FRIGHT NIGHT PART 2

A worthy sequel to the classic Fright Night, one of my personal favorite movies of all time. Three years after the events of the original, Charley Brewster, through extensive therapy, has convinced himself that vampires don’t exist and that his initial belief in them was something he created to cope with having a serial killer live next door to him as well as the death of his best friend. Now in college and dating a new girl, Alex, everything seems to be back to normal. That is until Regine, a beautiful, seductive woman, moves into Charley’s old pal Peter Vincent’s building along with three others. After having a vivid dream about Regine in which she feeds on him and later seeing her feast on his friend Richie, Charley is convinced that the vampires have returned. He enlists the help of Peter Vincent, the fearless vampire killer, and his girlfriend Alex to stop the vampires before he himself becomes one. While definitely a few steps down from it’s perfect predecessor, Fright Night 2 is still a way above average sequel. Roddy McDowell and William Ragsdale return to reprise their roles. New additions to the cast include the beautiful Traci Lin(d) as Alex, the gorgeous Julie Carmen as the alluring Regine, and Jonathan Gries as Louie. Brad Fiedel also returns to helm the music score, the score from the original is one of my favorite film scores ever. Like the original there is some comedy and while it does work, it isn’t quite as clever as the original. The special effects and make-up effects are amazing. There are a lot of exciting and scary moments throughout. The scene where the vampire Belle kills the art student scared me every time I watched this movie as a kid. Anyway, Fright Night 2 is an amazing follow-up to the original. As long as you go in knowing not to expect a retreat of the original’s perfection, you will have a hell of a time. Hopefully, there will be a better quality dvd release one day with special features.

Special Features: None