'Fright Night (1985)' kicks into gear in the second half, gleefully providing those hammy 'hammer horror'-style pleasures only a campy cult movie of this style could provide. It culminates in a finale wrought with knowingly ostentatious performances and imaginatively gooey special-effects - made all the more charming by their slightly fake facade - before it flies off into the night with naught but a wink and a grin to let you know it was in on the joke all along. 6/10

As this film opens seventeen year old Charley Brewster is kissing his girlfriend Amy while a horror movie plays in the background. He complains that she won't go as far as he would like… then she offers to sleep with him but now he is watching the new neighbours taking what appears to be a coffin into their house. She is not impressed with his behaviour. The next night he thinks he sees the neighbour murdering a woman; biting her in the neck with his obvious fangs. He reports a vampire attack but understandably the police don't believe his story of modern day vampires. The neighbour Jerry Dandrige soon pays Charley a visit and it is clear that he really is a vampire. Wanting help Charley seeks out Peter Vincent, an actor who starred in many vampire films and presents 'Fright Night', a late night horror show. He is not interested but later, after being approached by Amy and Charley's friend 'Evil Ed' who persuade him to show Charley that Dandrige is human… he has quite a shock when he sees that Dandrige has no reflection in a mirror. Initially he just wants to get away but ultimately he and Charley will confront Dandrige in order to save Amy, who he has bitten.I enjoyed this film more than I expected; it has some good scary moments and plenty of tongue in cheek humour. The physical effects are pretty impressive and can be quite gruesome at times. The story is entertaining; I liked that nobody, including the 'vampire hunter' believed Charley until they saw concrete proof that Dandrige is a vampire. William Ragsdale does a solid job as protagonist Charley and Amanda Bearse and Stephen Geoffreys are fun as Amy and Evil Ed. Chris Sarandon is impressive as the suave Dandridge; both menacing and seductive. It is Roddy McDowall however who is most memorable; he is great as Peter Vincent the cowardly TV vampire killer who ends up doing it for real. The tension increases nicely towards the end, but not at the expense of humour, giving us an enjoyable final confrontation. Overall I'd certainly recommend this to fans of '80s horror; it isn't the scariest horror film but it is a lot of fun.

When a teenager learns that his next door neighbour is a vampire, no one will believe him. I never actually got to see this film until today and i just now i finished it and i gotta say Fright Night is probably one of the coolest Vampire Movies ever Made. The 80's music is fantastic, the characters are well made and react how actual people would react and not the stupidity we see this days, the special effects and the prosthetics are some of the best that i have seen from Amy's creepy new look to even Billy Cole's epic death and let's not forget that awesome Wolf Scene Transformation and i kept wondering how they did all that i mean it's a 1985 film for god shakes. Also the acting is pretty damn good Chris Sarandon who plays the Vampire is really good and he does have a creepy vibe to him from the way he moves to even the way he talks especially when he transforms plus that Club scene was so Terminator (1984), Roddy McDowall as Peter Vincent just a great great character that keeps developing as the film goes on and William Ragsdale as Charley Brewster the kid reacts the way that every person with an actual brain would react if he or she learned that their neighbor is a Vampire or a Werewolf. Overall great film and in my opinion probably one of the best Vampire films ever made and it's definitely way better than just a pathetic 7.1 common IMDb!!!

Fright Night its a tribute to the classic vampire films, but set in the 80s, its a fun vampire film and probably one of the first films that introduced vampires to a new generation.The characters are the same clichés, the kid who knows something bad its going on, but nobody believes him, his girlfriend its the one that's trying to talk sense into him, the comedy relief, the old man who helps our young heroes and the evil vampire.The film its fairly tamed for the most part, but in the end it becomes a special effect wonder, there are transformations, people melting, impalings and more.The film its really fun for what it is, a fun 80s horror film, the film delivers on every aspect, its a must for every horror fan.