A remake of the 1985 original teenager Charley Brewster (Yelchin) guesses that his new neighbor Jerry Dandrige (Farrell) is a vampire responsible for a string of recent deaths. When no one he knows believes him he enlists Peter Vincent (Tennant) a self proclaimed vampire killer and Las Vegas magician to help him take down Jerry.
Review
Can a horror remake actually be a good for a change I mean how many classic horror flicks does Hollywood have to crap on until they finally give up "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" Ȫmityville Horror" "Nightmare on Elm St." ȯriday the 13th" "House of Wax".......all of these films are examples of why i sometimes HATE Hollywood.
Finally......a horror remake that's WORTH seeing. I must admit i had some pretty low expectations walking into this and it did way more than prove me wrong. Initially i thought they were going to make this a straight 'B' movie by incorporating tons of humor with their gore which would have been fine with me seeing that i love the genre'. But this movie was more fun than funny. Don't get me wrong there are some sequences that are funny but it had more of that 'drivein' appeal to it's horror. And i loved every bit of it.
It's story is pretty basic and somewhat cliché'. I mean come on a vampire living next door. But the weird thing is it didn't come off as cliché'. And i think the biggest contribution to that was the pace of the film. Once you get past the first 10 to 15 minutes of the film which are kind of dull the movie quickly begins to morph into a fast paced gore fest. And now looking back on it......if it were not rated R then this movie would have been stupid and it would've fit in with every other crummy horror remake.
But the aspect that i appreciated the most was the writing. For once they didn't alter any rules to make their film different. They stuck with what already works and left it up to the actors to make these vampire rules entertaining. And Collin Farrell did just that.
Bottom Line.....Of all the horror movies that come out this year this will probably be the one you will have the most fun at. It's funny it's somewhat scary but most of all it's pretty damn entertaining. It's one of those movies i would've loved to of seen at the drivein. If your tired of all this 'Twilight' crap which they happen to mention in the movie itself then this is really a breathe of fresh air to all the TRUE vampire fans.