5.1
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Fright Night Part 2 (1988)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 5.1
Overview
After three years of therapy Charley Brewster, now a college student, is convinced that Jerry Dandridge was a serial killer posing as a vampire. But when Regine, a mysterious actress and her entourage move into Peter Vincent's apartment block, the nightmare starts again - and this time it's personal!
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Negative
Christianity: Positive
Overview
After three years of therapy Charley Brewster, now a college student, is convinced that Jerry Dandridge was a serial killer posing as a vampire. But when Regine, a mysterious actress and her entourage move into Peter Vincent's apartment block, the nightmare starts again - and this time it's personal!
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's narrative is centered on supernatural horror and personal revenge, with its conflict and resolution entirely contained within genre conventions, thus lacking any discernible political messaging or ideological alignment.
The movie features visible diversity in its cast, including a Latina actress in a prominent villain role and a Black actor in a supporting capacity. However, these are new characters, and the film does not explicitly recast traditionally white roles. The narrative maintains a neutral to positive framing of traditional identities, with no explicit critique or central DEI themes.
Secondary
Fright Night Part 2 features characters with strong, albeit subtextual, queer coding in villainous roles. Belle embodies a predatory lesbian stereotype, while Bozworth is an effeminate, subservient lackey. These depictions associate implied LGBTQ+ identities with villainy and harmful stereotypes, lacking any affirming or counterbalancing elements.
The film portrays Christian symbols, specifically the cross and holy water, as genuinely effective tools and deterrents against the vampiric antagonists. This affirms their power and significance within the narrative's supernatural context.
Fright Night Part 2 does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The story is centered on traditional horror elements involving vampires and their human adversaries, with no explicit or implicit portrayal of transgender identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Fright Night Part 2 features returning characters Charley Brewster and Peter Vincent, who maintain their original genders. The primary antagonist, Regine Dandrige, is a new character introduced as the sister of the first film's villain, not a gender-swapped version of an existing character.
Fright Night Part 2 introduces new characters and continues with the original cast for returning roles. No character previously established as one race in the prior installment is portrayed by an actor of a different race.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
5.9
6.3
Critic Ratings
3.1
N/A
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