Aug 2011
Sandra Vergara in "Fright Night"
08/29/11 02:12 Filed in: Cool Stuff
When I first saw "Fright Night," I wasn't sure
how I felt about the character of Peter
Vincent's assist, Ginger, played by Sandra Vergara. I knew she
was kinda sexy, but her performance
seemed over-the-top and her accent was
borderline annoying. However, I noticed that she
got some of the biggest laughs in the movie both
times I saw it and certain things about her
performance started to stand out. For instance,
that little move she makes when she says, "I
will fuck myself, thank you. Someone has got to
do it." (In response to Vincente telling her to
"Go fuck yourself!") Her performance moved up
from kinda sexy to really sexy on the second
viewing and I was a disappointed when she was
killed off.
She appears to have significant experience as an actress based on her IMDB profile, but she also has a make up artist page up on Model Mayhem (although she hasn't visited it since January). I suspect that MM will soon be coming down, because she will definitely get more acting work based on what she did in "Fright Night."
She appears to have significant experience as an actress based on her IMDB profile, but she also has a make up artist page up on Model Mayhem (although she hasn't visited it since January). I suspect that MM will soon be coming down, because she will definitely get more acting work based on what she did in "Fright Night."
Fright Night Review **Spoilers**
08/19/11 00:39 Filed in: Cool Stuff
I saw
Fright Night tonight in 3-D. It’s a lot of fun
and will definitely clean up at the box office.
You can’t help but make comparisons to the first one. Colin Farrell is very good as the cool vampire “Jerry”; not better than Chris Sarandon and not worse. Farrell puts his own take on it. I personally preferred Sarandon (who makes a cameo in this movie), and in an interview Farrell admits he couldn’t fill those shoes and had to just make his own version of the character.
Plot wise the first one felt more substantial. It drew you in a little more and felt less isolated. There were only a few key locations in this movie. Neither movie is truly scary, like “The Exorcist,” but this one has more suspense and is gorier.
One thing I definitely didn’t like in this one is that Jerry’s roomie and lieutenant vampire, Billy Cole, is completely cut out of the movie. That dude was one the reasons the first flick was so good.
The Evil plot is reduced as well, and his death just can’t fuck with the first one where he dies a slow, agonizing death with a stake in him, half wolf/half human. I just prefer the old latex effects to CGI.
Brewster is WAY cooler in this movie than the first one. You actually believe he could stand a chance against Jerry. He was more annoying than anything in the ’85 version. The Amy character, who is an Amanda Seigreid doppelgänger, is also WAY more likeable (and sexy) in this one (and Amanda Bearse, pre lesbo, was no slouch back in 1985).
I’ll wrap it up with this. To me scary movies are about “oh shit!” moments. The more a movie has, the more memorable it is. The first Fright Night had a lot of those moments. The scene where Jerry breaks into Brewster’s room and strangles him through the window; Amy transformation, where she turns “vampire face” at the end; Jerry’s spectacular death; Evil’s spectacular death. This movie only has a couple “oh shit!” moments (although one of them is REALLY good), but it’s still a very likable flick that I’d recommend to anyone. Overall, the redux does not beat the first one, but it’s damn good movie.
You can’t help but make comparisons to the first one. Colin Farrell is very good as the cool vampire “Jerry”; not better than Chris Sarandon and not worse. Farrell puts his own take on it. I personally preferred Sarandon (who makes a cameo in this movie), and in an interview Farrell admits he couldn’t fill those shoes and had to just make his own version of the character.
Plot wise the first one felt more substantial. It drew you in a little more and felt less isolated. There were only a few key locations in this movie. Neither movie is truly scary, like “The Exorcist,” but this one has more suspense and is gorier.
One thing I definitely didn’t like in this one is that Jerry’s roomie and lieutenant vampire, Billy Cole, is completely cut out of the movie. That dude was one the reasons the first flick was so good.
The Evil plot is reduced as well, and his death just can’t fuck with the first one where he dies a slow, agonizing death with a stake in him, half wolf/half human. I just prefer the old latex effects to CGI.
Brewster is WAY cooler in this movie than the first one. You actually believe he could stand a chance against Jerry. He was more annoying than anything in the ’85 version. The Amy character, who is an Amanda Seigreid doppelgänger, is also WAY more likeable (and sexy) in this one (and Amanda Bearse, pre lesbo, was no slouch back in 1985).
I’ll wrap it up with this. To me scary movies are about “oh shit!” moments. The more a movie has, the more memorable it is. The first Fright Night had a lot of those moments. The scene where Jerry breaks into Brewster’s room and strangles him through the window; Amy transformation, where she turns “vampire face” at the end; Jerry’s spectacular death; Evil’s spectacular death. This movie only has a couple “oh shit!” moments (although one of them is REALLY good), but it’s still a very likable flick that I’d recommend to anyone. Overall, the redux does not beat the first one, but it’s damn good movie.
The Myth of the American Sleepover
08/09/11 03:11 Filed in: Cool Stuff
I haven't seen "The Myth of the American
Sleepover" yet, but I'm reading a lot of good things
about it. What really drew me to it was this
great poster. UPDATE:
I found out an artist named Kevin McShane
drew this poster. He's very talented and you
should check out more of his work.