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Fright Night
1985
· Movie
· 107 min
B
MEANRANK
71/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2100
- IMDb #1982
- Rotten Tomatoes #1623
- Metacritic #2074
- Letterboxd #1971
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1777
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1943
- Metacritic Critics #2302
- Metacritic Audience #1799
- Douban #1991
- Kinopoisk #3196
- AlloCiné #2181
- Trakt #2405
Every rating
62–83
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 62, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 83.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Charley Brewster, a high school student, accidentally discovers the true and creepy nature of Jerry Dandrige, his dashing and enigmatic new neighbor; but no one seems willing to believe him.
Details
- Director
- Tom Holland
- Writer
- Tom Holland
- Released
- 2 August 1985
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $9.0M
- Box office
- $24.9M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 2 nominations
This title elsewhere
Cast
Full cast (17) →
Awards & nominations
See all 5 →3 wins from 5 nominations across 1 ceremony
| Saturn Award 1985 | — | Best Director | Nominee |
| Saturn Award 1985 | — | Best Writing | Winner |
| Saturn Award 1985 | — | Best Supporting Actor | Winner |
| Saturn Award 1985 | — | Best Horror Film | Winner |
| Saturn Award 1985 | — | Best Actor | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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Saturn Award
5 nominations, 3 won
| — | Best Writing | Winner |
| — | Best Supporting Actor | Winner |
| — | Best Horror Film | Winner |
| — | Best Director | Nominee |
| — | Best Actor | Nominee |