I'm seeing so many posts about the vampires sweater and NO ONE seems to have posted a picture of it? :(

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Thanks @Taweret and everyone for a lovely trek through 80s monster culture!

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"Fright Night" by J Geils Band

You brought this on yourself. #Monsterdon

https://youtu.be/TgoAW7xuixE?si=pc8XR_YC5Xki23Qq

And we're back where we began: Peter Vincent hosting his late-night low-budget horror show on TV, Charley and Amy making out clandestinely _with age appropriate each other_, and... evil red eyes peering over from the window in the house next door..?!

IT'S EVIL ED

ED'S NOT DEAD, BABY
ED'S NOT DEAD

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I love that I'm watching this with a group that readily recognizes Octaman.

That's a new experience.

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so vampirism has serious effects on hair styling

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@bunnyhero @allanb Dracula definitely had some amount of power over wolves (and other children of the night), though it wasn't well defined

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Amy's final form is Amy Adams

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well ok i give this production credit for saving the gross-out fx budget for the boss battles

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Byron Taylor, who created Nickelodeon's famous green slime, has said that it was inspired by the goo in Fright Night.

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@gekitsu Yeah sorry my goal there was not to make people visualized nekkid-but-for-elbow-patches people, but you're not the only one 😅

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Does the dog die?

It’s complicated…

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vincent price ran all the way next door what in the fuck #monsterdon

The gay subtext runs strong with his ghoul. #Monsterdon #FrightNight

#monsterdon HE SAID THE TITLE!

Time for some sexy sax!

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#monsterdon You'll all die Charlie, we kinda root for it…

This is like drinking an eggplant and mustard smoothie

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#monsterdon Collared shirt and jacket is perfectly normal attire for a 80s kid?

I don't think I like vampires. Not because of the blood drinking, more because of the exploitative behavior. #monsterdon

During the pandemic there was a live read of the stage play of Fright Night with Jonathan Stark (Billy Cole) as the Narrator. It was a BLAST!

Also I would LOVE to see this onstage!

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*wailing 80s guitar*

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Wasn't the ENTIRE point of this evening because you were all worried about Charley's mental health?

What the hell are you doing, Edward? And WHY are you laughing, Amy? You PAID for that shit!

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Turtleneckula

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If they thought they were setting this up to make Charley believe Jerry isn't a vampire though Charley KNOWS he is, I can't think of less safe predicament Charley could have walked himself into.

I'm on your side, kid, but you DESERVE a lot of this.

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@apLundell #monsterdon in fairness, everyone *does* seem to think charlie's not very bright.

McDowall was great as the burn out biology teacher in Class of 1984. #monsterdon

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Thanks, @Cherizilla

#monsterdon Imagine actually trying to drive a pencil through someone.

Without even breaking the tip.

#monsterdon oh no! My imported PAchinko machine!

Dandrige is Prince Humperdinck!!

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Was Charley just revealed to be wearing Casio F91W?? CLASSIC

On the topic of vintage looks though, the houses in that neighbourhood make me feel like Christine McConnell lives right around the corner. Great ambience.

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Awwwww CASIO DIGITAL WATCH!

I had one with a really shit light on it that I thought was the Future!

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Does he have a “familiar” like Guillermo?
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#monsterdon I would have made it an anonymous tip, myself.

#monsterdon Oh no, the dude next door has LONG FINGERNAILS!

Holding the binoculars with both hands I see....

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"I'm bored of your tits love, I'm checking out some guys...."

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Pretty sure Peter Vincent Vampire Killer was made by Hammer Productions

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👀 Stay Alert: OCTAMAN makes an appearance in tonight's feature!

@Taweret oo more sarandons

and thank you as always! #Monsterdon

@catzilla @Taweret You make a great point that it should have been focused on Peter Vincent. I fully agree. Loved his character.

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And that's a wreck! Killing Dandrige released Amy from the vampiric curse but not Ed, presumably because he was dead and then undead and also dead again already? Charley's mother never returns from the night shift so presumably she fucked off into the sea. But Vincent has his old job back!

That movie managed to be cheesy and have some genuinely good horror effects there at the end. Fun!

Nice choice, @Taweret ! Thank you! Thanks for the bingo card, @cherizilla !

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#monsterdon I wonder how they explained the dead kid in their foyer.

well, that was just really, really good

ty for joining, everyone!!!

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@jonny

That's why we see so few vampires burning up in false basements today... Zillow!

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*Evil Amy appears with a very frizzy hairstyle*

Pretty high humidity down in that basement crypt I guess

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That's an actual batman

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The sun shot him

Christ, America is fucking insane

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"Doc, are you tellin' me it's 8:45?"

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nice transformation there, you forget there can be good special effects in a Monsterdon movie

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we didn't need goblin kid wailing like the headcrab zombies in ravenholm #monsterdon

The Evil Undead

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big long coke nails....

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I like how the actor, whose real name is not Peter Vincent, repeats "I am Peter Vincent, the great vampire killer" to reassure himself. Excellent performance.

Then the Sweater Vampire appears in a mad science shirt to greet them saying "Welcome to Fright Night... for real!"

