Fright Night films [Archive] - F13: The Community

Patrick

11-10-2007, 07:58 AM

I love both Fright Night and Fright Night Part II.

I wonder why, why, why there is no widescreen dvd release of Fright Night Part II??? Supposedly Lionsgate owns the film now since they purchased Artisan, but I can't find it on there site at all. I have the dvd, but was just trying to find some way to email Lionsgate or write them to ask when...if at all...they are going to release a decent DVD of Fright Night Part II in WIDESCREEN.

Anyone?

nottidelterrore

11-10-2007, 01:49 PM

I like both movies as well but I prefer the first one.

Fright Night Part II is extremely rare for some reason. My friend actually found a copy yesterday. I don't get why there hasn't been a re-release of it on DVD yet since it's been OOP for awhile now.

sCabbOy

11-10-2007, 06:34 PM

The first is great, but I also love them both. Fun,. fun movies with William Ragsdale, Roddy McDowell and Amanda Bearse.... oh and can't forget Sam Ritter, AKA Stephen Geoffreys

Joe Strummer

11-10-2007, 06:47 PM

I love the first one! I saw it when I was really young (and really into vampires) and it was one of my favs growing up. I still think about it every now and and then and it's probably one of those movies that's going to stick with me like JAWS did. Great flick.

Unfortunately I can't remember if I saw the second one...I probably did, but forgot about it. I'll have to check it out again. Was it on par with the first or was it worse?

Patrick

11-11-2007, 07:24 AM

Fright Night Part II was really good. I love it just like the first. It is worth buying if you can find it.

sCabbOy....Stephen Geoffreys AKA "Sam Ritter".....lol....that's funny. I was just looking up information on him a couple days ago and came across that. It's odd seeing him in a "normal" film such as "Fright Night" and then in a porno movie that is called "Halfway House Hunks"... lol.

ChoKo

11-11-2007, 01:04 PM

I absolutely love Fright Night. It's one of the many films I grew up watching. Chris Sarandon is amazing.

I enjoy Fright Night Part 2, as well, but I'm still partial to the first film.

MaDMaNMaRz

11-16-2007, 01:10 AM

I've always been a huge fan of the Fright Night films. I like both, but I prefer the first one. The cast was great. They're such fun movies.

Natman

11-16-2007, 01:37 AM

Fright Night is one of my all time favorite horror films and one of my two favorite vampire films (the other being Near Dark). I'm not really a fan of the sequel because it went in a very different direction than I was hoping (Stephen Geoffreys should have returned). The first film left it so open for more Evil Ed. But I still watch Fright Night Part II because it's Fright Night Part II, at least a couple characters returned.

Did anyone else read the Fright Night comics? They picked up where the first film left off and featured Evil Ed as a recurring villain. It was actually how I discovered the movie.

nottidelterrore

11-16-2007, 02:26 AM

Our friend Nick Savage aka Ali appears in the first Fright Night only to be killed by the great Chris Sarandon.

I really need to get the first one on DVD since it doesn't go for much. If I ever see the second one on DVD somewhere for a good price, I'll get it too.

ChoKo

11-16-2007, 02:54 AM

Our friend Nick Savage aka Ali appears in the first Fright Night only to be killed by the great Chris Sarandon.

Yeah. He calls him "chicken man." :lol:

Classic.

NETRA

11-16-2007, 04:49 AM

I have the dvd, but was just trying to find some way to email Lionsgate or write them to ask when...if at all...they are going to release a decent DVD of Fright Night Part II in WIDESCREEN.

I envy you. At least you have Part II on DVD. I'd settle for formatted and bare bones over nothing. When did that DVD come out anyway? It's not available on Net Flix so I assume it was quite a while ago.

I'm not really a fan of the sequel because it went in a very different direction than I was hoping (Stephen Geoffreys should have returned).

I read somewhere that Geoffreys was offered a roll but turned it down. I wonder if that's true. I wish he'd come back because he was a hilarious vampire.

The original (which airs on Showtime Beyond in about an hour) is my favorite but because I haven't viewed Part II in so long, I'm becoming obsessed with seeing it again.

The Dream Master

11-16-2007, 04:53 AM

With a remake of the original in the works, I'm sure we'll get a couple of SEs for the first two films. I didn't realize that FN 2 was out of print.

Rich

11-16-2007, 04:56 AM

I loved the original. I don't remember the sequel. I'll check out the new one if they make one.

The Dream Master

11-16-2007, 04:57 AM

Rich, there is, in fact, going to be a remake. There's a thread about it in the recent and upcoming films forum.

NETRA

11-16-2007, 04:59 AM

I don't give a rat's behind about the remake since I suspect they'll change the premise. If it's not about a vampire moving in next door to a boy in a suburban neighborhood, then I don't care. And even if they do follow the old premise, then I might as well stick with the original. So they can't win with me.

