Fright Night Part 2

The original Fright Night is an 80's vampire classic. For the longest, it's sequel has been obscure, out of print and pretty hard to get a hold of in terms of physical copies. I have seen bootlegs and uploads of it on Youtube and beyond, but if I have a chance to watch an actual copy of it, I'd rather do that. This second offering has eluded me for a number of years only to find out that Amazon Instant Video of all digital streaming sources finally sprouted their fangs and somehow obtained this title for the world to see legally. I have always been a big fan of the initial flick that houses Brewster and Vincent's adventures trying to wipe out Jerry Dandrige and his vampire cronies, and I will gladly sit here and let you zits and zombies know that this sequel is absolutely worth every second of your time. I would even stretch out to say that some of the special effects in here may have even been better than the first one (especially the scene where one of the vampires starts melting after Brewster jumps on him with a holy robe) and you actually physically see him spontaneously combust and just start breaking down into a puddle of flesh and bone. That shit was rad. Or the scene where Vincent sprays holy water on one of the others and his face and neck just starts evaporating and deteriorating right before your eyes. I live for this stuff, people! 

Charles, you don't need therapy. You need a wooden stake and garlic cloves.

Shit, I need a shave and a shower.

Peter Vincent kicks ass!

For a hottie like that, I'd pretty much believe in anything.

Lust of a vampire.

Eagh!! It's Michael Jackson!

  The hell?! Why is a vampire on roller skates??

Go bowling? That's all your therapist can come up with! Hahahahahhahaha!

It's so wrong, but female vampires are so hot.

There's always time to have a dance with the devil.

Peter Vincent, you know better than that! Burn her with that cross!

John Gries' character is such a spaz, I swear.

 Most of the time, sequels are either so far from the original that everyone hates it. Or they just change so much of the lore that they might as well just be a stand alone film. But Fright Night Part 2 gets everything right and honestly made me love the first one even more than I already did. In some ways, I actually feel the second installment surpasses the first-Brewster's new girlfriend is hotter, the special effects are more involved, the vampires are more interesting and the overall pace just felt faster and more energetic. That's not to say the original was slow by any means, it just felt like the build up to the end was a bit more sluggish. Either way, Fright Night Part 2 is every bit of a vampire classic as the first. Give it a go. The suckers are back.