Colin Farrell in Dream Works Pictures’ Fright Night – Image from movieweb.com
IMDB Plot Summery A teenager suspects that his new neighbor is a vampire.
Expectations…
It was hard to know exactly what to expect from this film since it was advertised in some trailers as a dark comedy, and in others as a straight-up horror film. Being that the film featured “McLovin” however, I just assumed it would lean more towards dark comedy…. I was wrong.
Entertainment Value…
This film appeared to have all the elements necessary to make an entertaining film; an energetic young cast, it falls under a popular genre, and it has an overall setup that’s perfect for some potentially great action sequences, but in the end they all fail to meet their full potential.
Overall…
You can’t blame Hollywood for trying to make money off a popular genre (Vampire Movies in this case), but they can’t all be winners. Even though it was great to be reminded that Colin Farrell still has a healthy onscreen presence, that just wasn’t enough to overlook the lack of attention paid to both story, and character development, nothing is very consistent in this film, and both problems and solutions seem to come out of nowhere in certain scenes. I will say, it was nice to see that the vampires were undoubtedly the bad guys, and the plot is simply to rid the neighborhood of them. No time is wasted in wondering whether the main villain is simply misunderstood or just needs a girlfriend. For a film that presents itself as a ‘serious’ vampire movie however, a lot of the vampire rules, and more specifically their abilities, are some of the silliest I’ve ever seen.
The Good…
It was refreshing to see smart female characters, they are rarely written so respectfully in horror films. I did like that the vampire was finally back to being the bad guy. I can’t say Colin Farrell gave a great performance, but it was good to see him onscreen again.
The Not so Good…
Almost all aspects of this film seem rushed, and under developed. Some action sequences are silly, almost laughable (and I’m sure not intentionally).
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