With the current trend for remakes, the 1985 teenage-horror ‘Fright Night’ has had a re-vamp. Should they have bothered?
The film is cleverly set on the outskirts of Las Vegas where the inhabitants work the Strip at night and sleep in the day which provides a prime location for a vampire to dwell.
The editing was cleverly done to create a good mix of suspense and tension with at least one scene where they intended to make the audience jump.
The performances made the film. Colin Farrell brought a slick, charming allure to his character Jerry and that he could be both the nice neighbour and menacing vampire. David Tennant was refreshing and full of humour as the Magician Peter Vincent, although a likeness to Russell Brand sprung to mind. Anton Yelchin’s Charley, the suburban teenager was medicocre but felt this was due to the way the character was written. I failed to connect with him and I cared more about whether Peter Vincent would live rather than Charley himself.
The 3D effects were feeble. The shots were all set from one-angle, and for the most part, the glasses were unnecessary. This effect also made the film so dark that in some scenes, you were straining to see. I recall only two or three shots where the 3D was noticeably used. These were poor especially with the blood predictably shooting out of the screen.
If you want to watch a cheesy vampire movie, you won’t be disappointed in Fright Night.
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