Fright Night: The 2011 remake of the 1985 original, now made better (by my eyes) with bonus Colin Farrell and David Tennant eye candy. It’s a horror film, but a funny one, regarding one teenager’s quest to defeat the vampire next door. Here are some things I said to my husband while we watched:
“What? Houses that look all the same, out in the middle of nowhere? Nooooo, that’s not a Las Vegas subdivision at all.” (My mother-in-law may or may not live in such a place.)- “Wait a minute, shouldn’t it be stone walls and not wooden fences?”
- “Lisa Loeb! How did Lisa Loeb turn up in this movie? She is adorable.”
- “Ah, David Tennant’s hair! That’s hilarious. Look at him. Look at him. I love this already.”
- “He is so skinny. His legs are, like, half the size of yours or mine.” [pause] “Hee! Leather pants.”
- “He says ‘Well,’ like the Doctor.”
- “The sound effects in this might be the grossest part.” (Re-creations of sound effects ensue.)
- “See, even when Colin Farrell’s all evil and deadly, I’m still like, ‘Mmm. Still hot.'”
- “Imogen Poots! Pajiba had a list awhile back with her name being one of the most British names ever.”
- “I can’t imagine watching this in 3-D. The picture’s so dark already.”
- “The leather pants. Seriously. I love him. Don’t lie. You love him too.”
Obviously, my running commentary is totally intellectual. Yep. You know it, I know it, the mister knows it. Also, I may have been aided by red wine.
In short, yes, Fright Night is a very entertaining movie, beyond the novelty of David Tennant in eyeliner. I didn’t quite know what to expect when I first saw the previews, but I’m glad I came around.
I leave you with this:
17 replies on “What I Watched Last Night: Fright Night”
I really love Christopher Mintz Plasse and Dave Franco. Like maybe too much.
I originally watched this just because David Tennant is in it. I loved the original Fright Night so. much. when it first came out, I didn’t think this movie could match it. It was fantastic! I liked it so much! Of course my imaginary celebrity boyfriend David was perfect, but I really liked the rest of the cast and how they updated the story.
The gifs downthread are making me feel the good kind of funny.
I guess now I’m going to have to see this. Go ahead, twist my arm….. OUCH!!!!!
Ha! Yes, hop to it!
You take that back! You take that back right now!
That said, I was really pleased with the remake. I thought it was a lot of funny. Not scary — my bar for that is, uh, a bit high, but fun.
I said “by my eyes” as a parenthetical! Nah, I’m just being a pain in the ass. I haven’t seen the original. Yes, yes, I know. Sorry.
You forgot the eyeliner. The eyeliner. I don’t know how he does it.
I heart the eyeliner. What I do not heart is that I couldn’t remember what exactly I said about the eyeliner and wasn’t feeling pithy enough to make something up while writing this. ;)
I haven’t seen this because I’m a baby about horror movies, even if they’re funny and/or feature David Tennant. I have, however, watched that clip…more than once. Yes.
I’m actually a big wuss about horror movies too, and I didn’t find this scary at all. There are some tense/thrilling moments, and yeah, a little gore that can get a bit gross, but it’s so fun and campy that it didn’t bug me at all. Give it a shot in the middle of the day :)
Yes, I would go with “tense/gross” over straight up horror. If it’s blood you’re squeamish about…. Then, no, I wouldn’t recommend. But it’s not even in the same universe as a Saw movie.
Nah, I’m fine with blood and gore; I just hate stuff jumping out at you/people being stalked in haunted houses-type horror movies. It doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. My love of David Tennant is strong enough for me to give this one a shot, I think.
The Pretty can make us do so many things. ;)
Indeed.
I’m usually not a fan of horror movies, and the leather pants are my main motivation for wanting to see this. And thank you for this article, because it made me realize I somehow never saved any gifs from it. Remedied!
Every hard drive needs more David Tennant .GIFs.
…I’ll be in my bunk.
…thank you.