This Day in Halloween: Horror comedy classic "Fright Night" -- starring Chris Sarandon and Roddy McDowell -- opens across the U.S. in 1985. / Illustration by Lee Ernest
Fright Nightopens across the U.S. in 1985. Writer-director Tom Holland’s horror-comedy classic stars Chris Sarandon, Roddy McDowell and William Ragsdale. Not only does its success spawn a sequel, a remake in 2011 with its own sequel, but a Bollywood remake as well.
