Fright Night (2011)

Released: 2011
Comedy, Horror
Director: Craig Gillespie
Starring: Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, David Tennant
Running Time: 106 minutes
Rated: R

The breakdown:  A teenage boy discovers his neighbor is a vampire and tries to convince others to believe him and help stop him.  A remake of the original with same title from 1985.

I've seen the original, but it's been a very long time.  I'm sure there's a lot of updates in this one, but as far as remakes go, this one was entertaining.
A teenage boy's friend points out to him that people are disappearing from school.  They agree to meet at the  house of the latest missing boy to see if a vampire is starting to kill off people like the boy's friend says.  The teenager gets there late, but discovers no one's home and his friend isn't either.
The next day the boy's friend does not show up at school so the boy goes to his house and sees some of the research that his friend was doing.  Looks like his neighbor really is a vampire after all.  The boy tries to formulate a plan of attack and goes to a magician's house to see if he can aid the boy in killing the vampire.

This pretty much follows the same path as the first one with some small changes here and there, but this is a fun ride for anyone familiar or not with the original.

Colin Farrell's a terrible actor, but this role's within his range so he's ok in it.  There are some funny parts as well as some good special effects.
See it if you like funny horror movies.
3 out of 5 for good acting and an entertaining movie.