Fright Night (2011)
Directed by Craig Gillespie
A teenager suspects his new neighbour is a vampire. Unable to convince anyone, he tries to enlist the help of a self-proclaimed vampire hunter and magician.
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Directed by Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl, Fright Night, I, Tonya), Cruella is pretty lengthy at 2 hours and 14 minutes, and the plot goes on to describe a secret from Cruella's past, her transformation from the good "Estella" to the Cruella de Vil we all know and loathe, and many little origin-style tidbits that lead right up to the beginning of 101 Dalmatians.
Cruella doesn’t escape the cheesiness that comes with remixing an original’s famous elements, but the sometimes silly components folded in by director Craig Gillespie are reminiscent of the self-aware flourishes in his previous remake, 2011’s Fright Night.
Director Craig Gillespie ( I, Tonya and the excellent remake of Fright Night ) unleashes Disney’s prequel to 101 Dalmatians detailing the rise of one of the Mouse House’s most memorable if ultimately unsuccessful villains.
That said, Director Craig Gillespie ( I, Tonya , 2011’s Fright Night ) toes a fine line in pushing the boundaries of a Disney film.
Aussie filmmaker Craig Gillespie (“I, Tonya”/”Fright Night”), in a sicko origin story, has a ball depicting in live-action the story of the notorious dog-napping female villain, with a penchant for puppy fur, the legendary fashionable Estella (Emma Stone), later known as Cruella de Vil.
Director Craig Gillespie (whose other films include Lars and the Real Girl , Fright Night and I, Tonya ) fleshes out the character of Estella from the very beginning.
No, not the Duffers, but rather Tom Holland, whose seminal '80s horror riff Fright Night owns a premise rather similar to this story of death in the most idyllic places (and was released at the tail end of summer a year after this tale takes place).
Hell, even third runner-up Craig Gilespie showed he could balance both dark humour and sincerity in 2011’s Fright Night.