Wild Yams

I'm just curious, would there be much interest out there for a Special Edition version of "Fright Night", or are fans of the movie content with the original DVD release? Also, if there would be a Special Edition, what special features would you want to see on it? Thanks in advance.

majorjoe23

Hi Yams,

If you're asking a question, try to end your post with a question mark. I came in here thinking you might have news on a special edition.

Alan Smithee

Knowing how Columbia's recently gone totally backwards, I'd expect to see this reissued with only the pan and scan version!

Rogue588

Agreed.

with BOTH responses..

Wild Yams

My apologies for not having a question mark. Mods, feel free to add one, as I tried and am unable to. Other than that, none of you really answered my question. Are fans of this movie ok with the version that is already in existence, or, like me, would you like to see them do a new release with some behind the scenes stuff, or a commentary track, or even a new transfer/better audio or something like that?

Grabastic

most people are thrilled to see DVDs of movies that offer new transfers, better sound, lots of extras, etc. i'm sure Fright Night would be no different.

either way, i doubt you're going to find a lot of people on this board that would argue against DVD extras or inprovements in transfer and sound.

DonnachaOne

I'm all for a release of any film with improved picture and sound.
Features would be a bonus (of course).

The present release is already anamorphic, though. Why fix what isn't broken?

celluloidwisdom

I'd like to see a Special Edition -- if only to see a Stephen Geoffrey's filmography. I hear he's taken on some, er... hard roles, since his FRIGHT NIGHT days. He really bends over backwards for his craft, Evil Ed does.

Not that there's anything wrong with that, mind you...

A commentary track and a retrospective would be nice, too. A great little movie, FRIGHT NIGHT -- one that has justifiably gathered a bit of a cult following since its initial release.

So yes: bring on a SE, I say.

BuddyRevell

Maybe a commentary track with the dude who plays Evil. I heard (I HEARD) that the guy who plays Evil is doing gay porno. Talk about going "down" hill.

onebyone

Lord you got me all excited thinking one had been announced. Darn it.

Seeing as I practically just burst with happiness thinking that one was on the way, I think you can say yes, I would be very interested. It deserves a better disc than the one that is out now.

reapersaurus

ya, I'd be interested in an SE.
And the movie is not all about gay porn.

acostigan

I enjoyed the movie. I'm content with the current release, as I don't watch it very often.
Personally, my top hopes for an SE right now would have to go to Videodrome.

joffa

And don't forget that Amanda Bearse (who plays Willliam Ragsdale's girlfriend) is a lesbian. Coupled with Stephen Geoffreys' subsequent career, and the strangely ****-erotic subtext of the film (a guy more interested in spying on his male neighbour than making out with his girlfriend), this makes 'Fright Night' a very perverse film!

joffa

What? I can't say h-o-m-o? Even in the context of a perfectly innocent work like homoerotic? Or maybe it will work without the hyphen...