The Dream Master

11-16-2007, 05:02 AM

Netra, how'd you know?

The remake actually somehow involves an amusement park or some shit. You can read all about it here (http://www.f13-community.co.uk/board/showthread.php?t=1105&highlight=fright+night).

If anything, maybe it'll get us a new release for the other two films.

Natman

11-16-2007, 05:37 AM

I'm for a remake if it means Evil Ed is back. I know he'd be played by a new actor, but it's time for Ed to come back. Stephen Geoffreys was offered to return for Part II but he didn't agree with the script and they didn't see him as that valuable an asset so they went on without him. I'm thinking of writing a fanfic part 3 or alternative part 2 that would bring back Evil. Don't know how far I'll go with it.

nottidelterrore

11-16-2007, 06:45 AM

I envy you. At least you have Part II on DVD. I'd settle for formatted and bare bones over nothing. When did that DVD come out anyway? It's not available on Net Flix so I assume it was quite a while ago.

Amazon lists the release date as August 19th, 2003. That's somewhat new. Perhaps they didn't make many copies or something.

My friend got two copies at Blockbuster. The ones around where I live & a few towns over have this deal where you can buy a movie when it's time to return it after you rent it. So far, he got $60 out of one & has the other one listed. Honestly, if I came across a copy I would keep it for myself.

I did the above deal for my copy of the Silent Night Deadly Night 1 & 2 Double Feature DVD. Although I could probably sell it for about $30+, I'm choosing to keep it since I love both movies. :)

NETRA

11-19-2007, 05:38 PM

So far, he got $60 out of one & has the other one listed

Well, I'm not yet THAT obsessed with owning Part II. That's about $50 outside my price range. Heh. Still, I wish who ever owns the rights to it would get off their lazy duffs.

nottidelterrore

11-19-2007, 06:56 PM

Well, I'm not yet THAT obsessed with owning Part II. That's about $50 outside my price range. Heh. Still, I wish who ever owns the rights to it would get off their lazy duffs.

Seriously. Haha. I'd never pay $60 for just an individual movie. If it was a huge box set of something I love, I would but not just for one movie. I think the most I'd pay for a rare DVD is about $30....but that's only for a few out there. The $30 would be a last resort price.

NETRA

11-21-2007, 06:08 PM

I'd never pay $60 for just an individual movie.

What's the most you've ever spent on a single movie?

My budget is so tight that I'm rarely am able to pay more than $10. So I usually buy used movies from Amazon. And lately Net Flix has sort of become my extended DVD collection. :) As for box sets, I've never bought one... Though I can think of several I want. Perhaps if I moved out of the city I'd have more spending cash.

sCabbOy

11-21-2007, 08:02 PM

I spent 125 on a movie :( I collect them so it's worth it to me. The movie was The Secret Life Of Dahmer, a very HTF movie in it's time. Now it's on DVD and VHS was only worth 35-40 when I sold it.

I just bid on 555, it went up to 103 and I put a high of 55 on it.

nottidelterrore

11-22-2007, 03:44 AM

What's the most you've ever spent on a single movie?

My budget is so tight that I'm rarely am able to pay more than $10. So I usually buy used movies from Amazon. And lately Net Flix has sort of become my extended DVD collection. :) As for box sets, I've never bought one... Though I can think of several I want. Perhaps if I moved out of the city I'd have more spending cash.

I paid about $24 at Best Buy for the Millenium Edition of Re-Animator about 4 years ago. I paid $32 for the Dawn of the Dead Ultimate Edition the day it came out. It's a single movie....but a four disc box set so I don't know if I should count that or not.

I did drop $10 for the unrated VHS of Slaughter High some months ago. Usually, I won't pay that much for a tape but I needed it to go with my R-rated VHS tape, which I got for free from my mother. She found it at a mom & pop video store for $1 because they were clearing out their VHS tapes.

sCabbOy

11-22-2007, 03:58 AM

nottidelterrore

11-22-2007, 04:49 AM

Amazon is amazing for used DVDs. I generally snag a handful every few weeks... usually you can get movies that retail for 18.99 (or so) for 4 bucks used.

Then there are the throw away movies like Pumpkin Karver and such that you can get there for like 50 cents... The Jacket for 2.50 and so on.

Agreed. I have acquired some great used titles on there for really good prices.

I got a gently used copy of Freddy vs. Jason for around $0.70 with $2.98 shipping. I also got the Canadian Night of the Demons 3 DVD new for $4.50 plus $2.98 shipping. I think that's a pretty good deal considering that the cheapest copy is $18.93 at the moment. I've seen some go for $3.95 on Ebay but with like $8 shipping.

