Roddy McDowall in Fright Night (1985). “Well, my wife had worked with Roddy on a tour many years before with Vincent Price and his wife, Coral Browne, and she was on the road with them for a ...

To celebrate the season, we dug through the coffins of the horror classic in order to discover some things you might not have known about Fright Night ... said. 5. Roddy McDowall did not want ...

Tom Holland and Roddy McDowall became friends after working together on Fright Night, but the esteemed actor was not Holland’s first choice to play the Cowardly Lion-like character of Peter Vincent.

Here’s how it works. Starring Chris Sarandon, Roddy McDowall, Amanda Bearse, and William Ragsdale, Fright Night actually doesn’t have all that many characters to carry its story along.

They'll interweave well, but we'll see. Roddy McDowall and William Ragsdale in "Fright Night" (1985). Image courtesy of Sony/Columbia Pictures Has the cast been receptive to maybe doing an ...

Why does Roddy McDowall not get more love ... to Peter Vincent for help in defeating his mother’s undead beau. Fright Night also succeeds thanks to its toying with subtext and latent anxieties ...

Yes, Fright Night is a remake of the 1985 film, which, while not great, was certainly good. The original possessed a nice blend of horror and comedy, perhaps because of Roddy McDowall, who hammed ...

Moments into Fright Night, Tom Holland’s 1985 horror ... the vampire killer from the movie in the opening scene, played by Roddy McDowall. Vincent’s become a local TV horror host, popping ...

To this day, Holland remains close with the cast of the original Fright Night—actors who he agrees were pretty much born to play those roles. The film’s MVP remains the late Roddy McDowall ...

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 ...

It's FRIGHT NIGHT, a horrific howl starring Chris ... he turns to TV horror host Peter Vincent (Roddy McDowall), who used to be the "Great Vampire Killer" of the movies. Can these mortals save ...

Fright Night will be released on a limited ... he turns to TV horror host Peter Vincent (Roddy McDowall), who used to be the "Great Vampire Killer" of the movies. Can these mortals save Charley ...