Fright Night (2011)
7/10
Craig Gillespie
106 minutes
Anton Yelchin,
Colin Farrell,
Toni Collette,
David Tennant,
Christopher Mintz-Plasse,
Imogen Poots,
Sandra Vergara,
Dave Franco,
Emily Montague
Fright Night could've been a pointless carbon copy of the original, but instead, turned out to be a surprisingly amusing and enjoyable effort from an overused sub-genre. There are a lot of pros and cons for the changes made to the characters and story, but for the most part stayed true to the theme and offered some entertaining and fairly memorable scenes. Despite the excessive use of CGI and some glaring plot-holes towards the end, I liked the flick and had fun watching it.
Like many other fans, I hate remakes and especially the idea of a Fright Night remake. Despite that fact, I still try to see these films with somewhat of an open mind, especially if the original had room for improvement. Fright Night, however, I thought was perfectly fine the way it was, but naturally the studio thought otherwise. Either 
way, I went in with low expectations and came out rather surprised and pleased at how much of an entertaining flick it turned out to be.
Although the movie kept the general theme of its predecessor, and aside from the characters, some of the dialogue and a similar scene or two, this remake is pretty much an entirely different film, which is a plus in my book. If you’re not familiar with the source material, Fright Night tells the story of a young man, who suspects his new neighbor (Colin Farrell) is a vampire and the cause of all the disappearances in their small community.
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