The
impending remake of Fright Night now has one of its leads; Anton
Yelchin is going to star as Charley Brewster, the kid whose next door
neighbor turns out to be a vampire. But even knowing this, we have no
idea how the rest of the film will play.
The original classic had Charley
(played by William Ragsdale) seeking out the help of a TV horror host in
dispatching the bloodsucker. But in the year 2010 the TV horror host is
even more of an anachronism than it was in 1985 (and it was really an
anachronism in 85) – so to whom will Charley turn? One early version of
the script had him seeking out none other than Chris Sarandon, the guy
who played the vampire in the original Fright Night, but that was before Marti Noxon
came aboard to write the film.
Hopefully the next bit of casting
news will tell us just how the hell this new version of Fright
Night works.
7 comments
Joe Bob Briggs for Peter Vincent!! Stake-fu!!
Isn't he supposed to be announced as the new Peter Parker or something? I like the idea of seeking out Chris Sarandon. Hope they stick with that. Yelchin being in this actually has me more interested in the project. He was the ONLY decent thing in the last Terminator movie.
Bruce Campbell. Too obvious? Chris Sarandon is a nice idea until you realize the kid would really have to be a retard to think because of one role Sarandon knows anything about vampires. Has he not seen Dog Day Afternoon? Maybe he's more curious about a sex change. At least with a Bruce Campbell type there is already a mad following and maybe some kids would assume he knows something more than the average bear about vampire and other ghouls.
He'll probably go and find some retired comic book writer who used to….wait for it…. write comic books about vampires thus ripping whatever charisma the original had out of my childhood.
@ # 3: What your describing is the basic concept behind My Name is Bruce, which was downright terrible.
I'm with bpvalentine, Bruce Campbell seems like perfect casting. Anachronistic or not. "Now listen here screw-heads, I call this my BOOMSTICK!!!
Didn't Chris Sarandon play a evangelist-vampire hunter in that tales from the crypt movie? The one with Dennis Miller I wish I could forget. Bordello of Blood or something like that.
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