. The sequel was exactly the same as the original. EXACTLY the same.

I never saw the original. If it's the same, who played the Tennent character in the original?

[quote] If it's the same, who played the Tennent character in the original?

Roddy McDowell.

Oh, wow. Then I will definitely watch it, R159

Ryan Atwood is narrating? How random 😄

Great topic, so as caveat for anyone curious if Fright Night's 1985 promotional book--based on its spec script--is better than the first movie: original seduction scenes planned between Sarandon and Bearse are entirely buzzkills.

[quote]Really, Susan should have let Chris have his surname back, when they divorced. It would have been the right thing. Instead she kept it and dragged it into one cause after another.

They divorced well before she became famous so it's not like she was so tethered to the name, and she didn't need his name for promotion like Angie Bowie who never gave up the surname after divorcing David. Susan Tomalin isn't a terrible name.

[quote]Ryan Atwood is narrating? How random 😄

I think Michael Rosenbaum who played Lex Luthor on CW's "Smallville" was going to narrate. Chris Sarandon and Rosenbaum both tweeted his involvement, but later Rosenbaum said he had to bow out.

[quote] I never saw the original. If it's the same, who played the Tennent character in the original?

Oh, you poor thing. I could almost smack you for calling it the “Tennent character.” You are highly deprived.

[Quote] I think Michael Rosenbaum who played Lex Luthor on CW's "Smallville" was going to narrate. Chris Sarandon and Rosenbaum both tweeted his involvement, but later Rosenbaum said he had to bow out.

Aww that sucks. I'm sure Ben did a good job.

Dang, Chris Sarandon is 78 years old. I thought he was maybe in his late 60’s.

And he’s married to Monty Hall’s daughter, who starred in one of my favorite childhood movies- FX 2. Interesting.

And I would let you, R164. That really was terrible of me

I love Fright Night. Far from "average".

Oh, come on. It was just another vampire movie.

r168 So true! An excellent stand out cult movie that manages a brilliant balance of horror and sexiness.

Watching right now. Biggest thing to me is Amanda Bearse playing a virginal, straight HS girl.

[Quote] Biggest thing to me is Amanda Bearse playing a virginal, straight HS girl.

Do you want to make love or not?!

She was good at playing those WASP-y, virginal teases. Right before Fright Night, she played a similar type of character in the teen sex comedy Fraternity Vacation, which also starred Stephen Geoffreys.

I love how her vampire makeover is so nubile. Amanda never had a bod like that.

She wore a fake breast plate under that sheer white gown.

Were the teeth hers?

So disappointed in the new Witches remake that they stole that look.

^ Bitch stole my act.