It's Only Words

Ok, let me start by saying, yes, I am biased. The original Fright Night is one of my favorite movies of all time and the moment I heard it was being remade, I knew it couldn’t possibly be as good or better than the original. That said, I honestly didn’t think it would be this bad.

I thought, ‘well, they know this is a cult movie, they will try to please the fans of the original AND modernize the film to please the new generation’. That’s what I would do. What they did was just use the names of characters and the general story of the original, take all the things that made it great and replace them with a ridiculous, senseless plot and awful CGI, what resulted in an utterly forgettable movie.

I am not going to bore everyone comparing the movies because there is no comparison. Just know that, possibly, the only way you will enjoy this new movie is if you’ve never seen the original, you’re a diehard Colin Farrell or David Tennant fan or someone who has never watched vampire movies other than Twilight.

If only they had called it something else. “Vampire Massacre”, “Psycho Vamp”, “Super Vampire Killers” are just a few titles that come to mind. Anything but Fright Night would have been fine. Tom Holland’s name in the credits is almost a sacrilege. Chris Sarandon being bit to death by Colin Farrell is a sacrilege. The whole thing is a sacrilege.

My conclusion is: The best part of this movie is the credits and I need to go watch the original again. Immediately.

These are my people.

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