| Overall: | D |
|---|---|
| Violence: | D |
| Sexual Content: | C+ |
| Language: | D- |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C+ |
| Run Time: | 120 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 13 Dec 2011 |
| MPAA Rating: | |
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| How We Determine Our Grades | |
Fright Night is rated R: for bloody horror violence, and language including some sexual references.
Director: Craig Gillespie
Cast: Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, David Tennant
Studio: 2011 Touchstone / DreamWorks SKG
Website: Official site for Fright Night.
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Rod Gustafson has worked in various media industries since 1977. He founded Parent Previews in 1993, and today continues to write and broadcast the reviews in newspapers, on radio and (of course) on the Internet. He currently serves as the President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness, a provincial non-profit society. He also authors a regular column for The Parent's Television Council in Los Angeles. He and his wife Donna have four children.
