![]() In 2015, the video surfaced in a lower-quality VHS duped format (which includes a running time code on the screen) as part of the EPK on the 30th anniversary edition blu-ray. The best quality version was included on the DVD collection "Spooky Videos, Volume 2," which was released by Promo Only, a company which caters exclusively to professional D.J.'s and V.J.'s. It was the last music video that the popular '80s group released before they disbanded. Geils Band produced a music video for the title song which utilized many clips from the film and received minor airplay on MTV. To promote both the release of the film and the soundtrack album, the J. Charley's name is spelled incorrectly on the label. In July 1985, Columbia Pictures publicity department sent a U-matic videotape containing 7 clips from the film (running roughly 10 minutes) to various American TV stations to be used for movie reviews and general promotion. Open End Interviews: Tom Holland, Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Amanda Bearse, Roddy McDowall.Featurette: A Vampire For The 80’s (Without Intro).Featurette: A Vampire For The 80’s (Roddy McDowall Intro).The Making Of…… Fright Night Music Video.A copy of this was included on the 30th Anniversary Edition Blu-Ray, sourced from video and with a running time-code on screen. Running nearly 95 minutes (with some redundant clips), included are a wealth of rarely seen behind-the-scenes footage and interviews. Additionally, a lengthy clip from the climax of the film was featured in Now Comics' 1992 Comic Trade Show Marketing Video to promote the comic book tie-in.Ĭolumbia also put together an EPK (or Electronic Press Kit). Geils Band filmed a music video for the title song, and the press was sent a reel of 7 clips from the film for use in reviews as well as longer 95 minute electronic press kit. The poster later wound up in the clutches of writer/director Tom Holland and can be seen below.Ĭolumbia did the standard promotion campaign, with theatrical trailers and TV spots which played up the horror element of the film. This poster, which hung outside the theatre in the village where it screened, features a variation of the face in the clouds looming above Peter Vincent, who's placing a cross on Evil Ed's forehead. This is perhaps the most unique of all of Fright Night collectibles - as well as one of the most difficult pieces to obtain.īut unquestionably the single most unique theatrical poster hails from Ghana, Africa, and was hand-painted on a large flour bag. Interestingly in this version, the skyline has been darkened to make the face in the clouds resemble an alien with a large cranium, and a monstrous right-hand (incorrectly) reaches out from the right side of the sky beside it. ![]() Similarly, poster art from Pakistan, where the film was titled Night of Horror, also included altered artwork with cut-outs. In Japan, advertisements for the movie boasted the poster art along with cut-out stills from the film. The artist who rendered the painting is unknown. Fox company adorned posters depicting a decrepit house with the face of a vampire looming in the clouds above it.
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