A teenager suspects his new neighbour is a vampire. Unable to convince anyone, he tries to enlist the help of a self-proclaimed vampire hunter and magician.
Acting
Farrell's predator-cool vs Tennant's glorious washed-up mess
Practical Effects
Vampire design that actually transforms, no Twilight sparkles
Cinematography
Neon Vegas horror that makes suburbia feel deliciously doomed
Director
Craig Gillespie
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
David Tennant based Peter Vincent on Russell Brand and '70s rock stars like Alice Cooper, creating a Vegas has-been with genuine stage presence.
This remake inverts the original's '80s Cold War anxieties for post-recession foreclosure fears — notice how many characters are underwater on their mortgages.
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