The cheapest copy of Fright Night 2 on Amazon is $85. Bah!

The One and Only

01-26-2008, 05:13 PM

Quote by nottidelterrore:
The cheapest copy of Fright Night 2 on Amazon is $85. Bah!

Glad I snagged my copy when I did. Just fourteen bucks. Suckers.:p

Anywho, great series of flicks. While the first is a more horrorcentric flick, and the second is a bit more comical, both are quite good. I remember being a wee lad of eleven ,and the snot being scared out of me by the commercials for the first flick. After seeing those red eyes in Charlie's window in the ads for Fright Night , I was a little nervous about passing in front of my window at night let me tell you. One thing I like about these films they stick to "rules" of vampirism quite well, or at least what was considered to the rules. I mean, other than maybe Bram Stoker's Dracula, have you seen a vampire turning into a bat, or mist. Now they turn into some demonic mutant out of Castlevania like in Van Helsing or Blade Trinity. Richard Edlund's make-up is quite extraordinary in both flicks. My only problem with the first flick really is that maybe it's just me, but I honestly think that Evil Ed's death scene could've been shortened a bit. Also props to composer Brad Fiedel, who while probaly more famous for his score in the first two Terminator flicks, produced one of his more memorable scores here. Especially in the climatic finalie of the first flick.

Also one thing that has always stuck with me about the second flick. I had always thought that John Gries character of Louie was a vampire. But many think he's a werewolf like the poor bloke he played in The Monster Squad. Since vamps are shape shifters, I figured it was a shape he liked to use when doing hids dastardly deeds. Heck in the bowling alley scenes we see him drinking blood. Then the bloke gets taken out with a wooden arrow in the heart. Then I swear I see him sleeping in a coffin in the basement scene after Charlie realizes vamps are real. Just my two cents on the subject.

Patrick

01-27-2008, 09:21 AM

Yea I got Fright Night II on DVD when it came out at Best Buy several years ago. I will hold onto it until if/when a WideScreen version is ever released.

TalbotLives

03-24-2008, 02:45 AM

I LOVE these movies. As great as a few others are, Fright Night is my favorite vampire film of the '80's. It was one of the first horror films I ever saw when I was a really young kid, and it will always have a special place in my heart. The sequel is played a little bit more for laughs, which I didn't care for, but I really like it, too. Seeing Charley and Peter back in action more than makes up for the more comedic tone. And whoever cast these movies did one hell of a job...Chris Sarandon and Julie Carmen are two of the sexiest villains in the history of vampire movies.

Did anyone else read the Fright Night comics? They picked up where the first film left off and featured Evil Ed as a recurring villain. It was actually how I discovered the movie.

I used to read those too...I still have a couple somewhere back at my parent's house, from a storyline where Jerry Dandridge returned from the grave.

Patrick

03-24-2008, 07:02 AM

Why oh why won't Lionsgate put forth the effort to release a GOOD WideScreen version of Part II??? :( A Blu-ray of it would be even better....WideScreen only of course.

Wolfgang

04-26-2008, 08:24 PM

I haven't seen the sequel, I tried to get it and the video store said it was out of print, but I love the original. One of the best vampire movies ever! I love the soundtrack for this movie. It's pure 80's entertainment.

Patrick

04-27-2008, 08:41 AM

Fright Night II is awesome. Some might say not as good as the original...which I agree with....BUT it is a very good sequel none-the-less. I love it just as much as I love the original. I love Belle, the roller-skating vampire who never says a word the whole movie.

Maybe it will make another, better appearance on DVD soon with a WideScreen transfer. Better than that shit transfer Artisan gave us.

WestinHillsDays

04-27-2008, 10:05 AM

I happen to find Fright Night 2 a lot better than the original.

nottidelterrore

04-28-2008, 01:07 AM

Fright Night II is a fairly good sequel. I like the first a lot better but the sequel is a worthy continuation of the series. It's a shame it's hard to find on DVD. I need to own both of them one of these days.

kramerfan

04-28-2008, 05:43 AM

I love 1 but cant remember too much of 2.

CharlieBrummel

06-29-2008, 05:54 PM

Night of the Living Podcast interviews Chris Sarandon (http://nightofthelivingpodcast.com/EpisodeDetail.aspx?N=139)

I'm glad that he seems proud of the film.

Jigsaw

07-10-2008, 05:35 AM

I watched the first Fright Night for the first time on my DVR box, pretty good movie. There's no Special Edition DVD of this out or being planned, is there?

AOD

07-10-2008, 07:10 AM

That would be NO Jigsaw but if Tom Holland has anything to do with it we will get a Special Edition DVD. I was in the room at Fearfest when Tom said something to that effect :)

Jigsaw

07-10-2008, 07:13 AM

Cool, hopefully we'll get a Fright Night SE sometime. I just might pass on getting the current DVD if an SE is on the way.

