I wholeheartedly believe “Fright Night” to be an underrated classic...It’s driven by a fabulous collection of characters, an unabashedly fun story, some deliciously gory effects, and a steady seasoning of good humor.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Feb 27, 2025

The movie does well in its mix of near-humor and genuine threat.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 20, 2024

Excellent special effects makeup, a well-paced story, and just the right amount of heart combine to make Fright Night one of the best vampire films of all time.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Feb 28, 2024

One of the best modern vampire stories that balances camp with classic horror tropes.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Nov 3, 2023

With a concept that revolves around what happens when a horror-loving teenage boy suspects his new neighbor to be a vampire, the result fondly remembers a simpler time for the genre, and predates Scream’s self-referential style by more than a decade.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 9, 2023

During the 1980s, as the violence and sexuality in mainstream horror movies became more overt and extreme, so too did the queer subtext.

| Oct 27, 2022

Tom Holland’s Fright Night uses the trappings of old-fashioned monster movies to explore sexual terrain that’s decidedly from the 1980s.

| Oct 7, 2022

Even with Holland at the helm after having written the script, Fright Night is a cheesy, hokey look into the world of vampires.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 4, 2022

It's only for the most undemanding of audiences.

| Sep 14, 2022

As silly as it may be, it is never silly enough to expect you to take it seriously.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 14, 2022

Fright Night remembers what a real vampire is all about...a nasty brew of sly humor, supernatural eroticism, and gruesome, gory special effects.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 14, 2022

Spectacularly lousy.

| Sep 14, 2022

What makes Fright Night so successful is Holland's respect and understanding for the material, and his efficient cinematic style.

| Sep 14, 2022

Director Tom Holland... lets his juices flow in film-within-film parodies.

| Sep 14, 2022

Fright Night isn't bad entertainment... silly but not bad.

| Sep 14, 2022

This campy contemporary tale of fangs, coffins, and stakes through the heart is a tour de force.

| Sep 14, 2022

It's fun, mainly because it doesn't take itself too seriously.

| Sep 14, 2022

Tom Holland's direction and script vary from the subliminal to the ridiculous.

| Sep 14, 2022

The film tries to be tongue-in-cheek as well as tooth-in-neck but ends up foot-in-mouth.

| Sep 14, 2022

An uncertain but mildly enjoyable horror-comedy.

| Sep 14, 2022