I think the main thing missing from the remake...

It was too much by the numbers. Lacking the campy charm of the original and a spirit of its own.


Its that man again!!

I agree. The movie lacked character development and depth, and no one cared enough about their friends and family considering the vampire next door.

There are two deleted scenes on the Blu-ray I think would have really fleshed out Charley and Ed. One was him in the car before going to get coffee before school, worrying about being late for class. Cutting that scene made the line from the final cut that Amy says not make sense. "See, Charley. We're on time! You always make that worried face..."
The other scene was at the school with Charley, Amy, and the two dumb jock/stoner friends. Charley and Dave Franco's character clash because Franco doesn't care Ed is missing and Charley stands up for him.

Having those two scenes would have increased the quality of the movie greatly in my opinion. If they need to cut anything for time, they could have cut the scene where Amy finds a haggard Charley on the school computer, researching vampire stuff and telling Amy he's working on porn. I would also have appreciated another suspenseful scene like the one where Charley gets Doris out of the secret cell.



"Oh, my God. Bear is driving! How can that be?!"

I thought the club scene was pretty good. One scene that stands out to me are the tears streaming down Amy's face as she's being bitten into.

For someone who hasn't seen the original, that might have been a little surprising.

Actually when Ed dies you can see Charley shed a tear, it's just not that well visible, though I must agree after that scene he was pretty much quickly forgotten.

I'm a big fan of the original, and I have a hard time with remakes in general because I feel they lack a lot of what made the original great in the first place. That said, this wasn't horrible, but as others have pointed out, there was just something lacklustre about it.

Collint27... you make a great point about the father-figure aspect of the original. That was sorely lacking here. I'm sorry, but David Tennant's Peter Vincent was more like a childish uncle/immature big brother type of thing, but definitely not a father figure.

Evil Ed? I really didn't feel any attachment to him. Course, I didn't really feel much toward the original Evil, either, but the original did seem to gel more with the original Charlie and Amy. Also, the current Evil reminded me too much of Paul Ruebens when he was in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and he was making antagonistic/sarcastic comments to Buffy. I don't know if that was intended or not, but that's what the current Evil reminded me of. Maybe it had to do with the whole one arm thing. *shrugs* There were several parts of the movie that had a similar vibe to the Buffy the Vampire Slayer, movie.

I did like the current Amy better than Amanda Bearse's Amy, but the current Amy definitely lacked the innocence that Amanda's Amy had.

I actually did like the Chris Sarandon tribute/passing the torch thing with his cameo. That actually did have a bit of campiness to it, and I was cracking up when I saw it.

I also liked that Toni Collette played the mom as tougher, and less clueless than the original.

But yes, it did feel rushed in places, and dragging in others.

While I didn't hate this as much as I expected to, it still has NOTHING on the original, and I remain loyal to that version.

Yeah, I missed the scene with Ed turning into the wolf and Peter having to reluctantly kill him, thus gaining his "faith". As well, I missed Jerry's caretaker from the original. The club scene also was missing the seductive taking of Amy as well.

Having said that, I did enjoy the film. I thought it was a fun romp. It wasn't anything entirely special, but it was certainly not a boring film.



I'm just a guy that likes horror flicks.

I have to agree
it did lack a lot of emotion in some parts,

and in other parts people were acting way too cool for seeing a monster,
everyone was kinda acting too "okay" with things, I was actually surprised the mom fainted,
Yes they were screaming in the car, but they were not as freaked out as they should have been, no one was, I am not talking about screaming or acting hysterical either, just felt like there was no emotion from the characters either way, either sadness or surprise,

I'll look down, and whisper no

Totally agree vinchenzo19. We cared about evil when he died. There was something there when amy was taken in the club scene. There was meaning to the film while it was funny at the same time. This film was ok by itself. As compared to, and a remake of, the original, it was not very good. So for those who have not seen it yet, just forget the original and you will be fine. Just don't think of the original when you watch the remake, they are nothing alike.