Fright Night
- Director
- Tom Holland
- Release Date
- August 2, 1985
- Studio(s)
- Columbia Pictures
- Distributor(s)
- Columbia Pictures
- Cast
- Roddy McDowall , William Ragsdale , Amanda Bearse , Chris Sarandon , Stephen Geoffreys , Jonathan Stark
- Writers
- Tom Holland
- Runtime
- 106 minutes
- Sequel(s)
- Fright Night Part II , Fright Night 3
- Budget
- $9 million
Summary
When teenage Charley Brewster discovers that the newcomer in his neighborhood is a vampire, he turns to actor Peter Vincent, who played a vampire hunter in a television horror show, for help dealing with his undead neighbor Jerry's thirst for blood.
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