Fright Night (franchise)
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The Fright Night franchise consists of American vampire horror-comedy films, including three theatrical releases with an original movie, its sequel and a remake, followed by one straight-to-home video sequel to the remake. Based on an original story by writer-director Tom Holland, the overall plot of each installment follows an adolescent hero who determines that his next door neighbor is a real-life vampire and his pursuits in defeating the monster.
Fright Night | |
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Based on | Characters created by Tom Holland |
Release date | 1985–present |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $68,908,628 (Total of 3 films) |
Box office | ≤ $47,100,000 (Total of 3 films)[lower-alpha 1] |
The original film was met with positive financial and critical reception.[1][2] Conversely its sequel lost money for the studio, and was met with negative response from critics.[3] Despite this, it has found some welcoming retrospective praise in later years.[4][5] The 2011 remake movie was deemed a critical and box office success.[6][7] In modern-day analysis, film critics have deemed the film to be one of the best horror remakes of all-time,[8][9][10] with some arguing that its a better movie than the original.[11][12][13] The film's respective sequel was met with overwhelming negative reception from film critics, and earned little income from video rentals.[14][15][16]
The franchise will continue with a legacy-sequel to the 1985 movie, currently in development.[17][18]