Fright night still frightens the hell out of me. Before playing Marci Darci in Married
with Children, Amanda Bearse terrified the hell out of me when I first watched this movie. In fact, I just watched Fright Night a couple of months ago and I chuckled nervously after seeing certain scenes thinking, "damn, this is still pretty scary." It's more of a parody of vampire movies, a campy horror flick that has some comedy but with Chris Sarandon as a Dracula-esque vampire, Roddy McDowall as a not-so-famous TV vampire killer, and the special effects, this is a must-see horror movie at any age. Charly (William Ragsdale) suspects his new neighbor (Sarandon) of being a vampire but, naturally, no one believes him so he takes it upon himself to take him down before he steals his girlfriend (Bearse) away from him and turns her into his bride. Sarandon effortlessly delivers as the vampire and McDowall's comedic turned terrified performance are enough to make me watch this but two things deliver and make this movie so good that there's obviously a remake on the way (August 12, 2011 starring Colin Farrell and David Tennant) because of it. Aside from the story and acting and blah blah blah, the special effects and Stephen Geoffreys' performance are awesome to watch. The way they made the vampires is extremely scary. It's not just the typical black eyes, white make-up, and long teeth. No, it's Julia Roberts-sized mouths with shark-type teeth that threaten to rip a chunk off your neck rather than leave two small holes. That and their movements. Fantastic. It might be better than Twilight. ;) The other thing is Stephen Geoffreys. He gives such an eerie and energetic performance that he definitely stands out more than his acting counterparts. His character is an enigma and when he's turned into a vampire he embraces it as much as any top notch actor can. He's phenomenal. Kinda makes you sad that he turned to making gay porn instead of an actual movie career. Oh well, c'est la vie.