If Fright Night is meant to be a send-up of the genre it takes itself too seriously - I can't remember a single decent joke, now I think about it - and if it isn't a send-up then it doesn't take itself seriously enough.

| Aug 31, 2018

The fun of this new Fright Night is in the nuances, the quirky character bits and the sly bits of intelligence that sparkle along the way.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 27, 2012

Fright Night 3D qualifies as a successful entry in a tricky genre - blending flip humour and emotional intensity in a way that feels true after its fashion to the facts of teenage life.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 16, 2011

Tedious, scareless, worthless.

| Original Score: 0.5/5 | Sep 14, 2011

This is a pretty droll and well-made entertainment.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 2, 2011

Why is the whole thing so watchable? Farrell is extremely good value. So is Toni Collette as the sex-starved but sensible single mom of high-school hero Charlie.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 2, 2011

It's smart and funny, but (unlike the original) instantly forgettable, and, crucially, not remotely frightening - even with blood and intestines spattering out in 3D.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 1, 2011

It wittily updates Tom Holland's original vampire story so that it becomes a pointed commentary on America's current housing crisis.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 1, 2011

For the all-American sub-Twilight fright vehicle its trying to be, it's not badly made...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 1, 2011

A boring revamp, with dull 3D effects, insipid teenage protagonists and only sporadically scary outbursts of neck-biting, crucifix-wielding and staking through the heart.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 31, 2011

If you want a slick, determinedly mainstream Saturday night's entertainment, Fright Night will certainly provide it - but Craig Gillespie is capable of much odder fodder than this derivative multiplex filler.

Full Review | Aug 30, 2011

Funny and scary - and sometimes both at once - it lives up to the original, even if it fails to surpass it.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 29, 2011

Colin Farrell's performance as Jerry is the pulsing, stakeable heart of the movie.

| Original Score: B | Aug 19, 2011

Farrell is all darting eyes, facial ticks and macho confidence. He never goes over the top, he's not a showy actor, but he's clearly relishing his role and eating it up with abandon. He makes this a Night to remember.

| Original Score: B | Aug 19, 2011

A remarkably confident remake that boasts its own pleasures more often than not.

| Aug 19, 2011

Back in my day, when we were certain the new, odd neighbor was a vampire we'd spend the bulk of the second act in knots because nobody, nobody, would believe us.

Full Review | Original Score: C- | Aug 19, 2011

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 19, 2011

The new Dreamworks/Disney teen horror comedy, Fright Night, falls into the better-than-expected category.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 19, 2011

Voilà! Black magic.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 19, 2011

It improves on the premise it has been handed, producing a modernized version of a decades-old story that's superior to its predecessor in virtually every aspect.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 19, 2011