History Film / FrightNight1985

* BlackEyesOfEvil: Amy when Charlie finds her in Jerry's house. It seems to be a process of the transformation as she regains her pupils after completely turning.

-->'''Peter:''' (''brandishing a crucifix'') Back, spawn of Satan!
-->'''Jerry:''' (''laughs uproariously'') [[SarcasmMode Oh-ho, really?]] (''grabs the cross, crushes it, and throws it aside'') You have to have ''faith'' for this to work on me, Mr. Vincent!

->''"Welcome to Fright Night... for real!"''

* ContraltoOfDanger: [[spoiler:As a vampire, Amy's]] voice is much ''much'' deeper (and openly seductive) than her normal squeaky teen voice.
-->'''[[spoiler:Amy as vampire]]:''' What's the matter, Charley? Don't you ''want'' me anymore?

* NoOntologicalInertia: When Jerry is destroyed, Amy returns to normal. Ed, oddly, does not.

''Fright Night'' is a [[TheEighties 1985]] American vampire horror film written and directed by Tom Holland (no, not ''that'' Creator/TomHolland), starring Creator/ChrisSarandon, William Ragsdale, Creator/AmandaBearse, and Creator/RoddyMcDowall.

The film was followed by a 1989 sequel, aptly titled ''Fright Night Part II'', with Ragsdale and [=McDowall=] reprising their roles as Charley and Peter and Julie Carmen and Traci Lind joining the cast. Set a few years after the first film, the second movie follows Charley, now attending college, and Peter as they battle the seductive vampire Regine (Carmen), who's out for revenge on both of them for their role in Jerry's death and decides the best way to make Charley pay is to turn him into a vampire himself. It falls to Peter and Charley's new girlfriend Alex (Lind) to save him from AFateWorseThanDeath.

!!The 1989 sequel contains the following tropes:

* AffablyEvil:
** Regine, like her brother before her.
** Richie. After being turned, he explains to Charley that, yes, Regine is still mad at him because of Jerry's death ({{understatement}} of the year, since Regine's plan is to turn Charley [[AFateWorseThanDeath to torture him for eternity]]), but then adds that he will help to make Regine change her mind and comforts Charley about his situation and his future. He is killed a little later while he is bringing some food and beverage to Charley.
** All of Regine's followers appear to qualify, with Louie and [[spoiler:Dr. Harrison]] particularly standing out. Louie repeatedly hesitates to bite Alex in several encounters despite his instructions to do so, seemingly to win her over romantically, and maintains his sense of humor [[spoiler:even to his dying breath]]. [[spoiler:Harrison]] (implied to have been turned into a vampire offscreen prior to the final act) is patient with Alex when she fails to kill him with a stake through the heart, and manages to FaceDeathWithDignity by finishing the job himself.
* BigBad: Regine Dandrige is the main antagonist.
* CallBack: When Peter tries wielding his crucifix against her, Regine tells him "You need to have faith."
* DemonHead: Regine's GameFace looks like this.
* DesignatedGirlFight: [[spoiler:Regine and Alex fight near the end]].
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Regine loved her brother and wants revenge on Charley and Peter for his death at their hands.
* ItsPersonal: Regine wants to avenge her brother's death.
* GracefulLoser: Louie makes a compliment about the precise shot in his heart before dying (even if no one can hear him).
* GrossUpCloseUp: [[spoiler:Belle and Bozworth's deaths get this treatment]].
* HeroicWillpower: Charley shows this when [[spoiler:he's tempted to bite Alex and thus complete his transformation into a vampire, but resists and kills Bozworth instead]].
* HolyBurnsEvil: [[spoiler:Belle is burnt to ash when wrapped in vestments and Richie is melted by holy water]].
* HorrorHost: Peter is still employed as one. To his chagrin, Regine takes his job.
* ICannotSelfTerminate: {{Inverted|Trope}} when Alex stabs a vampirized [[spoiler:Dr. Harrison]] with an improvised stake without killing him, he kindly explains her mistake, suggesting that it was caused by her lack of experience, and then he offers to give the final push to the stake by himself. [[spoiler::And he really does.]]
* ThisWasHisTrueForm: [[spoiler:Werewolf Louie]].
%%* TokenMinority: Belle.
%%* TheWormThatWalks: [[spoiler:Bozworth]].

* DisposableSexWorker: Played by former ''Magazine/{{Playboy}}'' Playmate Heidi Sorenson. Also, ShesGotLegs. Jerry is aware of the trope, and picks prostitutes because it won't draw attention that hookers are disappearing.

Charley seeks help from Amy and his friend "Evil" Ed Thompson (Stephen Geoffreys), both of whom think he's crazy, and then from Peter Vincent ([=McDowall=]), a former BMovie actor turned [[HorrorHost host of the late-night horror program]] ''[[TitleDrop Fright Night]]''. After some goading, the four of them arrange to meet Jerry, to test whether or not he's a vampire... with everyone except Charley actually just trying to humor him and fully intending to "prove" to him that Jerry really ''isn't'' a vampire. However, when Peter notices Jerry's [[MissingReflection lack of a reflection]], he quickly realizes that the boy is right. He and Charley decide to meet up to stake the vampire before he kills him and his friends.