We seem to have lost a number of great and beloved celebrities this year. You have Alan Rickman, David Bowie, Prince and now Anton Yelchin. Anton's films have been pretty good and most people will know him for playing the new Pavel Chekov in the alternate reality Star Trek films. And then of course there are some films that haven't been good such as Terminator: Salvation (where he plays Kyle Reese), The Smurfs films (where he voices Clumsy Smurf) and Movie 43 (I'm not even going to attempt to find out what he played in that horrible film). He's also been in some TV shows such as ER, Law & Order, Taken and a number of cartoons. And has reprised his roles in Smurfs and Star Trek in some video games too. So while I could review a film that most people know of that he's been in, I feel its better paying my respects by looking at a lesser known film that he's been in. In a world where we get nothing but milked franchises and many reboots and remakes, Fright Night is a remake of a successful 1985 film of the same name. Let's take a look:
So we go to Las Vegas where we meet Charlie Brewster (played by Yelchin) who lives in the neighbourhood. But when a new person moves in, he soon learns that many students have gone missing. He later then learns of the person called Jerry (played by Colin Farrell) who Charlie's friends claim that he is a vampire. He immediately finds that to be silly, but it isn't long before he comes to realise that what his friends say, is the truth which would ultimately lead into putting an end to this vampire before its too late.
As far as comedy horror films are concerned, this actually isn't too bad. The acting is good, the story is good and while I've seen better visuals in other films, they are decent here. Now keep in mind that yes this does have a vampire in it, but that doesn't mean that its bad like Twilight because those films are boring, depressing and just awful. But this film is a good one. 8/10
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