AOD

07-10-2008, 07:23 AM

It could be some time till it comes out so you might want to spend that $10 and get the barebones edition for now. Thats what I did.

Jigsaw

07-10-2008, 07:26 AM

If I find the current DVD for very cheap, I just might pick it up. I wouldn't spend more than $10 on it, and even that amount is pushing it.

Patrick

07-10-2008, 09:09 AM

Fright Night is a classic in it's own right. It needs a Blu-ray release.

Hell, I would shit if we got a WideScreen version of Fright Night II.

Jigsaw

07-10-2008, 09:30 AM

I haven't seen Fright Night Part II, but it's definitely a movie I plan on seeing eventually. I enjoyed the original a lot. Plus, it has Ali from Friday The 13th Part 3 in it :D

Patrick

07-10-2008, 09:34 AM

Fright Night II is awesome. Has Charlie Brewster and Peter Vincent in it. Also, I love Belle......the roller skating vampire.....which is a dude by the way.

Someone on YouTube posted the alleged WideScreen version of the trailer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W83ZB-TMm4o

Jigsaw

07-10-2008, 09:41 AM

Dandrige was a really cool villain in the original movie. You can tell Chris Sarandon had the time of his life playing the role.

Patrick

07-10-2008, 09:52 AM

Yea Chris Sarandon is awesome. I love him in Fright Night and Child's Play.

Jigsaw

07-10-2008, 09:55 AM

He was also great in Tales From The Crypt: Bordello Of Blood. Always a very dependable and enjoyable actor. Any role he's given he fits right into it with no problem.

Patrick

07-10-2008, 10:05 AM

I wonder what studio now owns Fright Night Part II? SONY...Lionsgate?....who who who!!!!! LOL There's nothing at all on Lionsgate's site. And nothing is to be found online about the ownership at all.

Jigsaw

07-10-2008, 10:08 AM

Whoever owns it, hopefully it'll be re-released on DVD in Widescreen and with some decent special features.

NETRA

07-10-2008, 09:02 PM

props to composer Brad Fiedel

I second your props. The "Come To Me" tune (instrumental version) that plays over various scenes in 1 and 2 is among my favorite bits from any movie soundtrack.

Whoever owns it, hopefully it'll be re-released on DVD in Widescreen and with some decent special features.

I'd settle for almost ANY copy of it on DVD. It's ridiculous that getting certain movies on DVD is so difficult. The fact that you can get Stepfather 2 but not the original? Weird. Heck, there are even Hitchcock movies that haven't gotten DVD releases yet. ("Rebecca" won the Oscar for best picture yet it's not on DVD? That's nonsense!)

girlychaos

07-10-2008, 11:56 PM

True. But sometimes it's mainly because of legal issues and stuff like that (dunno if that's the case with Stepfather though).

What I find even worse is when a DVD is OOP and still there's market for it and lots of people after a copy. Just makes the prices of the remaining copies get insanely high, when they could just keep printing them...that's something I don't get.

As far as the Fright Night movies go, it's been so long since I watched them...I need to see them again someday.

The Dream Master

07-11-2008, 12:33 AM

Net, MGM will be releasing Rebecca as part of their new Hitchcock set this October. :)

Also, I want to say that Lion's Gate now controls many (if not all) of Artisan's catalogue, so they're responsible for FN2, I think.

sCabbOy

07-11-2008, 01:31 AM

The problem with OOP videos, especially the Anchor Bay ones is that AB buys the rights for a limited time, say 2 years, and then when their contract runs out they can't print anymore. It's nice that AB released these movies to begin with, but mainly it's not entirely their fault that they fall OOP. Perhaps the 1-3 year contract was all they were offered?

Jigsaw

07-11-2008, 01:37 AM

A whole lot of AB DVDs are now OOP and really tough to find, like the Madman DVD. I've heard the Madman DVD is very rare and valuable.

AOD

07-11-2008, 03:37 AM

Also props to composer Brad Fiedel

Your damn right props to Brad. The Score to Fright Night is one of my all time favorites. Dream Window is the best track from the score IMO. Come to Me by Brad Fiedel, Save Me Tonight by White Sister and You Can't Hide From the Beast Inside by Autograph are my favs from the soundtrack.

