Welcome to Fright Night - Circa 2009
Thu, November 12, 2009 
Fright Night was one of the better horror-gems of the 1980s. It was so successful it not only spawned a sequel (which I never watched although I heard plenty of bad things), but a Marvel Comics series (which I never read). Now THR reports it’s headed for the remake treatment.
Marti Noxon (a producer/writer for Mad Men) has been put in charge of writing this new incarnation. Unlike previously ill-fated attempts at redoing Fright, this will keep the original’s story (a teenager discovers his neighbors are vampires) in addition to its horror/comedy tone. I’m assuming this updated Charley Brewster will also be a horror movie-fanatic. I guess he'll be into torture-porn or remakes of better horror movies. Isn't that what teenage horror fans watch?
Now who should play Peter Vincent? My outside-the-box suggestion would be actor John Bloom...as his Joe Bob Briggs persona. I used to stay up all night to watch MonsterVision on TNT.
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But the REAL question is who's the person that'll play Evil Ed Thompson?
BTW, Jamie, you might be wrong on the 'Saw/Hostel' and remake horror angle on Charlie Brewster:
"I've been fired because nobody wants to see vampire or vampire killers anymore all they want are demented men going around in ski masks hacking up young virgins!" - Peter Vincent
Brewster would look up to Peter Vincent The Great Vampire Killer, but in an update, he most likely be into 80's horror, and NOT into remakes ot torture porn, as some of his peers may be. In fact, "vampires" themselves might be watered down a bit due to Twilight. The concept of Horror Host, on the other hand, is a bit of tricky business. Maybe a cable access channel. Also, who might be a good fit? Udo Kier? Doug Bradley? Terence Stamp?