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post #1 of 19
9/14/09 at 9:59am
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I am actually more familiar with Fright Night 2. But I thought the first one was a solid Vamp flick as well.

One thing I've always wondered. Was that servant of Chris Sarandon a full vampire? I always though he was some kind of familiar.
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post #2 of 19
9/14/09 at 10:29am
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Originally Posted by felix natalya View Post
One thing I've always wondered. Was that servant of Chris Sarandon a full vampire? I always though he was some kind of familiar.
Yes.
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post #3 of 19
9/15/09 at 1:45am
I didn't think he was a vampire at all, but rather some sort of Zombie or other supernatural creature. He could go out in the sunlight, and he turned to green goo when he died.

"You're so cool Brewster!" God, my Dad introduced me to that film at the tender age of 8, and started my lifelong love affair with vampire lore. I still don't think there was ever an actor hotter than Chris Sarandon.
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post #4 of 19
9/15/09 at 2:34am
I remember this being the first R-rated movie we recorded off TV in our household. Kind of a big deal when you're six. I was absolutely obsessed with horror films as a kid but it was difficult to get them by the parents unless they were on TV without a "viewer discretion is advised" warning between commercials. To this day, I can't quite place if the scared feeling in the pit of my stomach when I watched these films was a result of the action on screen or the suspense from watching the stairs or door in fear of my parents coming in. Never worried about getting caught wacking off as a teen but deathly terrified of being caught watching Piranha II when I was seven. Go figure.
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post #5 of 19
9/15/09 at 2:39am
I thought Stephen Geoffreys and Amanda Bearse would become the next Tracy/Hepburn between this and Fraternity Vacation.

One of my favorite vampire flicks, and one not given enough credit for being way ahead of its time- it's basically doing the kind of postmodern thing for vampires that Scream would do for slasher flicks eleven years later, and without all the cringeworthy dialogue. Light years ahead of tripe like the Lost Boys.

It's a shame Tom Holland deteriorated into stuff like The Temp and Thinner, he had a good genre run with this, the underrated and inexplicably good Fatal Beauty, and Child's Play.
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post #6 of 19
9/15/09 at 6:01am
Keith, where's your Avatar from?

I do love this film though, I saw it when I was a kid and liked it enough, but I didn't really *get* it until I watched it recently. Roddy McDowell always brings the goods no matter what shit he's in, but I kinda wish Amanda Bearse stayed as a Vamp.
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post #7 of 19
9/15/09 at 2:43pm
I really like this movie and I even enjoyed the sequel. Wish they would go ahead and release it on Blu-Ray. I'd upgrade in a heartbeat.
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post #8 of 19
9/15/09 at 4:15pm
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Keith, where's your Avatar from?
It's from a happy little scene in Cynthia Rothrock's UNDEFEATABLE.
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post #9 of 19
9/15/09 at 7:48pm
Great flick, and it would make a great double feature with Freddy's Revenge. Don't tell me you don't see the undertones.

I thought the guy that was with Sarandon was a zombie too.
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post #10 of 19
5/31/10 at 3:26pm
This movie is on Netflix Instant and it's fantastic. I must say Chris Sarandon is a magnificent looking man. On the other hand William Ragsdale might be one of the dweebiest protagonist ever.
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post #11 of 19
5/31/10 at 7:21pm
Great "gay panic" horror film, retroactively made a little more interesting with the personal revelations of Amanda Bearse and Stephen "Man of a Thousand Gay Porn Monikers" Geoffreys and whatever has or has not been said about the private life of Roddy McDowall.
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post #12 of 19
5/31/10 at 9:21pm
Yes, watched this again last week. I'm starting to wonder if Dandridge and his manservant were lovers, and also if he (they) turned Evil Ed out.

I always wondered how they explained away Ed's body slaughtered in Brewster's house.
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post #13 of 19
6/1/10 at 2:34pm
Is Fright Night 2 worth checking out?
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post #14 of 19
6/1/10 at 3:21pm
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Is Fright Night 2 worth checking out?
As a huge fan of Real Genius, I always dug Fright Night 2 because I got to see an evil Lazlo. Other than that...not really.
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post #15 of 19
6/3/10 at 1:09am
I saw The Princess Bride about the same time I saw Fright Night. Count me in as a fun, and completely amazed that the vile Prince Humperdinck was that really charismatic, hot vampire dude. First time I became aware of what an actor was, I think.
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post #16 of 19
6/3/10 at 1:40am
This was definately a cable favorite of mine. McDowall delivers as usual, giving the story a vital layer of clever. And Ian Hunter's "Good Man In A Bad Time" (song from the club scene with Dandridge and Amy) has been present on my driving tapes (and eventually cds) from the moment I could drive. Also dig Brad Fiedel's unusually (for him) slinky and vaporous score.

Shame to have grown up watching Sarandon disappear from the mainstream movies more and more, though he's had a very good showing with television appearances and tends to somewhat elevate the DTV stuff. I particularly enjoy his diverse period (CUBA, DOG DAY AFTERNOON, LIPSTICK).

The guy's still got it too. He was, quite appropriately, a great Comte De Guiche against Kevin Kline's very decent Cyrano (and Jennifer Garner's stiff Roxane).
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post #17 of 19
6/3/10 at 2:38pm
[QUOTE=CocoaSugarbaker;2694500]I didn't think he was a vampire at all, but rather some sort of Zombie or other supernatural creature. He could go out in the sunlight, and he turned to green goo when he died.QUOTE]


You are thinking of the human assistant. He wasn't a vampire - maybe a reanimated corpse or something. I always figured he was human.
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post #18 of 19
6/3/10 at 5:50pm
Holy shit....and maybe this should go on the movie stuff I just realized.

William Ragsdale (charley) is Gary from Justified and Amanda Bearse is (as I am sure you others know) Marcy Darcy from Married...with children.
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post #19 of 19
6/13/10 at 12:00am
Just watched this for the first time. I was surprised how much I enjoyed it -- a big smile was on my face for much of the running time. I really liked the vampire makeup, I liked how economical the script was (five minutes in and we're off to the races), and man oh man, I adored Chris Sarandon in this. He had a style and panache that you don't really see in villains these days.

I also liked the VERY 80S "Club Radio" and its accompanying soundtrack, Brad Fidel's porny synth score, and Roddy McDowell's old man makeup and sweaters.

I can see the gay panic themes, but they're not as overt as I originially thought they would be. It's not until the scene with Ed and Jerry that I was like "oh, okay."
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