Written by Jesus Figueroa
The jump scares of "Fright Night 2: New Blood" gives the same feel as the first remake but with a weirder storyline.The acting for the most part was good but one character kept persistently being annoying making the comedy in the film less than enjoyable.
Charley Brewster, played by Will Payne, goes to study in Romania with his best friend Peter Vincent, played by Sean Power, and his love interest Amy Peterson, played by Sacha Parkinson, who was Charley's girlfriend. Peter's efforts to attract Amy lead him to do small things to gain her attention.
Traveling associate professor Gerri Dandridge, played by Jaime Murray, captivates her classes with a fantastic presentation, but hides a secret.
Charley discovers the truth about Gerri as he sees her involved in questionable events. He breaks into her room and witnesses another event which confirms his thoughts about her, that she's a vampire.
Murray is an incredible part of this film. She portrays Gerri in a manner which makes her seductive and powerful. Her character captures the audience's attention with provocative scenes and diabolical menace.
The fear and conviction Payne puts into Charley making him a relatable character. The curious nature that Payne conveys makes for humorous situations.Peter played an annoying role which at points tried to be comical but failed to be so. Since the beginning of the film he started up with an irritating "bad boy" type which did not work. The comedy from him was childish and the delivery was subpar.
The story continues having some reveals which intensify the film but do not seem to really affect the story much. There is no real need for many of the reveals but rather just seem to stretch the film out.
The storyline comes to a climactic ending which will thrill fans of gore.
I give this film 3 out of 5 Popcorns. It's a low budget film which does so much building up and story definition to the point where there is little mystery and surprise. The scare factor instead of being a build up and true horrific scare comes in small jump scares provided by audio cues of loud noise. The acting, for all but Peter, was good with nice personality traits added to the characters which intensified the story. The jump scares were few and there were no real big horrific moments and the comedy failed to lighten the mood to intensify any scare.
"Fright Night 2: New Blood" out on Blu-Ray/DVD now.
