Fright Night (2011)

There are all kinds of vampire films. I like the kind that are full of tradition which doesn't mean necessarily that the vampires have to fit the classical model but if they don't, I want a rich background that explains or at least shows why they are the way they are. This kind of film if it portrays a little bit of humor or a little bit of sexy or a little bit of action or all three. I like these films to be about vulnerable characters, whether they are the human or the vampire, protagonist or antagonist. The vampire myth is all about power and I think it is integral to the genre to show the imbalance of power, and for both parties to know that this imbalance exists - especially when it first occurs to one of the parties that they are at the mercy of the other(s).
Fright Night gives me everything I want out of a vampire movie. You've got bad-ass Colin Farrell set up as the powerful vampire, Jerry. Anton Yelchin is the protagonist, a senior in high school who doesn't believe in vampires at the start of the film who is willing to turn his back on his former friends for the affection of a pretty girl played by Imogen Poots. The mom, who is the West Wing's Toni Collette, thinks her son is playing a practical joke talking about vampires until she learns firsthand that he is not. We're eventually joined by David Tennant's sexy illusionist and vampire hunter.
This movie is self-aware of it's genre and most of the characters get at least one line commenting on the situation instead of ust not believing in vampire until it's too late. Tennant's character is almost a spoof on vampire hunter's but doesn't quite get that far. The film is aware of it's genre, too, taking the time to discuss the Twilight Saga and why those films/books are not about real vampires whiuch of course implies that this tale is.

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