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Remastered from the 1985 film, of the same title, follows Charley Brewster, a teenager living in Las Vegas. He's living a great life with his mother and his girlfriend, Amy. He soon discovers that he has a new neighbor named Jerry Danridge. His former best friend, Ed Thompson, has him visit a home of a recently disappeared teenager from there school. Ed explains that he believe's Charley's new neighbor is a vampire murdering people from the city. At first Charley dismisses the idea, but-after Ed's disappearance-begins to suspect that Ed might have been right. Charley enlists the help of Peter Vincent, a vampire hunter, to help him fight against the possible danger next door. This remake was directed by Craig Gillespie. This film turns away from the Twilight version of vampires, and falls back to the Dracula ideal of vampirism. Where a vampire is dangerously sexy, but will not hesitate to murder you. The original was parody on vampire films, and this one continues to be a parody of the genre. However, this one combines more scares and laughs while remaining moderately truthful to the original. The vampire effects for Jerry were well done, slightly over done once. The idea for Jerry was cleverly done. It placed him in a tribe instead of being some random killing vampire. Keeping Jerry as suave and lethal was great idea. It brought audience's the classic version of a vampire. Jerry's vampires had nice effects, but it was too familiar to other recent monster films. A cool effect, even if it was realistically wrong, was during the attack on the house. The effects were great, and it truly made Jerry appear more devious. This film did show images from the city strip, but it mostly focused on the never before seen side of the city-the suburbs. The story was greatly enhanced from the original to better fit modern audience's. It kept Jerry scary while using Charley's reactions as the humor.
The acting was good, and the cast had some pretty good chemistry together. Anton Yelchin played the leading role of Charley Brewster. He did great in his role of the awkward teenager forced to fight off a vampire. He made Jerry appear threatening and kept the film funny. Colin Farrell played the role of Jerry Danridge. He was amazing in this role. He gave the character that dangerous sex appeal that is a staple for film vampires. David Tennant played the role of Peter Vincent. He did good creating a character who knew the truth, but was terrified because of past trauma. He added some humor to the film, but the making-fun of Criss Angel idea is getting a bit tiring. Imogen Poots, Amy, was good. She created the popular girl who is in love with the nerd. Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Ed Thompson, was good in his role before he became the vampire. He was good as a vampire, but he went slightly over the top with it.
I give this film five out of five stars! It did a great job of combining multiple genre's into a single film. Its great humor and scares turn away from the modern Twilight.
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