Going by the trailer alone I'm thinking this is going to be crap. And that's not just bias because I like the original movie, I actually thought the trailer looked halfway good up until the minute mark when Charlie decides to whip out his Smartphone to look up how to pick a lock while crouching right outside the vampire's door. And from there...it just looks like a reediting of the trailer for Disturbia with a vampire thrown into it.

Now, one thing I noticed right off the bat, in the original movie, the original victims were prostitutes, this time it's high school kids, why? Only it doesn't stop there, this vampire is wiping out entire families in the area, and oh look, there's a pattern linking them together to explain why the victims were chosen...but the stupid cops in the area apparently have absolutely no idea what's going on, which I know is nothing new but give us a break, it's a dead horse.

I was actually thinking in a few months when this comes out on DVD, for $4 it might be worth a viewing, except today I find out the video store is going out of business, so the options are either pay $8.50 to see it at the theater and most likely hate it, or wait until 6 months after the DVD release to get it on loan from the library, either way I don't know that it'd be worth the trouble since I really don't expect this to be scary, or suspenseful, or intelligent in any way.

but that's just me, how about everyone else?

I plan to see it. I am a fan of the original move with Chris Sarandon. By the way, the victims in the original movie were also high school students, look at what he did to the one called Evil Ed. He also changed Charlie's girlfriend into a Vampiress. I am sure it will suck but hey, I like a cheap thrill here and there.

I never saw the original 1985 film, but the trailer for the remake doesn't look half bad. I may see it when it hits theaters this August. According to Wikipedia, it's being released in Real D 3D.

Like they need to release that in 3D, if its playing in 2 D I will see that version rather than pay the extra expense for the 3D.

Tony Marino wrote:

I plan to see it. I am a fan of the original move with Chris Sarandon. By the way, the victims in the original movie were also high school students, look at what he did to the one called Evil Ed. He also changed Charlie's girlfriend into a Vampiress. I am sure it will suck but hey, I like a cheap thrill here and there.

Yeah but I'm pretty sure Dandridge only went after Ed and Amy because Charlie was onto him, until he found out he was being watched his only interest seemed to be in grown women.

Talking about Fright Night the original was on Encore Mysteries late last night.

Tony Marino wrote:

I plan to see it. I am a fan of the original move with Chris Sarandon. By the way, the victims in the original movie were also high school students, look at what he did to the one called Evil Ed. He also changed Charlie's girlfriend into a Vampiress. I am sure it will suck but hey, I like a cheap thrill here and there.

I love the original movie, too. I was petrified when I saw it. I think, Fright Night is one of a very few movies that are able to make me unable to sleep.

And I like Anton Yelchin.

IDK if I'll see it in theater or not, but I'll try to get the DVD.

rienpoet wrote:

Tony Marino wrote:

I plan to see it. I am a fan of the original move with Chris Sarandon. By the way, the victims in the original movie were also high school students, look at what he did to the one called Evil Ed. He also changed Charlie's girlfriend into a Vampiress. I am sure it will suck but hey, I like a cheap thrill here and there.

I love the original movie, too. I was petrified when I saw it. I think, Fright Night is one of a very few movies that are able to make me unable to sleep.

And I like Anton Yelchin.

IDK if I'll see it in theater or not, but I'll try to get the DVD.

I may wait for DVD as well, I will decide when it is released.

Ill go see this next week.

Colin Farrell himself is a fan of the original but finally admitted he likes this one too

Quote :

Colin Farrell caused a rumble when he seemed to diss his own movie in front of thousands of theater owners on Tuesday at the group’s annual CinemaCon convention.

But really, he was taking a knock at himself.

The wisecracking Irishman was there to show off the first footage of his upcoming horror remake Fright Night, as a vicious but bored-to-(un)death vampire who moves into the suburbs next to a suspicious teen (Anton Yelchin). The 34-year-old actor was a big fan of the 1985 cult-favorite, which starred Chris Sarandon in the bloodsucker role, and told the audience of theater owners: “I heard they were remaking Fright Night and went, ‘Ah, god, remake! Hollywood, so dull!’ And I read the script [by Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Mad Men alum Marti Noxon] and really hoped I didn’t like it, and I did. It was fun. But I was a fan of the original. I probably saw it when I was 12 years of age, and loved it.”

Okay, so far, so good. Farrell went on to talk about his friendship with director Craig Gillespie and praised his previous movie Lars and the Real Girl. But then he continued.


“Meself, as a fan of the original, it doesn’t change. I don’t think I’ll have a copy of this version in my library, but I have the original at home,” Farrell said, drawing scattered nervous laughs. “And since [the old film] still exists, maybe this [new] film will bring that film to a whole new audience and maybe some fans of the original, like myself, can enjoy this one as well.”

He then threw it back to Gillespie who said, haltingly, “There are … other actors in the film, as well,” garnering more chuckles from the crowd.

Backstage, Farrell was kicking himself. “Yeah, I knew that would be picked up!” he told EW. “What I meant was [I wouldn't own it] because I’m in the f—ing thing!” He said he cringes when he watches himself. “It’s always uncomfortable.” Even his sister said “D’oh” to Farrell after hearing what he said onstage. But the actor says he’s a fan of the new Fright Night now, too. He endured watching himself in the film, and said he “enjoyed the romp that it was for two hours.”

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/03/29/colin-farrell-fright-night-cinemacon/

I missed it in the theatre