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Stars:
Roddy McDowall, William Ragsdale, Traci Lin, Brian Thompson, and Julie Carmen
Writers:
Tim Metcalfe, Miguel Tejada-Flores, and Tommy Lee Wallace
Based
On Characters Created By: Tom Holland
Director:
Tommy Lee Wallace
Feature
length: 108 minutes
Languages:
English Stereo Sound
Subtitles:
English Closed Captions
Packaging:
Amaray Keep Case
Chapter
Stops: 20
Sound:
Stereo Sound
Year
of Theatrical Release: 1989/DVD Release: 2003
Home
Video Distributor: Artisan Home Entertainment
MPAA
Rating: R
Reviewer:
Mark A. Rivera
Two
years have past since Charlie Brewster (William Ragsdale) saved his
ex-girlfriend and killed the vampire next door with the help of “Fearless
Vampire Hunter” Peter Vincent (Roddy McDowell). Charlie has spent most of his
time under psychiatric care convincing himself that the events of the first film
never happened. It was all some kind of mass hypnosis his shrink tells him, but
shortly after meeting Peter Vincent to confront his doubts, Charlie is soon
seeing strange people moving into the neighborhood again. Regine Dandridge
(Julie Carmen) is out to avenge her brother’s death with a brand new bunch of
the undead helpers too.
Directed
by Tommy Lee Wallace (Halloween III: Season Of The Witch), “Fright Night Part
II” does not have quite the same balance of horror and comedy that the
original had though I can forgive that since combining horror and comedy is
extremely difficult and it rarely works. The only other genre mixed with comedy
that has probably an even worse record for success is sci-fi and comedy,
especially with feature films. What I can’t forgive is the lousy pan and scan
(1.33:1) transfer that is so grainy that I almost thought I was watching some
low-grade videotape.
The
English Stereo Soundtrack is a bit muffled too. English Closed Captions for the
hearing impaired are encoded as an option, but there are no extra value bonus
features at all. Artisan has done better work than this with bargain priced
titles and the fans and consumers deserve better.
The interactive menus are very rudimentary, but easy to navigate.
For
those who may have the first film on disc and would be happy to have the sequel
on DVD too regardless of quality, “Fright Night Part II” is available on DVD-Video
now at retailers on and offline from Artisan Home Entertainment.
©
Copyright 2003 By Mark A. Rivera
All Rights Reserved.
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