Tony Sokol Jan 12, 2017

The rights to Fright Night will revert back to Tom Holland in 2019. And he has plans...

Sooner or later, vampires live long enough to get their revenge. Like a thief waiting for the statutes of limitations to run out so he can spend his money, Fright Night director and screenwriter Tom Holland is waiting for the right to unbury his old loot.

The rights to Fright Night, which came out in 1985, will revert back to Holland him in two years, under the edict of the Copyright Act of 1976, and the film’s creator has plans. The Act gives artists the chance to reclaim previously licensed works after 35 years.

“2 more years and the 'Fright Night' copyrights come back to papa. Oh the things I'm going to do,” Holland tweeted.

Although he’d had some screenplays produced, Fright Night was the first movie Holland directed. In order...