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Overview
Release Date:
2 August 1985 (USA) moreTagline:
There are some very good reasons to be afraid...of the dark. morePlot:
When a teenager learns that his next door neighbour is a vampire, no one will believe him. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
5 wins & 4 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(8 articles)
Tom Holland's "5 Or Die" My Space Update; Trailers Posted! (From Icons of Fright. 19 August 2008, 8:51 AM, PDT)
Tom Holland Behind New Horror Web-Series “5 Or Die” On Strike TV! (From Icons of Fright. 12 August 2008, 5:41 PM, PDT)
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One Great one moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Chris Sarandon | ... | Jerry Dandrige | |
| William Ragsdale | ... | Charley Brewster | |
| Amanda Bearse | ... | Amy Peterson | |
| Roddy McDowall | ... | Peter Vincent | |
| Stephen Geoffreys | ... | 'Evil' Ed Thompson | |
| Jonathan Stark | ... | Billy Cole | |
| Dorothy Fielding | ... | Judy Brewster | |
| Art Evans | ... | Detective Lennox (as Art J. Evans) | |
| Stewart Stern | ... | Cook | |
| Nick Savage | ... | Bouncer #1 | |
| Ernie Holmes | ... | Bouncer #2 | |
| Heidi Sorenson | ... | Hooker | |
| Irina Irvine | ... | Teenage Girl | |
| Bob Corff | ... | Jonathan (as Robert Corff) | |
| Pamela Brown | ... | Miss Nina |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
106 minCountry:
USALanguage:
EnglishColour:
Colour (Metrocolor)Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
DolbyCertification:
Finland:K-16 (cut) | Finland:K-18 (uncut) | Norway:15 (DVD rating) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Iceland:16 | Australia:M | France:-12 | Italy:VM14 | Norway:16 | Singapore:NC-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:16MOVIEmeter: 
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While directing actors, Tom Holland accidentally broke a bat creature, which was fixed and then filmed. moreGoofs:
Peter Vincent stakes Jerry Dandridge with a normal-sized stake, but when Dandridge rises from his coffin, the stake is about the size of a pool stick. moreSoundtrack:
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After all this years (20) of vampire slaughtering, Blade's karate Vs vampire flicks, or even Carpenter's Rambo characters, Fright Night still offers the scent of a classic. Tom Holland's masterpiece holds by itself because of a great cast and a plot that gathers every single cliché of the genre and plays a bit with humor and a lot of effective spooks. Roddy Mc Dowall steals the movie with his over the hill terrified looser character. Even special effects are bizarre today as they're a craftsmanship result giving some scenes a bizarre concept that takes you directly into Roger Corman's "B" world. A true pleasure to watch from time to time. Happy 20 years