The One and Only

07-11-2008, 04:45 AM

I don't think we'll see any Special Editions or proper releases of either flick probaly until the remake gets off the ground. Also back in the 80's the now defunct NOW Comics published a Fright Night series that picked up right where the flick left off. Among a new gal named Natalie for Charlie, the series also broght back Evil Ed, a slew of other horror related goodness, and the resurrection of Jeffery Dandridge. According to the writer/director of the first flick, Tom Holland, he has said he owns the rights to the series, and said probaly he'd get the issues reprinted once things take off with the remake. But, from I've read, that won't be happening too soon because Holland also has a certain degree of say on the final script for the flick. And according to him, none of scripts turned in as of yet have been up to snuff, so it'll be awhile. But you can take a gander at the covers right over here.:callme: (http://www.milehighcomics.com/cgi-bin/backissue.cgi?action=list&title=33699660432&snumber=1)

NETRA

07-11-2008, 05:33 AM

Yeah, those legal issues muck everything up. Everybody wants a piece of the pie and the result is that the fans get none of it. I bet the remake of The Stepfather will be out on DVD before the original. And the remake of Fright Night will probably beat a DVD re-release of Fright Night Part 2. Argh!

Patrick

07-11-2008, 08:23 AM

Also, I want to say that Lion's Gate now controls many (if not all) of Artisan's catalogue, so they're responsible for FN2, I think.

I assumed as much also but, there is nothing whatsoever in Lionsgate site....in their dvd store/section about Fright Night II at all. Atleast it wasn't last month when I checked it.

The Dream Master

07-11-2008, 08:31 AM

No, there's not. They haven't released Fright Night 2, and I think the Artisan DVD was taken out of print shortly after Lion's Gate acquired Artisan, but I'm not sure (it's definitely OOP, but I'm not sure if the Lion's Gate acquisition is why).

Patrick

07-11-2008, 08:56 AM

Yea. Maybe the rights reverted back to Tri-Star? I emailed Bill Hunt and asked if he could maybe ask around and see. I also emailed several other sites and asked the same thing. Maybe we can find out something.

The Dream Master

07-11-2008, 08:59 AM

Yeah, maybe. I'm not sure how Artisan ended up with the rights to Fright Night 2 in the first place.

Patrick

07-11-2008, 09:08 AM

I know. They always have put out shitty dvd transfers.

sCabbOy

07-11-2008, 07:26 PM

Artisan probably acquired temporary rights, that's all. They probably used the VHS transfer as well.

Patrick

07-12-2008, 06:59 PM

Apparently so with the way Fright Night II looks.

sCabbOy

07-12-2008, 08:53 PM

Artisan did the same for Rawhead Rex, now that DVD goes for like $70.

Patrick

07-12-2008, 09:22 PM

Yea I wish I had an extra copy of Fright Night II to sell on eBay. I am gonna hold on to mine until I hear of a newer release coming.

sCabbOy

07-12-2008, 10:03 PM

My ex has FNII, The Wraith, Motel Hell/Deranged and The Gate on DVD collecting dust. All are OOP and go for a hefty load on eBay. I'm trying to get them from her.

Patrick

07-13-2008, 12:38 AM

Yea I wanna get The Gate. I used to see it at Circuit City everytime I went there for like $6. I never got one. Now.....

sCabbOy

07-13-2008, 02:42 AM

I have the even rarer Gate, the one in the clear hard plastic case. It's not worth anything more, but it's harder to find. I got it for $3.

Jigsaw

07-13-2008, 02:51 AM

I'd love to own The Gate on DVD, I always liked that movie. There hasn't been any word of a possible Widescreen SE?

sCabbOy

07-13-2008, 02:55 AM

Nah, not that I know of. I doubt there will be anytime soon.

Jigsaw

07-13-2008, 02:57 AM

A shame, I always loved the original. I remember digging the sequel as well.

sCabbOy

07-13-2008, 06:35 AM

I like both of them a lot. I'd hope one day we will get a proper SE with an anamorphic widescreen transfer. But in this day and age we hear about these SE's well before they come out. Maybe if fans pester Don May Jr and Michael Felsher they will prod at distribution companies to see if they are willing to release them.

Michael Felsher has done this on many releases, and he also used to work for Anchor Bay so he probably has in with them,.

The Dream Master

07-13-2008, 06:43 AM

Supposed to be another Gate flick on the way, so who knows what might happen with the first two on DVD?

nottidelterrore

07-13-2008, 06:46 AM

I have The Gate on DVD as well. Picked it up somewhere last year for a few bucks used.

I still need to get both Fright Nights on DVD. The first will be easy to obtain. The second is still pretty rare & I'm not going to pay all out for it so it doesn't look like I'll be getting it any time soon.

I used to own both on VHS in the 1990s. I wish I would've at least held onto the second one just I can have a copy.

sCabbOy

07-13-2008, 05:47 PM

I'm not even sure if both Gates are owned by the same people, hopefully if a new Gate is made they will be released.

