Fright Night star Chris Sarandon has returned to the role of his vampire character from the iconic horror film. While no new movie is in the works, writer-director Tom Holland was penned an all-new novel set in the Fright Night universe. Intended to start a new trilogy of stories, the novel, Fright Night: Origins, includes characters and references that expand upon the lore of the film. The book has now been given a new audio version at Audible narrated by Sarandon, and as part of the job, this includes voicing Jerry Dandridge for the scenes featuring the vampire.
Holland shared a video on Twitter of Sarandon announcing the news. The director says he’s “beyond excited Chris did this for the Fright Night fans, and given the response, it’s clear that the horror fans are happy as well.
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“Hi there, it’s Chris Sarandon, and I want to announce some exciting news for you Fright Night fans,” Sarandon says in the video. “I’ve narrated the Audible for Fright Night: Origins. Can’t tell you how much fun it’s been slipping into the familiar character of Jerry Dandridge, and also, some of the other characters in this wonderful, wonderful piece. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.”
In his Jerry Dandridge voice, Sarandon adds, “Welcome back to Fright Night.”
Fright Night: Origins Tells a New Story in the Original Fright Night World
Released in 1985, Fright Night follows teenager Charley Brewster (William Ragsdale) as he learns that his neighbor, Jerry Dandridge (Chris Sarandon), is a bloodthirsty vampire. It’s up to Charley to take on the vampire, and to get an upper hand, he enlists the help Peter Vincent (Roddy McDowall), an actor who played vampire hunters on television. The film was a hit at the box office and has since become a cult classic, highly regarded as one of cinema history’s greatest vampire films.
Fright Night was given a sequel, Fright Night Part 2, in 1988. The franchise was rebooted with a remake in 2011 which had its own sequel, 2013’s Fright Night 2: New Blood. Tom Holland has expressed his desire to do another film featuring characters from his original Fright Night movie before focusing his efforts on writing a new trilogy of stories, starting with Fright Night: Origins.
The official description of the book reads:
Fright Night: Origins is available now.
“High school isn’t going well for teenage horror fan Charley Brewster, still dealing with the loss of his father, he finds himself in his first serious relationship with the vibrant and beautiful Amy Peterson. If new love wasn’t complicated enough Charley is also failing Trigonometry. Late one night while cramming for a test Charley spies something suspicious in the yard next door, two men carrying what appears.to be a coffin. What’s going on in the old Victorian House and who are Charley’s new neighbors?”
