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L.A. Readers! FRIGHT NIGHT @ The Nuart On September 19th! Cast & Crew Reunion!
Beaks here...
Remember that Diablo Cody-hosted screening of FRIGHT NIGHT from last July (w/ Tom Holland Q&A)? Furious that you missed it? Well, you're getting better than a second chance.
On September 19th at Los Angeles' Nuart Theatre, Tim Sullivan will host a special midnight screening of FRIGHT NIGHT followed by a post-film Q&A reuniting Holland with key members of the cast (Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Stephen Geoffreys, and Jonathan Stark), visual f/x master Randy Cook and composer Brad Fiedel! As the below press release states, this is the first time these folks have made a public appearance together since the year the film was released, so if you're any kind of FRIGHT NIGHT fan (or if you've never seen this vastly underappreciated film before), you really don't want to miss this.
And if you can't make it out for this event, fear not: I recently sat down for an hour-long interview with the talented Mr. Holland, and will be talking with some of the cast and crew over the next couple of weeks. And if my humble retrospective can somehow coerce Columbia into giving us a proper Special Edition DVD/Blu-ray, all the better. This film is ripe for rediscovery.
Here's the press release:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
80s HORROR HIT “FRIGHT NIGHT” CAST AND CREW REUNITE FOR MIDNIGHT SCREENING
FIRST LOS ANGELES GROUP APPEARANCE SINCE 1985
September 8th, 2008- "Fright Night", the quintessential 80’s horror-comedy, will have its first Los Angeles cast and crew reunion on Friday, September 19th, Midnight at the Landmark’s Nuart Theatre, 11272 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Los Angeles.
“Fright Night” writer-director Tom Holland (“Child’s Play”) will be joined by the film’s stars Chris Sarandon (“Dog Day Afternoon”), William Ragsdale (“Living Proof”), Stephen Geoffreys (“Heaven Help Us”), and Jonathan Stark (“According to Jim”). Composer Brad Fiedel (“Terminator” and “Terminator 2: Judgment Day”) and Academy Award winning special effects artist Randall Cook (“The Lord of the Rings” trilogy) will also reunite with the film’s cast and creator.
Released on August 2, 1985, “Fright Night” opened to strong theatrical business and has since achieved cult status, as evidenced by a recent revival screening presented by Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody (“Juno”) at L.A.’s New Beverly Cinema. The upcoming Midnight Screening at the Nuart will mark the first time that the film’s writer-director, cast and crew have reunited for a Los Angeles screening. Fans can expect a brief introduction, post-show Q&A, and the rare opportunity to personally meet and have mementos signed by the creative team behind this vampire classic.
Said Holland, "I'm delighted to be able to get together with all the great folks who made this picture with me almost twenty-four years ago here in Los Angeles. And it’s great for us to be able to meet for an actual screening of the movie, with the faithful audience who’s turned it into something of a cult movie, and all at a classic Los Angeles movie house -- the Nuart. I'm looking forward to having our “Fright Night” family back together, getting to see the movie again with them, and meeting our extended fan family as well. I think there will be lots of laughs and maybe even a chill or two."
Writer-director Tim Sullivan (“2001 Maniacs”) will host the event in conjunction with horror website IconsofFright.com. Seizing the historic occasion of the reunion, Sullivan will record an exclusive audio commentary track for the film with the cast and filmmakers before the screening, which will be made available as a free download via Sullivan’s “Shock N Roll” web column at www.IconsOfFright.com.
Said Sullivan, "Fright Night” is a definitive horror film from the 1980s, a true time capsule of its era that’s also a valentine to the vampire movies of the 50s and 60s, and the TV horror hosts of the 70s who kept them alive for little monsters like Tom Holland and me to discover on late night television. As a die-hard fan long disappointed with the film's "bare bones" DVD release, I’m thrilled to help preserve the film’s history by offering fans this exclusive audio commentary. Much like the iconic bloodsuckers in the film, Tom Holland's “Fright Night” will simply not die."
WHAT: FRIGHT NIGHT screening with writer/director Tom Holland in person with the film's Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Stephen Geoffreys, and Jonathan Stark; plus composer Brad Fiedel and special effects artist Randall Cook
WHEN: Friday, August 19, 2008 at 12 midnight (one show only)
WHERE: Nuart Theatre 11272 Santa Monica Boulevard, just west of the 405 Freeway, West Los Angeles, (310) 281-8223
TICKETS: $10.50 for adults, $7.50 for seniors and children; tickets are available at the theatre box office and online at http://www.landmarktheaters.com/market/LosAngeles/NuartTheatre.htm
80s HORROR HIT “FRIGHT NIGHT” CAST AND CREW REUNITE FOR MIDNIGHT SCREENING
FIRST LOS ANGELES GROUP APPEARANCE SINCE 1985
September 8th, 2008- "Fright Night", the quintessential 80’s horror-comedy, will have its first Los Angeles cast and crew reunion on Friday, September 19th, Midnight at the Landmark’s Nuart Theatre, 11272 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Los Angeles.