Fright Nighter

08-25-2008, 02:07 AM

I love the first Fright Night. It's one of my favorite horror/vamp movies of all time. I thought FN 2 was a pretty good movie, but definitely not as good as the first. I wish that someone would buy the rights to FN 2 and offically release it on DVD.

horrornut

08-25-2008, 02:50 AM

Yeah, the first installment was much better than the second one. I couldn't even finish #2.

Michellemabelle

08-25-2008, 02:52 AM

I really can only watch numero uno.

nottidelterrore

08-25-2008, 05:41 AM

I think both are great but the first one is the better film.

Artisan released Fright Night 2 but it's out of print & ridiculously expensive.

Cody

09-26-2008, 07:35 PM

Icons of Fright (http://www.iconsoffright.com/Commentaries.htm) have recorded two mp3 commentaries for Fright Night that you can sync up with your DVD.

Track #1 - Writer/Director Tom Holland, Stars Chris Sarandon (Jerry Dandrige) & Jonathan Stark (Billy Cole), moderated by Tim Sullivan.

Track #2 - Writer/Director Tom Holland, Stars William Ragsdale (Charley Brewster), Stephen Geoffreys ("Evil" Ed Thompson) & FX Artist Randall William Cook, moderated by Jeremy Smith (Mr. Beaks from Ain't It Cool News.com) & hosted by Tim Sullivan.

(Also on that page is a commentary they did with Holland for Child's Play.)

James M

11-20-2009, 07:56 AM

Fright Night is a really good flick. Chris Sarandon is class, pure and simple. He really made me hate Jerry, that speaks for how well he did. The whole cast was great really. Great music in this one too.

Patrick

11-21-2009, 07:01 AM

Yea hopefully we will get a Blu-ray of the original soon with talk of the remake. We desperately need a good WideScreen print of FN2 pronto.

James M

11-23-2009, 08:03 AM

I saw Fright Night Part II for the first time last night. It was an okay way to waste a couple hours, but I didn't think it held a candle to the original. The first film is so much more fun, and Chris Sarandon as Jerry Dandrige is so much more interesting and charismatic than his sister in the second film.

Jus-X

11-23-2009, 05:09 PM

I thought the scariest moments in Fright Night was when Jerry was making friends with Charlie's mom. Then later he comes into Charlie's room. Then calls him after his confrontation!!!

James M

11-23-2009, 08:18 PM

Yeah, I'd have shit my pants if I were Charley, that's for sure, haha.

Fright Night has a great cast of characters. Charley Brewster and Peter Vincent are enjoyable characters and Jerry Dandridge is an excellent villain. One of Fright Night's greatest strengths is that it really makes you care about the characters. When Jerry bit Amy, I actually felt dread.

For those unfamiliar, the character's name is spelt Charley. I now how to spell Charlie. heh

James M

01-07-2010, 01:47 AM

Here's the J. Geils Band's video for Fright Night with their song from the end credits.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN5TIVFPdnM

Monkey

01-07-2010, 02:51 AM

I remember seeing the sequel out on DVD several years ago for about 15 bucks. I thought if they dropped the price to about 10, I might get it. Then it goes OOP and becomes ultra-expensive. Oh well.

Picked up the soundtrack for fright night back in '07, I believe. It was some sort of Japanese club release, or whatever the hell the guy who sold it me said (probably just a bootleg). It worked great for Halloween music last year. Groovy 80s tunes, man.

Love the original film. I'm surprised it wasn't a big hit or franchise, I suppose the mediocre sequel pretty much sealed its fate. Herman wasn't much of a star, Peter Vincent passed away, Evil Ed opted to do gay porn. I don't recall the actual star names (McDowell is the only one to come to mind). Guess it wasn't built for a franchise... you can only have so many revenge seeking siblings. Vampires are all the rage these days, though. Wait and see.

James M

01-07-2010, 08:41 AM

The soundtrack to Fright Night is indeed awesome. Some great songs and a great score by Brad Fiedel. Come To Me is my personal favorite piece.

Horra

01-09-2010, 01:33 PM

Other than Dandridge killing 2 prostitutes before his confrontation with Charley, He's a pretty decent guy. He didnt want to kill charley, even after charley finding out he was a vampire.

Dandridge's Words:

"I'm going to give you something i never had. A choice" Forget about me Charley, and i'll forget about you!"

Of course charley's dumb ass blew it :p

James M

01-10-2010, 03:32 AM

True, but I think Charley was just so much of a horror fanatic that he couldn't resist challenging a real life vampire, foolish as it may have been. Also, could Dandrige really be trusted? Maybe Charley figured that since he knew Jerry's secret, it would only be a matter of time before he'd want to eliminate Charley, no matter what he said.

