"Fright Night" had Peter Vincent (Roddy McDowall) and Charlie Brewster (William Ragsdale) team up to hunt down and destroy a vampire named Jerry Dandridge (Chris Sarandon). They succeed.
This sequel picks up a few years later. Charlie has gone throught therapy to convince himself that Dandridge was not a vampire and has cut off ties with Vincent. Then Dandridge's sister Regine (Julie Carmen) comes to town with revenge on her mind...
OK sequel to "Fright Night". I don't know why this was such a huge bomb when it came out (it didn't play theatrically in most of the country). It's no better or worse than most late 1980s horror films.
The special effects are great (if sparse), the movie moves very quickly, McDowell is obviously enjoying himself and Carmen makes one sexy vampire. But the script is weak (to put it mildly) and (McDowell aside) the performances are lame. Also Sarandon (who gave the original most of its punch) is gone and the jokes are really, really bad.
Not unwatchable...just a big step down from the original.
This sequel picks up a few years later. Charlie has gone throught therapy to convince himself that Dandridge was not a vampire and has cut off ties with Vincent. Then Dandridge's sister Regine (Julie Carmen) comes to town with revenge on her mind...
OK sequel to "Fright Night". I don't know why this was such a huge bomb when it came out (it didn't play theatrically in most of the country). It's no better or worse than most late 1980s horror films.
The special effects are great (if sparse), the movie moves very quickly, McDowell is obviously enjoying himself and Carmen makes one sexy vampire. But the script is weak (to put it mildly) and (McDowell aside) the performances are lame. Also Sarandon (who gave the original most of its punch) is gone and the jokes are really, really bad.
Not unwatchable...just a big step down from the original.