A sexy vampire girl

Since this post had many views, I have updated it with information about the remake. Since I talked about the first part here, I couldn’t leave out its impressive sequel: Fright Night 2.

The film was released in 1988. At that time, the director was Tommy Lee Wallace. It didn’t do very well in theaters, but when it was released on VHS, it became a cult movie.

Remake

A new version was made in 2013. Unlike the original, it seems not to be connected to the first part: It just recasts the plot with the same characters, but the previous events seem to have never happened. The remake is pretty good (leaving aside the dull dark color palette issue I mentioned already here ) and I liked that in this version they linked the vampire to Elizabeth Bathory (more about her here).

The plot

The film begins some time after the events of the first part. Charley has been doing therapy to convince himself that vampires don’t exist. He has come to the conclusion that the villain he faced in the first movie was nothing more than a serial killer.

But his friend, Peter Vincent, remains convinced that they fought a vampire. At first, Charley tries not to contradict him so as not to hurt his feelings. But something is about to change.

Who’s that Girl?

The same night that Charley visits Peter, along with his new girlfriend, Alex Young, he sees his friend’s new neighbors carrying large boxes. It seems that history repeats itself, but Charley tries to find a logical explanation for what he sees. Later he sees the new neighbors take the elevator. It turns out to be an interesting group: A beautiful woman (the leader), a tall man, another scruffy-looking guy, and a black woman. All very elegantly dressed.

Soon we find out that the leader, named Regine, is a vampire, just like the other woman. The tall man turns out to be a bug-eating ghoul and the other man is a werewolf.

Regine uses her supernatural powers to seduce Charley and begins the process of turning him into a vampire.

The investigation

Charley doesn’t know what to believe and once again asks his friend, Peter Vincent, for help. But just like before, vampires have ways of confusing them, so it takes a while for them to fully convince themselves that they’re dealing with vampires.

One of the scenes I remember the most is when Peter and Charley go to Regine’s apartment and find that the girl is having a party. There, Regine performs a supposed act of magic, where she transforms into a vampire in front of everyone. She then pretends to remove some false fangs and contact lenses from her face.

The werewolf tries to win Alex over, but he is by far the most clumsy character in the film, so his attempts fail miserably.

The Battle

Regine’s goal is to take revenge, since the vampire Charley killed was her brother. She plans to make him immortal, and then, to torture him for all eternity.

But as Charley becomes increasingly lost to Regine’s spell, Alex and Peter Vincent prepare to battle evil. This is one of the few movies I’ve seen where they use wafers against vampires.

Will Regine be able to accomplish her goal? You’ll have to watch it to find out.

Here the trailer:

Bibliography:

• https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fright_Night_II
• https://www.filmaffinity.com/ar/film697829.html

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