“Fright Night” writer-director Tom Holland (“Child’s Play”) will be joined by the film’s stars Chris Sarandon (“Dog Day Afternoon”), William Ragsdale (“Living Proof”), Stephen Geoffreys (“Heaven Help Us”), and Jonathan Stark (“According to Jim”). Composer Brad Fiedel (“Terminator” and “Terminator 2: Judgment Day”) and Academy Award winning special effects artist Randall Cook (“The Lord of the Rings” trilogy) will also reunite with the film’s cast and creator.
Released on August 2, 1985, “Fright Night” opened to strong theatrical business and has since achieved cult status, as evidenced by a recent revival screening presented by Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody (“Juno”) at L.A.’s New Beverly Cinema. The upcoming Midnight Screening at the Nuart will mark the first time that the film’s writer-director, cast and crew have reunited for a Los Angeles screening. Fans can expect a brief introduction, post-show Q&A, and the rare opportunity to personally meet and have mementos signed by the creative team behind this vampire classic.
Said Holland, "I'm delighted to be able to get together with all the great folks who made this picture with me almost twenty-four years ago here in Los Angeles. And it’s great for us to be able to meet for an actual screening of the movie, with the faithful audience who’s turned it into something of a cult movie, and all at a classic Los Angeles movie house -- the Nuart. I'm looking forward to having our “Fright Night” family back together, getting to see the movie again with them, and meeting our extended fan family as well. I think there will be lots of laughs and maybe even a chill or two."
Writer-director Tim Sullivan (“2001 Maniacs”) will host the event in conjunction with horror website IconsofFright.com. Seizing the historic occasion of the reunion, Sullivan will record an exclusive audio commentary track for the film with the cast and filmmakers before the screening, which will be made available as a free download via Sullivan’s “Shock N Roll” web column at www.IconsOfFright.com.
Said Sullivan, "Fright Night” is a definitive horror film from the 1980s, a true time capsule of its era that’s also a valentine to the vampire movies of the 50s and 60s, and the TV horror hosts of the 70s who kept them alive for little monsters like Tom Holland and me to discover on late night television. As a die-hard fan long disappointed with the film's "bare bones" DVD release, I’m thrilled to help preserve the film’s history by offering fans this exclusive audio commentary. Much like the iconic bloodsuckers in the film, Tom Holland's “Fright Night” will simply not die."
WHAT: FRIGHT NIGHT screening with writer/director Tom Holland in person with the film's Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Stephen Geoffreys, and Jonathan Stark; plus composer Brad Fiedel and special effects artist Randall Cook
WHEN: Friday, August 19, 2008 at 12 midnight (one show only)
WHERE: Nuart Theatre 11272 Santa Monica Boulevard, just west of the 405 Freeway, West Los Angeles, (310) 281-8223
TICKETS: $10.50 for adults, $7.50 for seniors and children; tickets are available at the theatre box office and online at http://www.landmarktheaters.com/market/LosAngeles/NuartTheatre.htm
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...down the guy's throat? That is why to this day my cats have all been "outside cats."
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NO Amanda Bearse? Roddy McDowell gets a pass naturally, because he's gone to the great Peter Vincent Vampire Castle in the sky, but NO Amanda Bearse?
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...just Googled this. Not the cat movie...but I remember this film. Not worth a plane ticket but I am still envious of my friends on the left coast.
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i am of all of you on the "west side". one of the defining films of my youth!
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Loved that movie. "Evil" turned to gay porn afterwards.
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BOTTTTTTTTTTTTHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
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That shitty 80's club music in the seduction sequence is the only thing that horribly, horribly dates this otherwise awesome flick. (there are other 80's signposts but none so glaring as that shitpop.)
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George Michael is a vampire, and this movie proves it.
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I havent heard any news since a year ago.
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we can expect a fully loaded DVD/Blu Ray in the near-future? I am completely jealous of you L.A. viewers -- would have loved to have been part of this...
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Sep 09, 2008 12:41:15 AM CDT
Who is gonna ask Stephen Geoffreys about his lucrative career in
by bearison ford
Can't believe i'm the first one to mention this thus far.
