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Topic | Board 8 Watches and Ranks 80s Horror - The Rankings |
rockus 04/16/24 2:06:33 PM #410: | jcgamer107 posted...
Fright Night was a refreshing & meta take on vampire movies when it first came out, and still holds up pretty well today. It's somewhat of a parody but is also pretty damn scary, which is rare. Evil Ed reverting back from a wolf freaked me out as a kid, and Chris Sarandon plays the right blend of charming and sinister. Meanwhile Roddy McDowall's reluctant hero character is one the best 'good guys' in 80s horror. I agree that the concept for Christine is very silly, and I'm really not much of a fan of King's writing tbh. But I think Carpenter knows that and it feels just as self aware to me as Fright Night, even more so really. This was probably the 5th or 6th time I saw it and I've really grown to love it. Love Fright Night as well though. And yeah, McDowell is great in it and I love that he gets his own little character arc in it too. His character is a great way to sort of bridge the gap between the geniune horror elements of the movie and the intentionally campy throwback aspects to like B horror cult schlock that the movie also seems to admire. Great movies, and this ranking motivated me to finally get around to watching the blurays I had for Christine and Fright Night, though I had seen both movies before. --- http://thetramp.filmaf.com/owned https://vimeo.com/402818980 ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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