Fright Night

Fright Night
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTom Holland
Written byTom Holland
Produced byHerb Jaffe
Starring
CinematographyJan Kiesser
Edited byKent Beyda
Music byBrad Fiedel
Production
company
Vistar Films
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • August 2, 1985 (1985-08-02)
Running time
106 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$7[2]–$9.25 million[3]
Box office$24.9 million

Fright Night is a 1985 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Tom Holland, in his directorial debut. The film follows teenager Charley Brewster (played by William Ragsdale), who discovers that his next-door neighbor Jerry Dandrige (Chris Sarandon) is a vampire. When no one believes him, Charley decides to get Peter Vincent (Roddy McDowall), a TV show host who acted in films as a vampire hunter, to stop Jerry's killing spree.

The film was released on August 2, 1985, and grossed $24.9 million at the box office. Since its release, it has received positive reviews from critics and become a cult classic, and spawned the media franchise of the same name. Fright Night was followed by a sequel, Fright Night Part 2, in 1988, and a remake of the same name in 2011.

  1. ^ "FRIGHT NIGHT (18)". British Board of Film Classification. September 10, 1985. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  2. ^ Champlin, Charles (March 16, 1985). "Critic At Large : Fangs For Those Memories". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  3. ^ Thomas, Bob (August 30, 1985). "'Fright Night': A vampire film minus gore: 'Fright Night' stars vampire". Chicago Tribune. p. nM.

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