Director: Craig Gillespie
Writer: Marti Noxon (Screenplay), Tom Holland (Story)
Starring: Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, Toni Collette, David Tennant, Imogen Poots, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Dave Franco, Sandra Vergara
No, I tend not to be the biggest fan of remakes. However, I am a pretty big Doctor Who fan so the fact that David Tennant stars in this probably helped me decide to see it. It also didn't hurt that Shaw Girl thinks David Tennant is a total hotty and he spends a lot of the movie with his shirt off. Tennant isn't the only reason I saw this film though, the trailer actually made it look pretty good so I was at least a bit interested in how this remake would turn out.
I was pleasantly surprised.While it certainly did not outdo the original, it stood on its own as a pretty decent horror/comedy. I had a few problems with it but overall I was thoroughly entertained. The film pretty closely follows the plot of the original; a teenager finds out his neighbor is a vampire, no one believes him, he enlists the aid of a TV vampire killer, hijinks ensue.