Has anyone ever wondered exactly what Billy Cole was? He wasn't a vampire, seeing as he could be out during the day. He definitely wasn't human, though. He kept coming after being shot several times, and didn't die until he got a stake through the heart, at which point he melted. I guess he was some kind of ghoul created by Dandrige or he was once human and Dandrige turned him into a ghoul.

Horra

01-10-2010, 08:18 AM

Titan

01-12-2010, 07:33 PM

I love these two films. Fright Night was the first vampire movie I ever watched when I was younger. Always thought it would be cool to be like Jerry. lol. When it comes to part two I got lucky and found a used copy at a DVD store I used to frequent for $5.00.

Natman

01-12-2010, 07:41 PM

I also thought it was really interesting that Billy was the only one to die from a stake to the heart in the entire movie, and he wasn't a vampire. Evil Ed looked like he died, but came back at the end, and Jerry just pulled the stake out.

Anyway, Fright Night has always been and always will be my favorite vampire film. Near Dark takes the number two spot. Meeting Chris Sarandon was one of the most unreal experiences of my life.

I take it there's no plan to ever re-release the part 2 DVD?

Darth Sinister

01-12-2010, 09:17 PM

James M

01-15-2010, 07:09 PM

Good point. When you look at it that way, Charley was quite the admirable hero.

Lance Lives

03-31-2010, 04:10 AM

Last time I was at my buddy's I discovered he had an old Fright Night 2 vhs stashed away. I happily borrowed it and look forward to checking it out. I didn't think I would get to for a while since it's going for crazy amounts and isn't on Netflix anymore.

Jus-X

03-31-2010, 02:44 PM

Still haven't seen FN2 :(

Bill 1981

03-31-2010, 03:09 PM

Last time I watched FN2 was...Shit...Back before the last Mom/Pop video store in town closed up. And that was years ago. :(

The One and Only

04-01-2010, 05:21 PM

I always thought Billy Cole was some sort of construct like a golem. The skeleton of some poor say, probably the original Billy Cole, used as a frame to construct a body using whatever materials are required to bring the creation to life.

Jus-X

04-01-2010, 07:04 PM

Remind me who BIlly Cole is? (this isn't a movie I watch often)

Was that the vampire's watcher person?

nottidelterrore

04-01-2010, 08:28 PM

Was that the vampire's watcher person?

Yes indeed.

Jus-X

04-01-2010, 08:36 PM

In that case I always thought he was turned before Charlie and Peter Vincent schloped they way over to Jerry's.

The One and Only

08-26-2011, 06:21 AM

Dread Central.com this week did a series of retrospectives with the original Fright Night's creator, writer, and director Tom Holland about the flick. Check out Parts One through Three right here. (http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/46642/fright-night-retrospective-part-one-tom-holland-reflects-early-stages-creating-seminal-mo) And the fourth and final installment hit this puppy. (http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/46730/fright-night-retrospective-part-four-character-inspirations-vampire-desires-and-world-hom)

MaDMaNMaRz

11-30-2011, 04:55 AM

Someone on eBay is selling a brand new copy of Part II for $600!!! WTF, seriously?

Rich

11-30-2011, 05:27 AM

Someone is selling the DVD on Amazon for 50 and the VHS for 20. Who the hell do these people think they are?! Criterion?!

The Dream Master

11-30-2011, 07:42 AM

They're smart people that know there's at least one person out there that'll probably bite, even at that price.

nottidelterrore

11-30-2011, 10:10 AM

They're smart people that know there's at least one person out there that'll probably bite, even at that price.

This.

I'd almost pay $20 for the DVD. Almost.

Jus-X

11-30-2011, 05:57 PM

Someone on eBay is selling a brand new copy of Part II for $600!!! WTF, seriously?

Many of us our collectors... we make sure we have atleast one copy of teh VHS for nostolgia and one copy of the DVD for features/better pic.

The man/woman is clearly insane, and the person who pays that price for it is even more insane.

What's the link, I'm just curious as to what's so special about the DVD, besides it being almost impossible to find?

The Dream Master

11-30-2011, 07:10 PM

Absolutely nothing. In fact, it's a shitty DVD with a full-frame transfer that's barely a step above VHS. I'll stick to my HD recording off of HBO in the future.

WesReviews

11-30-2011, 07:19 PM

I can remember the days when I paid $30 for a near mint VHS copy of Happy Birthday to Me, because I thought it would never make it to DVD. Two DVD releases later...

Oh how naive I was.

