Fright Night

It’s not often this day and age that you see a remake of a movie that actually deserves to get a do over. Generally it’s the movie’s with recognizable names that studios are looking to put back on the marquee to try and put butts back in seat. The originals are always good movies, but get ruined by Hollywood greed and a fast tracked production.

At last there is an exception. Fright Night was released in 1985, had a few recognizable names as stars, took a decent $25mil (for the time), but only real horror fans recognize it. It wasn’t a great movie, undeserving of the classic status of the other 80’s slasher franchises like Nightmare, Friday, or Halloween. But since those have all been summarily ruined, particularly Nightmare, it’s time that a movie that can be improved upon and changed without offending the delicate sensibilities of too many people get a shot.

The first image of the David Tennant, replacing Roddy McDowall as Peter Vincent, has appeared and if you can spot Dr. Who under that hair and make up then you’re better at this game than I am. Vincent is a washed-up actor hosting Fright Night, a show dedicated to the weird and creepy, the spooky and scary. He is hired by Charley Brewster (Anton Yelchin) to investigate Brewster’s neighbor, who he believes is a vampire.

There’s a lot of potential for this to be ridiculous in the best ways so hopefully with the stellar cast they’ll be able to give us a campy, fun movie that not only improves upon the original, but becomes it’s own modern horror/comedy classic. Check out the image below or in hi-rez over at STYD.

A brand new banner image of David Tennant in the upcoming remake of Fright Night has just been uncovered at what seems to be the Las Vegas Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. This is Tennant’s first film role since departing his long time position as Doctor Who. He is playing a character, Peter Vincent, which seems to be a cross between Chris Angel and Jack Sparrow.
In the original Fright Night, this character was played by Roddy McDowell and was a broken-down, out of work horror TV host. In this version Vincent will be a Las Vegas magician whose show revolves around horror-movie imagery. Vincent claims to be a vampire expert, but when the film’s protagonist teen turns to him for assistance, he’s less than helpful.

Anton Yelchin plays Charlie, a teen convinced that his new neighbor (Colin Farrell) is a vampire. Toni Collette will play the teen’s disbelieving mom, who falls under the vampire’s spell. David Tennant will play Peter Vincent, a character who in the original movie was played by Roddy McDowall as the host of a late-night horror show. In the remake, he’s a Las Vegas magician whose show revolves around horror-movie imagery. Vincent claims to be a vampire expert, but when the teen turns to him for assistance, he’s less than helpful. Christopher Mintz-Plasse is playing Evil Ed, Yelchin’s friend who feels slighted that Charlie has left his nerdy past behind and thus joins the vampire’s coven.

supervenom wrote:I enjoyed the original. I might give this one a chance.

riv1 wrote:The original was a blast, and actually kinda creepy at times. It'll be interesting to see this re-make just for how they're going to modernize it.

jaydee74 wrote:

riv1 wrote:The original was a blast, and actually kinda creepy at times. It'll be interesting to see this re-make just for how they're going to modernize it.

Well for one, the character of Peter Vincent won't be a washed up tv host. I'm sure nowadays people don't even know what that is. You don't have people like Evlira or Vincent Price introducing scary movies anymore so from that aspect, the character has to change.

melvinlikechris wrote:as long as kristen stewart isn't in it, go ahead and remake it

Astro13Zombie wrote:

jaydee74 wrote:

riv1 wrote:The original was a blast, and actually kinda creepy at times. It'll be interesting to see this re-make just for how they're going to modernize it.

Well for one, the character of Peter Vincent won't be a washed up tv host. I'm sure nowadays people don't even know what that is. You don't have people like Evlira or Vincent Price introducing scary movies anymore so from that aspect, the character has to change.

There are still a few horror hosts out there.