Fright Night II

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Fright Night Part II
Promotional movie poster for the film
Directed by	Tommy Lee Wallace
Produced by	Miguel Tejada-Flores, Herb Jaffe, Mort Engelberg
Written by	Tim Metcalfe, Miguel Tejada-Flores, Tommy Lee Wallace, Tom Holland
Starring	Roddy McDowall, William Ragsdale, Traci Lind, Julie Carmen
Music by	Brad Fiedel
Cinematography	Mark Irwin
Editing by	Jay Lash Cassidy
Distributed by	Tri-Star Pictures
Release date(s)	[1988 in film
Running time	104 min
Country	USA
Language	English
Preceded by	Fright Night
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Fright Night Part II is the 1988 sequel to Fright Night. Regine (Julie Carmen), sister to the first film's vampire Jerry Dandridge, seeks revenge on Charley (William Ragsdale) and Peter Vincent (Roddy McDowall) while Charley's new girlfriend Alex (Traci Lind) becomes embroiled.

Unlike the first film, the sequel saw a very limited release in the US by distributor Tri-Star Pictures and co-producer The Vista Organization. However, International Video Entertainment (IVE, now known today as Lions Gate Home Entertainment ) released the film on videocassette, where it received a cult following today. It was released on DVD by Artisan Entertainment in 2005.

William Ragsdale and Roddy McDowall both reprised their roles from the first movie, although some critics complained about the lack of Stephen Geoffreys in his "Evil Ed" role from the original film. The sequel was directed by Tommy Lee Wallace. Composer Brad Fiedel also returned with another distinct synthesizer score.

The visual effects were done by Gene Warren Jr. who did the effects for the first two Terminator movies.

NOW Comics also published a one shot adaptation of the film.

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Fright Night Part II starts 4 years after Fright Night ended. Charlie, after receiving therapy is relieved of the thought of encountering a vampire, or believing they ever existed.

Charlie, along with his new girlfriend Alex go to visit Peter Vincent, who this time around is the true believer, much to the chagrin of the "cured" Charlie. It is while visiting his old friend, that Charlie sees four coffins being taken from a graveyard. On the way out from Peter's apartment, Charlie sees 4 strange people walk past him, into an elevator.

Driving away from the apartments, Charlie convinces Alex to stop their car to quickly make out. They are momentarily interrupted by a thump on top of the car, but later go back to their session, we see that the interruption was truly the woman in the elevator, who has mysteriously ended up on the top of the car.

Little do the heroes know, Regine is back for Revenge and plans to unleash her vengence on Charlie and Peter. Charlie will soon realize there's one thing more terrifying than fighting a vampire, becoming one.