Horror
remakes are here to stay and I gave up on bitching about them – just got to deal
with them. As we know Tom Holland’s classic
FRIGHT NIGHT is next on the remake chopping block and I couldn’t have
cared less about it, until now that is.
The ghouls over at SHOCK TILL YOU DROP got an interesting tidbit as to the
potential direction this remake MAY GO and its got me pumped. here’s what they said:
The new Fright Night was going to take a meta approach
and acknowledge the existence of Holland’s film. And like the original, the
Charley Brewster-like protagonist would need to enlist some help to take on a
vampire menace. However, the film’s hero wouldn’t be calling on Peter Vincent,
he’d be seeking out none other than actor Chris Sarandon himself, the man who
played the vampire Jerry Dandrige! Together, the hero and Sarandon would take on
the big bad bloodsucker.
So its FRIGHT NIGHT by way of
WES CRAVEN’S NEW NIGHTMARE. I’m hip if that’s the way they go! You
hip?
Jerry Dandridge is the mack! 80’s cool in the flesh!