You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night

2016

Action / Documentary

12
IMDb Rating 8.1/10 10 533 533

horror

Plot summary

An extensive look at the making of Fright Night (1985) and Fright Night Part 2 (1988) featuring exclusive interviews with cast and crew members, rare photographs, behind-the-scenes footage and more.

Director

Chris Griffiths Photo
Chris Griffiths

Top cast

Tom Holland Photo
Tom Holland as Self
Jonathan Stark Photo
Jonathan Stark as Self
Mark Irwin Photo
Mark Irwin as Self
Ernie Sabella Photo
Ernie Sabella as Dr. Harrison
720p.BluRay
1.95 GB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
3 hr 37 min
Seeds 3

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Reviewed by Reviews_of_the_Dead 8 / 10

Review for You're So Cool, Brewster!

This is a documentary that I heard about through podcasts. It is interesting that Fright Night is a movie I remember watching a handful of times as a kid. I had always liked it, but when I got into podcasts, it wasn't high on my list. I've seen it in the theater at least once and I've come around to it as being one of my favorites from the 1980s. I was curious to check out this documentary to see what I could learn about its making.Now that I've set this up, this is an excellent doc. There is so much information here. It includes hearing from Tom Holland who wrote and directed it. They interview Chris Sarandon, Amanda Bearse, William Ragsdale and Stephen Geoffreys, who tell how they became involved with the project, their experiences during it and lasting legacies of it. I even love hearing from the effects guys or other people behind the camera like Steve Johnson. There is so much information that it didn't bother me that it runs for as long as it does. It is never a drag for me, which is a perk.Something that is a bonus is that there is a second episode that discusses and does similar dives into Fright Night 2. This is one that I've only seen once. I wasn't the biggest fan, but it is on my list to revisit. I'm even more on board for having seen this. I forgot that it featured Brian Thompson and Jon Gries. Or that Tommy Lee Wallace directed. He truly was the master of doing sequels for popular films. Julie Carmen was another fun person to hear from.There is also a bit at the end bringing up the remake. I don't hate that one. Holland and others involved here especially with the original are shocked that they didn't do more to capture to bring back individuals. It is Hollywood so there's that as well.I'll end here by saying that this is well-made. Editing in footage from both films to help drive home what they're saying, especially when discussing the effects, is great. It helps make sense of what they're saying. This is one of the better documentaries that I've seen on a film and its sequel. I do appreciate when they do a deep dive like we get here. I'm giving this the highest rating I give to docs for sure. Would highly recommend it to fans of Fright Night.My Rating: 8 out of 10.
Reviewed by dregj 8 / 10

Entertaining, fascinating and long

The interviews are all great, the actors and crew all have such enthusiasm for the work. They share some great behind the scenes' information on their method and how the films came together.I really enjoyed this documentary BUT It's a bit too long even for a hardcore fright night fan and the sequences with the Peter Vincent Impersonator are too numerous and stay long past their welcome. The novelty of him at the start begins to wear after a couple of hours of the same over enunciated hammyness.(maybe skip past those parts)
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