Anton Yelchin has revealed that the fact Fright Night was a remake never put him off taking on the movie.
The actor plays central character Charley Brewster who discovers that his next door neighbour, played by Colin Farrell, is a vampire.
And while the movie is a remake of the eighties film Yelchin says that it is faithful to the original but is a very modern story.
Speaking to Collider the actor said: "No. I read it and it was a good story and a good character arc. The original is fantastic, but I have a lot of respect for (director) Craig [Gillespie], so the fact that the script was solid and Craig was doing it and then Colin [Farrell] signed on, it all seemed like the elements were coming together.
"Having seen the film, I can say that it was justified confidence. The script was respectful of the original, but also very conscious of the fact that teenagers had changed, to a certain extent.
"There’s a mass availability of information now, so that changes the nature of people’s understanding of the horror genre and what horror is.
"It’s the Twilight world, so [Marti Noxon] just adapted the same characters and the same plot to the Twilight world.
"These are suburban kids who are very aware of what’s going on, and this monster moves in next door.
"I would argue that the original film is about the changes in the horror genre, and now it’s about the way that we respond to certain signifiers in the horror genre, but it’s still the same idea."
The movie also stars Christopher Mintz-Plasse, David Tennant and Imogen Poots and looks set to be one of the best horror/comedies of the year.
Fright Night is released 2nd September
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