‘Fright Night’ Remake….Really?

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My first thought when I heard about this was ‘Why?’. Now that I’ve looking a little more into it, I guess I understand. Fright Night was (released in 1985) was about a student who find out his next door neighbor is a vampire. He then enlists the help of a b-movie marathon host to deal with the vampire. At the time, I liked it as it was a comedy/horror film, which was big back in the 80’s. I was 10 years old then. Now, I’m not so sure I would feel the same. Apparently the film was successful as it spawned a sequel & a bunch of merchandise sale. The original was made for 9 million dollars & grossed just under $25 million. It was the 2nd highest grossing horror movie of the year (right behind A Nightmare On Elm Street 2) & won a couple of awards. So I understand why they are making it. Still not sold that it should be remade. At this point, they are still looking for screenwriters, so they have a long way to go before we see it in the theaters.