Fright Night 2 (Video 2013)

Fright Night 2: Directed by Eduardo Rodriguez. With Will Payne, Jaime Murray, Sean Power, Sacha Parkinson. In Romania, Charley and his friends discover that their alluring art professor is a real-life vampire, hell-bent on completing an ancient ritual with Amy’s blood. Are they all doomed to spend eternity as ravenous creatures of the night?

“u0026#39;FRIGHT NIGHT 2: NEW BLOODu0026#39;: Two and a Half Stars (Out of Five)u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSequel to the 2011 vampire comedy/horror film (which was a remake of the 1985 cult classic of the same name) about a teenager who learns his mysterious neighbor is a vampire. This sequel has none of the 2011 filmu0026#39;s impressive cast (Colin Farrell, Anton Yelchin, David Tennant, Toni Collette, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, etc.) and was released directly to video (on a much smaller budget, Iu0026#39;m guessing). Itu0026#39;s less of a sequel and more just another remake (and probably a more faithful one at that, if I remember the original that well) except this time the main evil vampire is a sexy female professor and the film is set in Romania (where a class of exchange students are studying). The film is not as entertaining as the 1985 original or itu0026#39;s 2011 remake but it does have a decent amount of amusing vampire thrills and a smokinu0026#39; hot femme fatale villain (played by the gorgeous Jaime Murray).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe film focuses on three exchange students studying with their class in Romania: Charley (Will Payne), Amy (Sacha Parkinson) and u0026#39;Evilu0026#39; Ed (Chris Waller). Charley is on the outs with his girlfriend Amy because she thinks he cheated on her. As he and his best friend Ed are checking in to their hotel room Charley sees a very attractive woman biting another woman in the building across the road from their hotel. He later learns that the sexy biter is his class professor, Gerri Dandridge (Murray). He also later learns that sheu0026#39;s a vampire, as he secretly follows her into a sacrificial chamber, when she drains a prostitute of her blood and bathes in it (to restore her youth). Charley and Ed seek out TV paranormal investigation host Peter Vincent (now played by Sean Power) to help them stop the sinister vampire.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe original vampire antagonist, in the 1985 film, (played by Chris Sarandon) was also named Jerry Dandridge (with a J and a y) but the main villain in itu0026#39;s 1988 sequel was his sexy vampire sister Regine (played by Julie Carmen). I know I saw both films but I donu0026#39;t remember much about the second movie at all. So I canu0026#39;t say if this new sequel is better than it, or not, but I do know that this 2013 film much closer resembles the 1985 original (than itu0026#39;s 1988 follow-up). All of the characters names are the same, including u0026#39;Evilu0026#39; Ed (who was originally played by Stephen Geoffreys), except for the slight spelling change of Gerri. The film was directed by Eduardo Rodriguez (who also directed the 2012 action film u0026#39;EL GRINGOu0026#39;, which was a lot of fun) and written by Matt Venne (whou0026#39;s made a career out of writing direct to video sequels, like u0026#39;MIRRORS 2u0026#39; and u0026#39;WHITE NOISE 2: THE LIGHTu0026#39;). I have no big problems with the film, it has some decent gore and frights, but itu0026#39;s just not very involving and is a little dull. For me the best thing about it is itu0026#39;s villain. I really like Jaime Murray (who also played a stunning femme fatale villain in the 2007 horror film u0026#39;THE DEATHS OF IAN STONEu0026#39;, which was pretty good). Itu0026#39;s not a bad sequel but itu0026#39;s also not nearly as good a film as itu0026#39;s predecessors.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWatch our movie review show u0026#39;MOVIE TALKu0026#39; at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llO-AVcYkfI”