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''Fright Night'' is a 1985 American horror film written and directed by Tom Holland and produced by Herb Jaffe. It stars William Ragsdale, Chris Sarandon, Roddy McDowall, and Amanda Bearse. The film follows young Charley Brewster, who discovers that his next-door neighbor, Jerry Dandrige, is a vampire. When no one believes him, Charley decides to get Peter Vincent, a TV show host who acted in films as a vampire hunter, to stop Jerry's killing spree. The film was released on August 2, 1985 to positive reviews and became a commercial success, grossing $24.9 million at the box office. Over the years, the film gained more reappraisal by critics and has since gained a cult following. The film was followed by a sequel, ''Fright Night Part 2'' in 1988, and a 3D remake in 2011, which was in turn followed by an in-name-only sequel/reboot in 2013. ==Plot== Charley Brewster loves traditional Gothic horror films. He stays up late to watch the horror movie TV series ''Fright Night'', which is hosted by his hero, Peter Vincent, a former movie vampire hunter. Charley discovers that his new next door neighbor, Jerry Dandrige, is a vampire. Charley tries to tell his skeptical yet loving mother and asks his friends for help. In desperation, he calls the police, but when he reveals his suspicions to them, they believe he has a wild imagination and ignore his claims. That night, Charley gets a visit from Jerry, who offers Charley a "choice" (something he claims to lack himself): "Forget about me and I'll forget about you." Charley tries to use his crucifix on Jerry but the latter stops him and slowly tries to push Charley out the window to his death. Charley stabs Jerry through the hand with a pencil. Enraged, Jerry destroys Charley's car in retaliation and warns Charley that he plans to do much worse to him later. Charley turns to Peter Vincent for help, but Peter dismisses Charley as an obsessed fan. Charley's girlfriend, Amy Peterson, fears for Charley's sanity and safety. She hires the destitute Vincent to "prove" that Jerry is not a vampire by having him drink what they claim is "holy water", but it turns out to only be tap water (Jerry having claimed to Peter that drinking actual holy water would be against his religious convictions). Vincent discovers Jerry's true nature after glancing at his pocket mirror and noticing Jerry's lack of a reflection. He accidentally drops and smashes the mirror. Peter flees, but Jerry learns of Peter's discovery after finding a piece of his pocket mirror on the floor. Jerry hunts down and turns Charley's friend, "Evil Ed" Thompson, into a vampire. Ed then visits Peter and tries to attack him, only to be warded off when injured by a crucifix. Meanwhile, Jerry chases Charley and Amy into a club. While Charley is trying to call Peter for help, Jerry hypnotizes and abducts Amy, who bears a resemblance to Jerry's lost love (whom Jerry has a painting of). With nowhere left to turn, Charley attempts to gain Peter's help once more. Peter, frightened from having dealt with Evil Ed, initially refuses, but he then reluctantly resumes his "Vampire Killer" role as Charley approaches his neighbor's house. The two are able to repel Jerry's attack using a crucifix, though only Charley's works, since he has faith in its spiritual power. Billy Cole, Jerry's live-in carpenter and daytime protector, appears and knocks Charley over the banister and to the ground. Peter flees to Charley's house, finding that Mrs. Brewster is at work, and is attacked by Evil Ed, who takes a wolf form. Peter apparently kills Ed after staking him through the heart, but removes the stake afterwards. An unconscious Charley is taken to Amy who has been turned into a vampire by Jerry. Peter says the process can be reversed, but only if they kill Jerry before dawn. Charley and Peter are then confronted by Billy, whom Peter shoots, on the assumption that Billy is human due to having a reflection and appearing during daytime. This theory proves to be only partially correct, as Billy rises again. He is only killed when staked through the heart by Charley, dissolving him into goo and dust, revealing him to be a zombie under Jerry's possession. Jerry appears, but Peter is able to lure the overconfident vampire in front of a window using a crucifix (which now works against Jerry in the hands of Peter, due to Peter's renewed faith in its abilities). Just before the morning sun lights him ablaze, Jerry turns into a bat and attacks Peter and Charley (biting Charley in the process) before fleeing, wounded, to his coffin in the basement. Charley and Peter go in pursuit of Jerry; Peter breaks open Jerry's coffin and tries to stake him through the heart whilst Charley has to fight off Amy, who has completed her transformation. By breaking the blacked-out windows in the basement, Peter and Charley are able to expose Jerry to the sunlight and kill him. Jerry's death leads Amy to become human once more, and the three embrace. A few nights later Peter returns to his ''Fright Night'' TV series and announces a break from vampires, instead selecting to present an alien invasion movie, watched in Charley's bedroom by Charley and Amy. Charley looks out his window into the window of the now-vacant house, and sees a flash of two glowing dots. He blinks, and Amy asks if something's wrong. He looks back, sees nothing, then tells Amy it's nothing and jumps back onto the bed to embrace her. The last shot shows two red eyes appearing from the darkness of Jerry's house and Ed's voice laughing and saying "Oh, you're so cool, Brewster!" 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fright Night」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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