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This is one of those movies that I saw as a very small kid and made me completely fall head over heels for the horror genre. You know the ones, those movies that when you see them are just transformative in how they completely melt your brain. Fright Night was one of those films for me, and most of the time when someone asks what my favorite horror film is I say Fright Night. i was probably 5 when I caught it on TV for the first time and after that I was hooked on horror films. I became one of those kids who would make a beeline to the horror section every time I went into the video store. This is just a huge treat for me.
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Sep 09, 2008 12:45:17 AM CDT
"homosexual film"? I can't believe g4y p0rnography got edited he
by bearison ford
geez.
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It didn't fit in the header. relax.
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You CA residents are lucky SOBs. This blows. How come there is never anything like this in NY? Damn. One of the best horror/vampire films ever made, the director, cast and the special effects people ALL together doing interviews. Sounds like bliss. At least if those cocksuckers at Columbia took the thumbs out of their asses and recorded this event for a special edition DVD, this wouldn't sting so much. I just don't get it. Every piece of shit made nowadays gets (at the very least) a commentary on the DVD. And here is a genuine article, a film with tons of fans all over the world who would gladly shell over the $$$ to get a se DVD, and they have to record a commentary to PUT IT ON A WEBSITE???? WTF??? I really hate studio suits. I can see where films like Friedkin's Sorcerer, or Mann's The Keep would not get any love on DVD, since they lost money and pretty much got eviscerated upon release. I don't expect the studio morons to "get" the fact that Sorcerer is one of best films of the 70s and The Keep is outrageously underrated. But Fright Knight was an all-out success when it came out and has been in good standing ever since! Again, WTF?!?!?!? And all we get is a lame DVD with no extras and a questionable transfer?
And while I'm on this rant, what in the holly hell happen to the Child's Play special edition??? Am I going crazy, or does the man called Tom Holland have something to do with this film and it's fame? And he is still alive, correct? So, where the F is he on the commentary? The whole thing sucks balls, I tell you... -
You know it's the truth.
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These are the "Cool" LA events that should be mentioned more on this site. Last weekend Jon Favreau and Robert Downey Jr. did live commentary at an Iron Man screening. A couple of months ago John Carpenter did Q & A's after screenings of The Thing and Escape from New York. Last Friday Christopher Nolan did a Q & A after a screening of Following at LACMA. All of the above are in my mind examples of cool news, yet I didn't see any articles on this site about them. (Was it me? Did I miss the articles?) I would've attended these screenings over a screening of Homo Erectus any day.
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...a vampire. How else could you explain that the guy doesn't seem to age? He must have bitten Jeff Goldblum on the neck in the 1970s as well. Weird!
Loves me some Fright Night, though. Wonderful movie.
"I don't want to kill you, Charlie. I want you to bring Peter Vincent to my house tonight -- just the two of you. That is, if you ever want to see Amy again." -
One of my personal fav's. Lucky bastards. Any of the L.A. crew going to report on this?
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www.myspace.com/sickgirlfilm
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I was totally expecting to read a barrage of gay porn jokes!
Fright Night is a great great film. But what I don't get is how cokme in talk back land it is always a war between films...I like both fright night and lost boys.
Its weird how everything becomes a vs situation. -
I think it comes from the fact that Lost Boys was always the more popular of the two and Fright Night fans resent that. I know I always did!
Fright Night is a classic, and you can feel Holland's presence all over Child's Play, the only good Chucky movie. -
Maybe yeah. Fright Night was slightly ahead of the curve. Before that we had Howling/American Werewolf in 1980-81. But Fright Night was 1985, and despite the Ghostbusters FX crew and smart script, I don't think the original 'fan' audience was quite old enough yet. Lost Boys trumped it (and Near Dark) because the majority of us were finally old enough to see it in theatres... And it appealed to the girls more. Just a thought. Chris Sarandon is God.
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..."Yes, Mr. Geoffreys, I've always heard rumors about the turmoil and disagreements on the set of Latin Crotch Rockets, can you elaborate on that?"
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And does anyone else shudder when they read "Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody"?
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in the vampires and teens genre is 1987's Vamp, with Grace Jones. It was your standard horny teens confronting evil vampires, but it had interesting make-up design and art design inspired by Keith Haring with a good mix of comedy and horror. And a pretty good cast, with the late old school comic Sandy Baron, Billy Drago, and Long Duk Dong himself, Geede Watanabe.
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Sep 09, 2008 10:01:45 AM CDT
Stephen Geoffreys on Fright Night 10 minute youtube interview...
by zartan
He says he "ate bad clams" and had they had to give him shots of Vitamin B12 in the ass right before the the scene were Evil and Amy visit Charlie's house.
The best part s when he Geoffreys says that Roddy McDowall "pissed him off" and his "panties were all wadded up"...
