'If you love being scared, it'll be the night of your life.'
This past summer, after another viewing of The Princess Bride, I posted about actor Chris Sarandon. I loved Chris in the film, and found an old nude scene showing the actors butt from the 1976 film Lipstick. (HERE:) While piecing together the post, I used a few caps from the horror, comedy Fright Night. I remembered seeing the film on VHS when I was a kid, but thought it was a time to re-visit the 1985 film.
In the film, a teenager, Charley Brewster (William Ragsdale) discovers that a newcomer in his neighborhood is actually a vampire. Charley then turns to Peter Vincent, (Roddy McDowall) an actor from a television show, to help him deal with the undead.
When I first saw the film, my focus was on the adorable William Ragsdale. William was just so adorable as Charley, and I was sure he'd be a big star. Ragsdale never really matched the success and fandom he achieved in Fright Night, but he has continued to work steadily on television, in films and on stage.
On stage, he starred in two of the three parts of Neil Simon's Trilogy in plays Biloxi Blues and Brighton Beach Memoirs On television, Ragsdale may be most famous for his turn in the critically acclaimed comedy Herman's Head. Since then, he's appeared on dozens of television show with his most recent appearances being in shows such as The Deuce, Younger, The Blacklist, and Only Murders in the Building.
Ragsdale had actually auditioned to play Rock Dennis in Mask, but the role eventually went to Eric Stoltz. The casting director however, remembered his audition and thought he'd be perfect for the the role of Charley Brewster. After several auditions, he eventually won the role beating out several other more well known actors at the time including Charlie Sheen.
Jonathan Stark
The film was a box office hit, but it was years after it's release the film has been appreciated as a Halloween cult classic. The original was followed by a sequel, Fright Night Part 2, in 1988, and a remake in 2011, which was in turn followed by Fright Night 2: New Blood in 2013. In October 2020, original director Tom Holland confirmed that he was writing a direct sequel to the original film titled Fright Night: Resurrection that would bring back characters from the original film and would ignore the 1988 sequel.
Although originally, it was all about Ragsdale, there were other hotties in the original Fright Night Film. I was too young to appreciate the unique hotness of Chris Sarandon at the time, but I've since gained an intense appreciation. Actor Roddy McDowall, as well as Jonathan Stark and Stephen Geoffrey's rounded out the main male cast members.
There wasn't much nudity in the film, nor was it really needed. As Charley watches through the window, we do get a had a quick view of actress Irina Irvine and her beautiful breasts. The only other 'sort of nude scene' comes from Evil Ed, (Stephen Jeffreys) when he transform from a werewolf back into human form.
With the exception of Ragsdale, who showed very little skin on screen, each other other male cast members did have additional on-screen nudity. I did two pieces featuring the scenes on the next page. Two, (yes one was McDowall) had butt scenes in films, and one had a brief butt scene on television.(HERE:) The forth, showed it all during his stint in gay porn throughout the 1990's. (HERE:)
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