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@ramsey @Violinknitter I feel like making our protagonists college students instead of highschool ones would do nothing to harm this movie

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What Hollywood thinks is sexy vs. What people think is sexy, a sad legacy of incompatibility

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@Violinknitter Amanda Bearse was 27 when she made this film.

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"Amy is gonna die, me too probably." he said with all the dread of someone who realized they are going to get a parking ticket. #monsterdon

@CactuarJoe absolutely this

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I don't remember that scene lasting near that long. #monsterdon

The more aroused Amy gets the bigger her hair gets....was this some kind of hairspray they had back then?

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DANCE!
HALL!
DAYS!

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#Monsterdon #FrightNight1985 What would make this movie _more_ 80s?

You know what? If a power transformer three feet to my left suddenly started sparking and flaring, I think I would be likely to move away from it with a bit more alacrity than Charley and Amy just displayed there, whether or not my neighbour was strolling after me down a misty alley.

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ooo, 80s nightclub, where's the cocaine room?

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#monsterdon Well, all the lights are still on, so I don't think it's a "Power Outage".

@Lazarou despite rumors, most of the time they are fine and totally vampire free! #monsterdon

That's a threat by the way. This is me threatening you and your friends. #Monsterdon #FrightNight

This is one of those movies where I legit can't decide if I like it or hate it.

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I believe in Vampires

Where ya from

You Roddy thang

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"Do you want a valium"

lol....and actually, why not?

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I love the creepy hand! #Monsterdon

#monsterdon So, Chris is in the closet. Coming out, for Charlie. Having a little BDSM quickie…

That COORS BEER neon sign in Charley's room would drive me absolutely insane. The buzz of those neon power transformers is impossible to tune out. Also blah blah bisexual lighting you know the drill

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@Newpa_Hasai

The director’s barely disguised fetish

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OMG, I didn’t realize it’s the guy who played Herman on Herman’s Head. #Monsterdon #FrightNight1985

As the authorities are useless, we must appeal to the nerds. Or maybe the grunge nerds. The metalhead nerd. He visits the school nerd who is also a metalhead and gives him $8 for vampire fighting advice. The metalhead nerd has a model train and a toy skull.

The boy says that he expects the vampire to attack him tonight, and the advice he gets is "use a cross, get holy water, the vampire can't enter your house uninvited."

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That dude is either neurodivergent or just has a big crush on the main character, or both!

But it's an 80s movie so he's just 'wacky'

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Eight bucks was a lot of money back now.

(This joke shamelessly stolen from multiple MST3K episodes). #monsterdon

Art C. Evans! Glad you recovered from that little run in with Christine!

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#monsterdon Oh no! An apple!

check those 80's music beats #monsterdon

I remember the static after the shows finished!

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Wow he drives a 1975 Ford Bondo. #monsterdon

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Launching my #monsterdon thread for Fright Night, a movie that I'm told is spooky!

Monsterdon is the thing where we watch an old monster movie every week and make fun of it; it turns more into 80s horror movies for the spooky season.

Anyway, you're about to see lots of monsterdon posts by me and others; feel free to mute the hash tag if an 80s horror watch party is not your jam.

"A TOM HOLLAND FILM"

_reflexively boosts the Umbrella lip sync clip, you know the one_

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how do I NOT have DON'T AWOO in my reax folder?!

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Frog man hopping on it's butt... WHUT
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Another giant but smaller than a man bat monster?
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Finally I got a shot of those weird giant masks. And the Egyptian Halloween costume. This movie is a mood altering experience.
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@davesdogmaggie @Taweret I did not know Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins had split. My brain is 16 years out-of-date.

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Post scriptum: tonight, October 5, is the 7 year anniversary of the 2018 stage adaptation of Fright Night!

> The official stage adaptation made its debut at the Carnegie Stage in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 5, 2018.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fright_Night_(franchise)#Stage

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IMDb confirms the presence of Octaman. Also, the Christopher Lee Dracula movie used earlier in the film was the Jess Franco one that we watched almost exactly one year ago. #Monsterdon #FrightNight1985

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089175/movieconnections/#features

The third best character was the milfy mom who was nonchalant about things movie moms are normally upset about, but very concerned about nightmares and a lack of hot cocoa.

The fourth best character was the cop who decided he didn't want to deal with this shit, which is a mood.

The nominal main boy and girl were mostly there to have a nominal main boy and girl. The metalhead nerd was a little more likable, actually, even if he was annoying.

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@jsadow I can't help but associate that logic with the were-car from Futurama

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Fright Night! Thanks @Taweret and #Monsterdon for showing me an 80's classic I missed out on! It's good to remember how much I love practical effects, and how much I hate Coors beer.

I'm gonna go steal Charley's Atari 400 and play Oil's Well.

I award Fright Night 3 out of 5 exploding burning melting bloody vampires. It was simultaneously the worst and best film ever made.

The best character was the conflicted actor who decided to play his role to save the day; he was real main character.

The second best character was the Evil Bisexual Sweater Vampire who collected clocks and teenagers.

The practical effects were neat, and carefully used. The movie felt really long though and extremely cringe in parts.

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Was that Octaman? #Monsterdon #FrightNight1985