Film

Fright Night

1985 · 1h 47m · Comedy · Horror

There are some very good reasons to be afraid of the dark.

IMDb

7.1

Rotten Tomatoes

83%

Metacritic

62

Charley Brewster, a high school student, accidentally discovers the true and creepy nature of Jerry Dandrige, his dashing and enigmatic new neighbor; but no one seems willing to believe him.

Chris Sarandon

Jerry Dandrige

William Ragsdale

Charley Brewster

Amanda Bearse

Amy Peterson

Roddy McDowall

Peter Vincent

Stephen Geoffreys

Evil Ed

Jonathan Stark

Billy Cole

Dorothy Fielding

Judy Brewster

Art Evans

Detective Lennox

Stewart Stern

Cook

Nick Savage

Bouncer #1

Ernie Holmes

Bouncer #2

Heidi Sorenson

Hooker

Irina Irvine

Teenage Girl

Bob Corff

Jonathan

Pamela Brown

Miss Nina

Chris Hendrie

Newscaster

• Tom HollandDirector · Screenplay
• Herb JaffeProducer
• Jan KiesserDirector of Photography
• Brad FiedelOriginal Music Composer
• Kent BeydaEditor
• Jackie BurchCasting

Official TrailerEureka TrailerKCPQ Promo (1987)

Release date

August 2, 1985

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

R

Budget

$9,000,000

Revenue

$24,922,237

Genres

Comedy, Horror

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