Fright Night

The new Fright Night isn't a prick on the neck of the 1985 original, but what it does it does well.

"...hellbound predator seem the absolute height of kinky, Disco-era nightlife. The original Fright Night then upped the stakes, so..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

VIDEO: Decker Fright Night

Middle school decks the halls with Halloween scares

"...Just before the weekend’s frightful weather pulled in, students at Decker Middle School celebrated..."

Oct. 26, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

A 'Fright Night' at The Opera

Stars of the remake get all Marx Brothers at the Drafthouse

"...getting on the good side of the cast of Fright Night. Remind Christopher Mintz-Plasse that you've seen his Paul..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Where the Girls Go/ATX: Fright Night Edition

Best queer-grrrl-tastic events this weekend, every weekend

"...well-crafted horror film, this weekend raises your adrenaline one night at a time, just to slow it down come..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Fright Night

In this hybrid comedy/horror film, a suburban teen is convinced there's a vampire living next door.

Oct. 22, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Meat Loaf Gets ‘Stage Fright’

Occasional local can’t save this midnight mess

"...rally even one star for his new film Stage Fright, opening locally in two midnight screenings this weekend...."

May 28, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

FF2012: 'Wake in Fright'

Yabba-dabba-doom

"...This long lost Aussie nightday-mare dates back to 1971, the same year Nicolas Roeg's..."

Sept. 23, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Qmmunity: Starry, Starry Night

The Jigglewatts Burlesque Revue invites Austin to celebrate the nighttime at their Starry Soirée

"...dark for a show tributing the beauty of the night: Austin's Jigglewatts Burlesque Revue have brought back their Starry..."

Nov. 24, 2023 Column by James Scott

SXSW Film Review: 'Stage Fright'

Sharp notes meet sharp knives in the delicious operatic bloodfest

"...Mixing bloodshed and Broadway, horror musical Stage Fright balances Carrie sight gags with xylophone comedy. It begins..."

March 11, 2014 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Fright or Flight

Screenwriter Evan Hunter will be in attendance at the Paramount screening of The Birds, his 1963 collaboration with Alfred Hitchcock.

"...and name to that which goes bump in the night. Maybe then the bump wouldn't be so damned terrifying...."

July 12, 2002 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Stephen King's Thinner

"...there are precious few surprises here -- director Holland (Fright Night, Child's Play) stays true to both the novel's..."

Nov. 1, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Anton Yelchin We Thought We Knew

UT grad Garret Price gets to know the late actor in Love, Antosha

"...Thoroughbreds, or fun romps like Burying the Ex and Fright Night, or those that saw him in dozens of..."

Aug. 21, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Strangers

First-time writer/director Bertino, a UT alum, scares up a solid horror-film success with this debut outing.

"...an inexplicable home invasion in the middle of the night, in which masked human ghoulies torment the baffled young..."

May 30, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd

"...Levy, Rachel Nichols and Mimi Rogers. Drowsing through some late-night television the other evening, I stumbled across actor Eugene..."

June 20, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Redemption Road

This story about a musician who's got the blues because he can't play the blues is a mawkish misfire, but the roadside scenery from Austin to Huntsville, Ala., can't be beat.

"...a sweaty drunk, crippled by debt and his stage fright, passing out every night in a dirty hovel in..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Gay Place

Dining Out for Life raises funds for HIV/AIDS related care

"...Neon Rainbows 90s Country Night GirlFriend teams up with local bands for a special..."

April 21, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Smashed

Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Aaron Paul portray a married couple who are plagued by the disease of alcoholism.

"...have a happy union and enjoy going out at night and drinking together. But one morning, after performing a..."

Nov. 9, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cruella

Disney's dog-hating villain becomes an unexpected anti-hero

"...of the self-aware flourishes in his previous remake, 2011’s Fright Night. Paired with a flamboyant Emma Stone as Cruella..."

May 28, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

DVDanger: Cult Film Corner

Burying the Ex and Patch Town

"...Ex, a blackly comedic relationship riff. Max (Anton Yelchin, Fright Night, 5 to 7) is the typical schlub in..."

Aug. 18, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Farewell For Now to The Highball

A personal look back at the sweetest gin joint on South Lamar

"...remember the Highball for. Hanging with the cast of Fright Night as they riffed like Huey, Dewey and Louie...."

Nov. 21, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tales From the Crypt Presents Bordello of Blood

"...reaches the breathlessly mediocre heights of its predecessor, Demon Knight. Instead, director Adler cranks up the tits and gore..."

Aug. 23, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

Keeping one eye on television and the other on pop culture.

"...to TV as host of William Shatner's Full Moon Fright Night, featuring the best of the worst horror movies...."

July 19, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Wreck of the Elizabeth Dane

Ghost stories

"..."Eleven fifty-five – almost midnight. Enough time for one more story." Even before John..."

July 13, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Dave Franco Picks Up The Keys to The Rental

How scary hotels and Atlanta shaped his horror debut

"...Franco starring in shockers like Bad Meat and the Fright Night remake, Swanberg in mumblegore favorites like V/H/S and..."

July 24, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Elysian Fields Queen of the Meadow (Jetset)

"...Fields' draggy, druggy offering is perfectly suited to both late-night heartache and first-date impression-making. The up-tempo (for them) "Bend..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Music Review by Marc Savlov

Mommie Dearest

"...Scarwid, Steve Forrest, Howard da Silva, Mara Hobel. A fright-night horror movie if there ever was one, Mommie Dearest..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Screens Review by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Exhibitionism

The Mystery of Irma Vep: Summer Camp

"...the four characters scurry through the halls, into the night, and even to the ancient ruins of Egypt, but..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Arts Review

First Look: Mondo's New Monsters

Exclusive look at Greg Ruth's Bride of Frankenstein

"...kicking off 2018 with the return of a classic fright this weekend with its second Universal Studio Monsters art..."

Jan. 17, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Review: Ruin Me

Less meta, more manic in this scary sleepover

"...a mask to hide a more incisive kind of fright...."

Nov. 2, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Horror for the Holidays, Part 1

Vintage re-releases for unseasonal scares

"...It's a blue-collar nightmare, filmed in the kind of working-class Chicago that the..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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