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- From: covin@tartarus.uchicago.edu (David Covin)
- Subject: Vampire Movies-- Fright Night (possible minor spoilers)
- In-Reply-To: flindholm@mta.ca's message of Thu, 19 Nov 1992 21:37:04 GMT
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 19:05:27 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov19.213704.1383@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca> flindholm@mta.ca writes:
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- > I didn't like Fright Night 2 quite as much as 1. While I agree that 2
- >was pretty good, some parts were kind of silly (the bug man for example)
-
- Oh. I liked "the bug man." Reminiscent of Renfield. Ah, well.
-
- I also particularly liked the nerd vampire. "Bite her on the neck,
- stupid! You're supposed to bite her on the neck!"
-
- > I felt that No.1 was actualy more realistic when it comes to a modern
- >vampire trying to maintane a low profile. The vampire was a stay at home
- >that acted like a good neighbor. Everyone (except Charlie) thought he
- >was an O.K. guy. F.N. 2 had the vampire showing herself on national T.V.
- >and living in a penthouse suite which had constant parties.
-
- "Hide in plain sight"? This was what she did, and she did it very
- well indeed. To the point where she could show herself as a vampire,
- even kill in public, and no one would believe or be able to prove that
- it was for real.
-
- Just a different way of hiding. Arguably, one highly suited to modern
- society.
-
- --
- David Covin covin@despair.uchicago.edu
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