The brilliant mix of deadpan comedy and suspense all did it for me. First, vampires are overrated. Second, everything Colin Farrell does these days are but B movies. Depending on my mood, I settle for B movies for tickles or some heartstrings-tugging but to have vampires to kill my time, if not me, would be just a "next!" moment for me. And third, enough with remakes, reimaginings and revivals. Enough boasting that our technology today can do better because it, needless to say, boils down to the rare craft of storytelling. But Fright Night, as I said, tendered something brilliant.
The story's simple. Former vampire junkie-turned hot dude wannabe-turned snub bestfriend-turned "I now believe you" bestfriend-turned "I will kill the vampire who killed you & is lurking to kill my loves."
Very simple. But not how Director Craig Gillespie put us all in a world of breathless encounters. How the story revolved around the geeky vampire killer and hottie vampire chasing one another under their own noses. Unpredictability is the key ingredient to every suspense-packed movie's success and that was Gillespie's game with Fright Night.
Christopher Mintz-Plasse's deadpan humor, of course, made up 50% of this success. Love him since Kick-Ass! But the real bombshells from the cast were Anton Yelchin and Imogen Poots. Damn, they well up really mechanically instant and in the middle of any intense scene. Be it drama or suspense, their eyes easily drip or hold the tears up there so skillfully they deserve lead roles in a drama in their next projects. Much like The Vampire's Notebook, I mean The Notebook. And what with his usually splendid performance as an antagonist, after a spate of flops and a sex scandal, Colin Farrell is back with an even beefier flair in acting.
KristoPersnickety's Score for Fright Night:
3.8 out of 5 stars.
And oh, I almost forgot, Toni Collette's part of the movie too. For someone I always thought a good actor, she got almost deep-sixed with the dead vampires.
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