Passes the Bechdel test
Fright Night
2011. Directed by Craig Gillespie, written by Marti Noxon and Tom Holland.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
15 women characters. 9 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 5 scenes out of 111. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3, though someone marked that rating as dubious.
The film
A remake of the 1985 original, teenager Charley Brewster (Yelchin) guesses that his new neighbor Jerry Dandrige (Farrell) is a vampire responsible for a string of recent deaths. When no one he knows believes him, he enlists Peter Vincent (Tennant), a self proclaimed vampire killer and Las Vegas magician, to help him take down Jerry.
- Released
- 19 Aug 2011
- Genres
- Action, Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.4 / 10
- Metascore
- 64 / 100
- Awards
- 2 wins & 8 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Charlie 277 lines, man
- Amy 105 lines, woman
- Peter 87 lines, man
- Ed 73 lines, man
- Jane 56 lines, woman
- Jerry 52 lines, man
- Mark 18 lines, man
- Doris 9 lines, woman
- Teacher 7 lines, man
- Bee 6 lines, woman
Full cast, 40 people
- Anton Yelchin as Charley Brewster
- Colin Farrell as Jerry Dandrige
- Toni Collette as Jane Brewster
- David Tennant as Peter Vincent
- Imogen Poots as Amy Petersen
- Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Ed Thompson
- Dave Franco as Mark
- Reid Ewing as Ben Wegner
- Will Denton as Adam
- Sandra Vergara as Ginger
- Emily Montague as Doris
- Chris Sarandon as Jay Dee
- Gracie Gillam as Bee
- Chelsea Tavares as Cara
- Lisa Loeb as Victoria
- Brian Huskey as Rick
- Mike Miller as Store Guy
- Marya Beauvais as Mrs. Granada
- Kent Kirkpatrick as Teacher
- Arron Shiver as Cop #1
- Rick A. Ortega Jr. as Cop #2
- Charlie B. Brown as Doctor
- Rebekah Wiggins as Passing Nurse
- Eb Lottimer as Adam's Dad
- Liezl Carstens as Show Nymph #1
- Laura Aidan as Show Nymph #2
- Alma Sisneros as Show Nymph #3
- Bruce Holmes as Pyro Guy
- Chris Ranney as Guard
- Lovie Johnson as D.J.
- Jerry G. Angelo as Guy on Dance Floor
- Tait Fletcher as Nightclub Security Guy
- Kevin Christopher Brown as Jerry's House Cop #1
- Jesse Pickett as Jerry's House Cop #2
- William H. Burton Jr. as Hulking Man
- Bonnie Morgan as Vamp #1
- Michelle Waterson-Gomez as Vamp #2
- Paula Francis as Newscaster #1
- Dave Courvoisier as Newscaster #2
- Dee Bradley Baker as Jerry's Vampire Vocals (voice)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 4% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 111
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 to 6 | 16 | 20 |
| 7 to 9 | 17 | 19 |
| 10 to 12 | 6 | 30 |
| 13 to 15 | 18 | 60 |
| 16 to 18 | 0 | 9 |
| 19 to 21 | 0 | 5 |
| 22 to 24 | 7 | 11 |
| 25 to 27 | 1 | 14 |
| 28 to 30 | 6 | 11 |
| 31 to 33 | 19 | 38 |
| 34 to 36 | 0 | 2 |
| 37 to 39 | 6 | 6 |
| 40 to 42 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 to 45 | 8 | 5 |
| 46 to 48 | 6 | 21 |
| 49 to 51 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 to 54 | 0 | 52 |
| 55 to 57 | 3 | 4 |
| 58 to 60 | 10 | 13 |
| 61 to 63 | 0 | 2 |
| 64 to 66 | 3 | 2 |
| 67 to 69 | 2 | 3 |
| 70 to 72 | 15 | 32 |
| 73 to 75 | 8 | 11 |
| 76 to 78 | 4 | 23 |
| 79 to 81 | 1 | 3 |
| 82 to 84 | 0 | 10 |
| 85 to 87 | 5 | 15 |
| 88 to 90 | 3 | 4 |
| 91 to 93 | 6 | 17 |
| 94 to 96 | 0 | 31 |
| 97 to 99 | 5 | 7 |
| 100 to 102 | 0 | 29 |
| 103 to 105 | 1 | 2 |
| 106 to 108 | 3 | 6 |
| 109 to 111 | 12 | 42 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
CARA: Can you stop someplace? I'm severely under-caffeinated. AMY: Did you see the poster for the formal? The theme is "Hope"? BEE: I know. They asked me to be on the committee again but I was like -- hope is completely 2008. Grow up.
AMY: Now? JANE: I have dinner on--
AMY: What? How am I going to get hurt? Tell me. Charlie-- Now there's another KNOCK at the door. Jane comes downstairs- JANE: I got it--
AMY: I can drive-- JANE: I drive! They jump into Jane's car. Hit the garage opener--
AMY: We won't stay up all night. Bee and Cara need help with Trig -- it's not a party. Okay. Okay... JANE: Who lies motionless in a bed. A doctor checks her chart. AMY hangs up. Charlie, finished with the cops, joins her. They're both pained as th… AMY: Maybe you should have said something to the police.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 25 are women's.
191 lines from women, 559 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
15 women and 22 men in the cast. 9 women and 21 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 9 of 779.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 74 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 22% of the words (2,506), men 78% (8,788). Women have 25% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.
Exhibit E: the test the other way
Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
18
Two men
44
Exhibit F: behind the camera
5 of the 11 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 30% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Craig Gillespie (man)
- Written by
- Marti Noxon (woman)
- Story by
- Tom Holland (man)
- Produced by
- Michael De Luca (man), Alison R. Rosenzweig (woman)
- Shot by
- Javier Aguirresarobe (man)
- Edited by
- Tatiana S. Riegel (woman)
- Music by
- Ramin Djawadi (man)
- Production design by
- Richard Bridgland (man)
- Costumes by
- Susan Matheson (woman)
- Cast by
- Allison Jones (woman)
The crew, department by department
-
Sound
2 women, 10 men, 3 not listed
-
Production
2 women, 5 men
-
Other crew
2 women, 3 men
-
Art
1 women, 3 men
-
Visual Effects
0 women, 1 men, 3 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 2 men
-
Directing
1 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
-
Writing
1 women, 2 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 27 on average. Men: 27 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Imogen Poots 22, Sandra Vergara 22, Toni Collette 38
Men
Will Denton 21, Anton Yelchin 22, Christopher Mintz-Plasse 22, Reid Ewing 22, Dave Franco 26, Colin Farrell 35, David Tennant 40
Exhibit H: the money
It made 1.4 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $30 million
- Box office
- $41 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 111 scenes and 779 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
