This film is over looked and recently was redone, poorly.  This one is classic and captures the 80s style.  There are several cheesy effects but the overall composure of the entire film is excellent.  The best scene is the one with a very young and pretty Amanda Bearse (her first role) being seduced by the vampire (Sarandon) in a Disco.  The lighting and scene is to die for.  Roddy McDowall also never really got credit for this role properly.  His role is very well done.  And some of the lines are quite funny.  It mixes horror and comedy in the best possible ways.  Rent it and see.  Colin Farrell is cute but could never play the kind of character as well as Chris Sarandon did in this version.  Finally the role of Charlie is much better portrayed by William Ragsdale , very sexy and attractive I must say.  Again this film and many actors were over looked at that time.