Fright Night is a 1985 American
horror film written and directed by
Tom Holland and produced by
Herb Jaffe. It stars
William Ragsdale,
Chris Sarandon,
Roddy McDowall, and
Amanda Bearse. The film is also the directorial debut of Holland. The film follows young Charley Brewster, who discovers that his next-door neighbor, Jerry Dandrige, is a
vampire. When no one believes him, Charley decides to get Peter Vincent, a TV show host who acted in films as a vampire hunter, to stop Jerry's killing spree.