Fright Night II

Infobox Film
name = Fright Night Part II


caption = Promotional movie poster for the film
director = Tommy Lee Wallace
producer = Miguel Tejada-Flores,
Herb Jaffe,
Mort Engelberg
writer = Tim Metcalfe,
Miguel Tejada-Flores,
Tommy Lee Wallace,
Tom Holland
starring = Roddy McDowall,
William Ragsdale,
Traci Lind,
Julie Carmen
music = Brad Fiedel
cinematography = Mark Irwin
editing = Jay Lash Cassidy
distributor = Tri-Star Pictures
released = 1988
runtime = 104 min
country = USA
language = English
budget =
preceded_by = Fright Night
followed_by =
website =
amg_id = 1:62692
imdb_id = 0097390

"Fright Night Part II" is the 1988 sequel to Fright Night. Regine (Julie Carmen), sister to the first film's vampire Jerry Dandridge, seeks revenge on Charley (William Ragsdale) and Peter Vincent (Roddy McDowall) while Charley's new girlfriend Alex (Traci Lind) becomes embroiled.

Unlike the first film, the sequel saw a very limited release in the US by distributor Tri-Star Pictures and co-producer The Vista Organization. However, International Video Entertainment (IVE, now known today as Lions Gate Home Entertainment ) released the film on videocassette, where it received a cult following today. It was released on DVD by Artisan Entertainment on August 19, 2003.

William Ragsdale and Roddy McDowall both reprised their roles from the first movie, although some critics complained about the lack of Stephen Geoffreys in his "Evil Ed" role from the original film. The sequel was directed by Tommy Lee Wallace. Composer Brad Fiedel also returned with another distinct synthesizer score.

The visual effects were done by Gene Warren Jr. who did the effects for the first two Terminator movies.

NOW Comics also published a one shot adaptation of the film.

ynopsis

"Fright Night Part II" starts three years after the events in "Fright Night". Charlie, after receiving therapy is relieved of the thought of encountering a vampire, or believing they ever existed.

Charlie, along with his new girlfriend Alex Young go to visit Peter Vincent, who this time around is the true believer, much to the chagrin of the "cured" Charlie. It is while visiting his old friend, that Charlie sees four coffins being taken from a graveyard. On the way out from Peter's apartment, Charlie sees four strange people walk past him, into an elevator.

The plot of the film follows around Regine, who is the sister of Jerry Dandridge from "Fright Night", seeking to avenge the death of her brother through attacking Charlie and his friends.

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External links

*imdb title|id=0097390|title=Fright Night II
*amg title|1:62692|Fright Night Part 2