FRIGHT NIGHT Writer and Director Tom Holland Announces Novel Trilogy Starting with FRIGHT NIGHT: ORIGINS
Writer and director Tom Holland’s 1985 vampire horror film Fright Night is a favorite of mine. Evil Eddie gave me freakin’ nightmares when I was a kid! Anyway, Holland has been working on a novelization of the original film, titled Fright Night: Origins, and he just announced that this will be the first book in a planned trilogy.
The book description reads:
You think you know the whole story, don't you?
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?
Tom Holland returns to the world of Fright Night along with A. Jack Ulrich to lay the groundwork for a brand new trilogy!
During a recent interview with Bloody-Disgusting, Holland said:
“Fright Night: Origins is the first book in a planned trilogy of books, which will expand upon the Fright Night universe.
“A couple years ago I sat down to write a novel of my original story Fright Night, but as I came close to finishing, I realized I had so much more to tell. There were elements I was not able to convey in the original film because of time constraints, and I was compelled to take us back to the origins of Fright Night and beyond.”
“I’ve written something I truly hope the fans of Fright Night will love and intend to take the Fright Night universe far beyond the story the films have told. This story and the characters are deeply personal to me, and I hope the fans have as much fun reading it as I did writing it. Fright Night forever!”
Co-author A Jack Ulrich added:
“Tom and I had been friends for about twelve years when I pitched him the idea for a graphic novel called Fright Night Dystopia, which centered on Charley Brewster’s life after the events of the first film. While that story remains untold, it began a series of exchanges that ultimately saw me contributing to a new Fright Night. Growing up as a fan of Fright Night, I never conceived that I would lend my voice to its continued legacy. These things just don’t happen.”
The eBook and paperback versions of Fright Night: Origins are available now. The Hardcover version of Fright Night: Origins will release on October 14, 2022.
