"Fright Night" Reviews

If you've seen the 1985 "Fright Night," you know it's a goofy, bloody homage to and send-up of horror films. So how's the new film? Because there's nothing like a bad remake to ruin your weekend.

GOOD NEWS: The reviews are in and they're pretty favorable.
Sean O'Connell in the Washington Post writes, "It stands apart from the rehash pack by accomplishing something rival remakes rarely do: It improves on the premise it has been handed, producing a modernized version of a decades-old story that's superior to its predecessor in virtually every aspect.

Directed by Craig Gillespie ("Lars and the Real Girl") from a script by the television powerhouse Marti Noxon ("Mad Men," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"), "Fright Night" honors the original - written and directed by Tom Holland, with Chris Sarandon as the blood sucker next door - without falling into the traps of slavish fandom or smarty-pants spoofery. The old "Fright Night" was both self-aware and effectively scary, and if this one seems to prefer gruesome digital effects to old-fashioned bump-in-the-night spookiness, it still succeeds in keeping the audience both tickled and anxious.