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To this day I wish Amy's tits had popped out of that bra. And the Evil/Wolf scene kicked so much ass.
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It was earlier this year in Dallas. I got to see all of them, including Amanda Bearse, as well as Julie Carmen from Fright Night 2. It was great. And only one jerk had to ruin the fun by bringing up the gay porn. Who cares? Get over it.
Holland said there were no plans to release a deluxe DVD or Blu-Ray of Fright Night because the distributor who owns Fright Night said there was not enough interest for it.
Regarding the remake, Holland said that he was being consulted but that he didn't feel that his participation would go very far, but that at least they had shied away from the crap idea they had at first, which was to set it in an amusement park. He said the remake would likely be a straightforward remake of the original.
It was an exciting experience, they were all really funny and interesting folks, and if you can go to this panel, you definately should. And yes, I met Chris Sarandon and I think he might be a vampire. Talk about a hottie. -
would the cat/throat scene maybe be from the Tales from the Darkside movie? because that does happen in that first story about the evil cat.
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I've been concerned about this for a long time...as one of the ancients myself, I remember the advent of VHS and the first video format war between VHS and beta. As VHS lead to DVD, what ended up happening was a number of films did not "make the cut" from VHS to DVD. I can think of a few examples off the top of my head of movies that did not "generate enough interest" or were simply tied up in distribution rights issues, etc, and never made it to DVD.Cut to some time later and we have a new format war and a clear victor and the same repetition of movies that don't generate enough interest.There seems to be a certain amount of "fat" trimmed, inadvertently or not, from transitionally releasing properties to newer mediums. So we go from VHS to DVD and movies like "The Keep" (love it or hate it) never make it to DVD except LD copy bootlegs. Now we get hi-def blu-rays and movies like 'Fright Night' don't generate enough interest to make it to the new format medium. As time progresses, many more films will never be greenlit for transition into blu-ray as the predicted numbers do not make it a worthy enterprise.What happens after a few generations of newer formats come and go? How many movies will be left behind because nine fucking million people a week by the Transformers blu-ray but no one wants to see FrightNight on blu-ray?As much as I dearly love cinema, I'm constantly reminded of why business sucks and why business injecting itself into creative paradigms really fucking sucks. You can't blame people for wanting to make a profit but it really sucks when wonderful things are lost to time because the fucking masses want bubble-gum bullshit. I know it's not directly their fault, but if they had better taste, than maybe these classic movies would make it to the next format. Watch and see....shit will evolve to the next format while the eclectic greats will never make it (I say eclectic as some great movies will make it, I'm sure Dark Knight, Godfather, etc will...but those little wonderful films that have cult status or just simple megalove from fans will not make it....but don't worry...at least the next sequel to 'scary movie' will be on blu-ray for sure. Bank on it.)
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...would happily pay $40 for a full out loaded blu-ray!!! And yes, I had crazy fantasies with the super-hottie vampire-ized Amanda Bearse and she was the reason I bothered watching the mostly annoying 'Married with Children'. Plus I absolutely love Fiedel's soundtrack....is it still in production anywhere? Or will the lack of interest mean I've got to shell out $50 for a used copy off eBay? Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!
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Fuck you LA- you get all the good stuff
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Not even close.
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She came out of the closet while "Married With Children" was still on the air. She was hot in Fright Night and just annoying on MWC.
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and the sequel was not all bad
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But godsdammit I wish I could go see this. Fright Night was awesome. Too bad Roddy McDowell is no longer killing vampires, unless he's doing it in Hell. Hmmm ...
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Geoffreys, Bearse, Tim Robbins, Matt McCoy, the hot blonde chick ... that would be a fantastic get together.
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How come no one has made one of these?
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If you're looking for a kick ass horror event on the East Coast, go to the Exhumed Films 24 hour horror marathon in Philadelphia. 24 straight hours of non-stop classic horror films in 35mm on the big screen. There aren't any movie stars or cast reunions, but last year's show still sold out and was a ridiculous good time. Check out the info here: www.exhumedfilms.com or www.myspace.com/exhumedfilms.
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Soon...
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Seriously, the music in Terminator was bad 80's fake club pop, but Fright Night took it to another level. And yeah, Fright Night > Lost Boys...and Lost Boys "The Tribe" was downright depressing, especially when Haim popped up.
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That's the one! Thanks man, I just Net Flixed it. Your commission check is in the mail. Just don't cash it before Friday, K?
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Does the lesbian think she's above this great genre film all of a sudden? What else is she known for, Al Bundy's annoying next door neighbor???
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Just sayin'.... Sept 19th 2008? What's up with that info?
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Seriously, wazzup with dat?
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