fright night
Five Characters That Needed More Screen Time
Some horror movies have useless, stock characters that the audience immediately wants to see die. That can be fun, but it’s not really the point. It’s a much more fulfilling experience when we can rel...
Nightmare Next Door: Six Horror Movies About Nosy Neighbors
I don’t know exactly what it is, but there’s a predisposition among people in suburbia and small towns in general to feel the need to watch people. Especially new people. Sure, everyone puts on an inv...
Eight Cinematic Vampires That Don’t Get Nearly Enough Credit
Vampires films are everywhere. They often make their way out of the genre and have (as of late) infected comedy, teen romance and just about everything else. But vampire movies are a staple of the hor...
Seven Most Memorable Sidekicks in Horror
I tend to get attached to characters in horror movies. When something is well written or well acted, if I’m engaged enough I’ll find myself thinking too deeply into this fictional person’s nonexistent...
Eight Terrific Secondary Antagonists in Horror Movies
The killer is not always the killer in horror movies. One of my favorite things about the genre is that it takes characters who are pretty normal people on the surface and puts them in an unreal envir...
Back to the ’80s: Fright Night
Welcome to Back to the ’80s. This recurring feature aims to take a look at the good, the bad, and the ugly from horror’s most beloved decade. Regardless of which category a particular film falls under...
Worst to First: Ranking the Fright Night Franchise
Fright Night is a staple of the vampire genre. It came along at exactly the right moment. After the Hammer horror films of the ‘60’s and ‘70’s, vampires kind of disappeared from the mainstream for a l...
Eight Horror Movies That Borrowed from Iconic Films
Nothing is ever entirely original. That’s not a bad thing and that doesn’t cheapen any of the content we watch and love. Storytelling has been around for thousands of years and most things follow the ...
Looking Back on Fright Night (1985)
There’s really nothing that compares to the original Fright Night. This film is something of a vampire update on Rear Window. It marked the directorial debut of Tom Holland who had previously scripted...
