Fright Night

Movie Title--  Fright Night

Release Year--  2011

Running Time--  1 Hour and 46 Minutes

Director--  Craig Gillespie

Cast--  Anton Yelchin, David Tennant, Colin Farrell, Toni Collette, Imogen Poots, Dave Franco, Christopher Mintz-Plasse

Charlie Brewster finally has everything he has always wanted; he is now running with the cool crowd and has the hottest girlfriend in school but when he suspects his new neighbor is a vampire, no one will believe him.

Charlie Brewster (Anton Yelchin) in his senior year of high school has finally fallen in with the cool crowd and is even dating Amy (Imogen Poots), the hottest girl in school, so when one of his old friends, Adam, goes missing he doesn't pay it too much attention until his other old friend Ed (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) corners him in the hall.  Ed threatens to expose Charlie's old nerdy life to the whole student body if he doesn't help find out what happened to their friend Adam.  Ed tells Charlie to meet him after school or a video will go viral of them role playing in the back yard.

Charlie goes home after school to see his mom, Jane Brewster (Toni Collette), in the front yard with the new neighbor Jerry (Colin Farrell).  He gets a text from Ed and rushes over to Adam's house.  As they look around Adam's house, Charlie gets more and more fed up with Ed telling him that his new neighbor Jerry is a vampire that ends with Charlie telling Ed that he doesn't want to be his friend anymore.

When Ed is walking home, he encounters Jerry and he admits to Jerry that he knows he is a vampire.  After a chase and some manipulation, Jerry overtakes Ed.  The next day at school, Ed is missing during role call, making Charlie suspicious about Ed's where abouts.  As Charlie starts to investigate Jerry, Jerry begins to attack more people, so Charlie decides to go into Las Vegas to seek out the help of magician and renown vampire hunter, Peter Vincent (David Tennant).  When Charlie starts to explain to Peter what is going on, Peter doesn't believe him and kicks him out.  

Jerry gets tired of Charlie snooping around and blows up his house, then chases Charlie, Amy and Jane into the desert where a confrontation puts Jane into the hospital.  Charlie gets a phone call from Peter telling him that he will give him the information that he needs but will not help him but after Amy gets taken, Charlie tells Peter that he is going to kill Jerry or die trying and heads to Jerry's house for his final stand.

I actually thought that film was pretty funny.  I am not sure if it was meant to be and if it wasn't, then maybe this film missed it's mark but overall, I was highly amused.  My favorite character in the film and the funniest was Peter Vincent played by David Tennant.  He was over the top, funny and even a little raunchy.  To me, he was the most amusing part of the whole film.

I was not sure about Colin Farrell in this film, he seemed way too serious for this film at certain points and a tad comical at other's, I was never very clear exactly how he was supposed to play his part.  I think that overall this film was alright.  If you are looking for an unintentional laugh, I would say go ahead with this one but if you are looking for a serious horror flick, you will be sorely disappointed.  Laugh along with this film and Don't Forget the Popcorn!