Straight-to-DVD movies are a mixed bag. For the most part, the best you can say about them is they have an inferiority complex. The studios don’t think either don’t think enough about what they made to put them out in full theatrical release or they never intended them to go into theaters in the first place. In the case of really low-budget indies, it’s better than not being viewable by the public, in the case of the studios, it usually means they really aren’t viewable. I always hold out hope. Now I wasn’t too thrilled with the remake of Fright Night. It didn’t have the charm or the humor of the original, even if it did have Colin Farrell. But Fright Night 2, which is a reboot of a seldom seen sequel? That might be worth it. I liked the original sequel and Julia Carmen’s vampire. Seldom has a crucifix been so sexy.
Fox Home Entertainment released its trailer for Fright Night 2: New Blood. I think I remember this making the bootleg rounds. Edward Rogriguez is the director and it comes out on DVD and Blu-ray October 1. It doesn’t look like this is a remake of the original. It takes place in Romania, where Charlie is going to school with his friend “Evil” Ed and his ex-girlfriend Amy. Charlie gets hot for teacher, but his teacher is probably a little cold to the touch. Gerri, played by Jaime Murray, is a vampire and she probably has tenure. Charlie figures this out, but no one believes him. Why should they? He’s only done the vampire expose once before. The vampire teacher turns “Evil” Ed. But no one believes him. Except possibly Peter Vincent, renowned vampire hunter from the show “Fright Night,” who is going to teach Charlie how to put a mosquito net around his ex before Gerri sucks her dry.
Sounds like fun. But it doesn’t sound like Fox has too much faith in it. All the characters from Fright Night are back, but not the actors who played them. And Craig Gillespie, who directed the first remake, is nowhere to be seen. What is to be seen in the trailer is the same car wreck I saw Colin Farrell cause in the Fright Night remake. But like most car wrecks, I know I won’t be able to look away. See you in October, Fright Night 2: New Blood.
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