Sean [The Wildcard]

11-30-2011, 07:22 PM

Fuckin' Hell, trying to find a movie on VHS was a pain enough as it was, simply because it would go as so:

1.) Theater
(then months upon months of waiting)
2.) VHS Rental Only
(At this time you could still buy a used VHS rental...for $60-$70 dollars. I had this experience when I wanted to buy I Know What You Did Last Summer and Ed Gein.)
3.) VHS Purchase
(Still pretty expensive, but at this point, you just needed to know where to look)

The Dream Master

11-30-2011, 07:24 PM

WesReviews

11-30-2011, 07:39 PM

Yeah, I very rarely bought VHS tapes for all of those reasons. By the time I had my own disposable income, it was on the way out anyway. I can still remember getting like Anchor Bay's Halloween tape, plus maybe Scream and Scream 2. Those had to be among the last (and were among the very few I ever owned anyway).
At the point when I first wanted to own Halloween, my parents' store was already out of business and the movie was long out of print. So, I got my aunt who lived near Cincinnati to visit Blockbuster Video and pick it up (they had recently released it on VHS as a Blockbuster exclusive).

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31TWXXOF8HL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

Jus-X

11-30-2011, 08:06 PM

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31TWXXOF8HL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

This was my first owned copy of Halloween as well. The second copy was a remastered VHS, the third was with the TV footage addded. I'm spent a lot of money on Halloween 1. :lmao:

MaDMaNMaRz

12-07-2011, 10:12 AM

Absolutely nothing. In fact, it's a shitty DVD with a full-frame transfer that's barely a step above VHS. I'll stick to my HD recording off of HBO in the future.

I think they used an older Laserdisc master for the DVD, if i'm not mistaken. But yeah, the transfer on it is godawful.

I caught Part II when they were airing it on HBO Zone, and holy crap was that a great looking transfer. I'd settle for a bare bones DVD with a similiar transfer. But after seeing it in high def, i'd prefer a BD release.

The Dream Master

12-07-2011, 10:15 AM

Did we ever figure out if Lions Gate ended up with the Artisan catalog? If so, they just announced their own disc-on-demand shit today (kind of like Warner Archive/MGM Limited). Maybe Fright Night II ends up there; since an HD master exists, gotta believe it would show up on the next official disc release if one is coming.

nottidelterrore

12-07-2011, 11:23 AM

There's no way I'd pay an arm and a leg for that shitty transfer DVD. Maybe $10 tops.

Although I did pay $39 for a used copy of Slumber Party Massacre II in 2008. :X

WesReviews

12-07-2011, 02:09 PM

Lionsgate has a looooooooooot of rare horror stuff you wouldn't think they would have, through various library acquisitions over the years. This disc-on-demand thing of theirs could be interesting.

With almost all studios going this route, maybe Paramount will follow suit and we can FINALLY get discs of Dr. Terror's House of Horrors and Tales That Witness Madness.

The Dream Master

12-07-2011, 07:05 PM

Yeah, I don't know how many times I've looked up an obscure horror flick and have been surprised to see that Lions Gate has it. I just hope they have this stuff on Netflix like MGM does; Paramount actually does have Dr. Terror's on there, but it's a horribly cropped VHS-level transfer. Neat movie though, I love the wraparound segments in it. I would actually pay for a good DVD of that one in a heartbeat.

WesReviews

12-07-2011, 07:20 PM

The good thing about Lionsgate is that their DVDs and Blu-Rays are ridiculously cheap. Maybe their movies on demand will follow suit and hit streets around the $5-$10 range? We can hope at least.

MaDMaNMaRz

12-09-2011, 03:15 AM

My Fright Night (1985) BD shipped today. I saw a couple of reviews for it online already. Knowing that Sony handled the transfer and audio, I figured it was going to get great reviews. I ordered the score as well. Can't wait!
ADDED:
Did we ever figure out if Lions Gate ended up with the Artisan catalog? If so, they just announced their own disc-on-demand shit today (kind of like Warner Archive/MGM Limited). Maybe Fright Night II ends up there; since an HD master exists, gotta believe it would show up on the next official disc release if one is coming.

Yep, Lionsgate owns Artisan's catalogue. Knowing they have the rights, it does give me some hope...considering they are pretty good for releasing stuff we usually don't expect, such as The Monster Squad. I never thought it'd see the light of day on DVD or BD. But they did it.
ADDED:
They have a review up on blu-ray.com already. It's not quite as positive as the other 2, but they still gave it a good review. They have some screencaps, and judging from those, i'm very pleased with the transfer.

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Fright-Night-Blu-ray/25032/#Screenshots

Monkey

12-29-2011, 02:36 AM

I watched the remake last night. Thoroughly enjoyed it. A fair amount of twists to keep it interesting (Ed being the one obsessed this go around, Chris Sarandon cameo). Had very low expectations going into this one, so a pleasant surprise. Box office returns make the sequel prospects look nil, but I'd be up for one. I'll definitely watch this one again sometime. :)

Wish they would reissue the sequel or put it on netflix.