History Film / FrightNight2011

* DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler:Implied with Ed and Jerry.]]

** Charley tells Ed that he's read too much ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'', which Ed finds insulting on multiple levels.

* TakeThat: Some of the marketing, and the movie itself, takes a few digs at the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' series.

* YourVampiresSuck: Ed takes great offense when Charley accuses him of reading ''Literature/{{Twilight}}''.

* CrazyPrepared: Peter has a panic room, guns with silver bullets and chalices kept full of holy water even while in a display case.

* ActionSurvivor: [[spoiler:Peter, as a child, hid and then run away while Jerry]] was busy eating his parents. When [[spoiler:Evil Ed]] shows up, he [[KnowWhenToFoldEm repeats his action]].

* AnAxeToGrind: Charley wields a battleaxe during his battle with [[spoiler:Vampire!Ed]]. He also is seen holding a normal one on the poster to the film.

--> '''Amy''': Charley's going to come. He's gonna find me.
--> '''Jerry''': [[spoiler:I'm counting on it.]]

* KeyUnderTheDoormat: Fake rock version.

* DamselInDistress: As numerous viewers noted, GenderFlipped - it's Amy who saves helpless Charley from [[spoiler:Vampire!Ed]]. With a [[EpicFlail flail]], no less. Unlike in the original movie, she can take care for herself pretty well.

** When Charley realizes Jerry's kidnapped and imprisoned his neighbor Doris, he attempts a [[BigDamnHeroes daring rescue]]. In the tensest ten minutes of the film, Charley sneaks in, frees Doris and narrowly escapes Jerry's attention repeatedly before breaking for freedom into sunlight and freedom. [[spoiler:Except Jerry turned Doris already, and was just toying with the both of them the entire time. Doris bursts into flames in the sun.]]

## [[spoiler:The symbol that Charley photographs, which leads to Peter to realize who they are dealing with.]]

* NotSoDifferent: Charley berates Peter for his refusal to help, but Peter explains that [[spoiler:when his parents were killed, the only reason he survived was because he was smart enough to hide...which is exactly what Charley did while Jerry fed on Doris, ''his'' first close encounter with a vampire]].

* StuffedInTheFridge: [[spoiler: Charley's neighbor Doris]].

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* OneManArmy: [[spoiler:Peter]] is forced into this position in the final battle. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for him, {{Reality Ensues}} and, after a brief display of badassery, he ends up on the floor being swarmed by vampires.]]

* RealityEnsues: Characters repeatedly hurt their legs by falling from sizable heights.

''Fright Night'' (2011) is a remake of the cult [[Film/FrightNight1985 1985 horror-comedy hit]], directed by Craig Gillespie and starring Creator/ColinFarrell, Creator/AntonYelchin, Creator/DavidTennant, Creator/ToniCollette, Creator/ImogenPoots, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse. It drops the Peter Vincent BecomingTheMask story and turns Charley into a Series/{{Buffy|the Vampire Slayer}}-type character, with Jerry resembling both Spike (suave and cool) and Angelus (loves to kill and psychologically torture his victims), and Peter as a UsefulNotes/LasVegas showman instead of a former actor.

* TheSocialDarwinist: Jerry comes off like this, when he makes remarks that he's apart of "hundreds of years of evolution."

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Turns out [[spoiler:Peter knows full well that vampires are real; he only chooses to ignore it. The reason being that, when he was a child, he witnessed a his parents get killed by a vampire: Jerry himself]].

''Fright Night'' (2011) is a remake of the cult [[Film/FrightNight1985 1985 horror-comedy hit]], directed by Craig Gillespie and starring Creator/ColinFarrell, Creator/AntonYelchin, Creator/DavidTennant, Creator/ToniCollette, Creator/ImogenPoots, and Creator/ChristopherMintzPlasse. It drops the Peter Vincent BecomingTheMask story and turns Charley into a Series/{{Buffy|the Vampire Slayer}}-type character, with Jerry resembling both Spike (suave and cool) and Angelus (loves to kill and psychologically torture his victims), and Peter as a UsefulNotes/LasVegas showman instead of a former actor.

* SettingUpdate: In the original, Robert is a HorrorHost, a job that has since become obsolete, so the remake changes him to a Criss Angel {{expy}} and consequently moves the setting to UsefulNotes/LasVegas. Ed points out that it makes a very good place for vampires (lots of people work night shift, people move in and out of there all the time).

This was Disney's last horror film, until ''Film/ReadyOrNot2019''. (''Film/FrightNight2NewBlood'' was distributed by now-Disney owned Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox)

This was Disney's last horror film, until ''Film/ReadyOrNot2019''.

This was Disney's last horror film, until ''Film/ReadyOrNot''.

* GoGoEnslavement: Just like in the original movie, Amy inexplicably winds up in [[WomanInWhite a white dress]] when Charley finds her in the basement. It gets extra squicky when you realize that between the scene at the nightclub and the basement, Amy has lost her pants and Jerry's shirt that was buttoned before is now unbuttoned. This implies something might have happened between them before Charley and Peter come to the rescue.

* AxCrazy: Averted, despite what the poster implies.

## [[spoiler:The symbol that Charley photographs, which leads to Peter's reaction to whom they were dealing with.]]

* ConvectionSchmonvection: Despite Charley's fire-retardant clothing, he was burning long enough to feel some extreme pain if not burned. The next scene, his bare torso has no traces of trauma.

** Colin Farrel shows off his muscular torso on several occasions.

* TheOner: Much of the highway chase is filmed as a long take with the camera within the car, moving in between car seats and actors, ala ''Film/ChildrenOfMen''.

* RemakeCameo: [[spoiler:Creator/ChrisSarandon, the original Jerry Dandridge, ends up being snack for the new Jerry]].

* SettingUpdate: In the original, Robert is a HorrorHost, a job that has since become obsolete, so the remake changes him to a Criss Angel {{expy}} and consequently moves the setting to UsefulNotes/LasVegas. Ed both point out that it makes a very good place for vampires (lots of people work night shift, people move in and out of there all the time).