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Fright Night

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Fright Night
Directed byTom Holland
Written byTom Holland
Produced byHerb Jaffe
Starring
CinematographyJan Kiesser
Edited byKent Beyda
Music byBrad Fiedel
Production
company
Vistar Films
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • August 2, 1985 (1985-08-02)
Running time
106 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$7[2]–$9.25 million[3]
Box office$24.9 million

Fright Night is a 1985 American Horror movie. It was written and directed by Tom Holland. The film follows teenager Charlie Brewster, who discovers that his next-door neighbour Jerry Dandrige is a Vampire. When no one believes him, Charley decides to get Peter Vincent, a tv show host who acted in films as a vampire hunter, to stop Jerry's killing spree. The film was released on August 2, 1985, and grossed $24.9 million at the box office. Since its release, it has received positive reviews from critics and become a cult classic.

References

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  1. "FRIGHT NIGHT (18)". British Board of Film Classification. September 10, 1985. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  2. Champlin, Charles (March 16, 1985). "Critic At Large : Fangs For Those Memories". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  3. Thomas, Bob (Aug 30, 1985). "'Fright Night': A vampire film minus gore: 'Fright Night' stars vampire". Chicago Tribune. p. nM.