While we at Strange Things don't generally share the distaste automatically shown by many fans and critics for remakes, revamps and reboots, sometimes we do find ourselves shaking our heads and asking 'why?'. The new version of Fright Night is a case in point: not because the original was a classic movie, but more because it wasn't. A major studio, bland mid-Eighties effort, Fright Night was inoffensive, but no classic (unless you're the sort of person who believes 'classic' means 'any film I saw while I was growing up').

It is, however, perfect for the post-Twilight audience who are looking for unchallenging thrills, and so a remake does make sense, I guess. And given that the first film was no great shakes, we shouldn't be too upset that this remake looks like a fat-free, low sugar horror story with a couple of name actors (Colin Farrell, David Tennant); a facsimile of the original film with a One Tree Hill makeover. In 3D. E4 viewers are probably wetting themselves with excitement.

But don't take our cynical, world-weary word for it - check out the trailer, and - if you really want to - battle through crowds of teenage girls in order to see it at FrightFest a whole week before it opens .