Gillespie to take on B-movie classic? We’re getting used to seeing almost everything under the sun get remade with new special effects and now it’s the turn of horror B-movie Fright Night.

Fans of the original 1985 flick may well find its crude special effects part of the charm but those will no doubt be left behind and revamped.

If the LA Times is to be believed, then the new screenplay – which is being penned by Marti Noxon of Buffy the Vampire Slayer fame – will see the central character discover that his neighbours are vampires.

We’ll have to wait and see on that score but the newspaper seems pretty confident in its assertion that Craig Gillespie is the director of choice for Dreamworks.

The Australian, who’s probably best known for his 2007 movie Lars and the Real Girl, is apparently in negotiations with the studio over the project.

More details will no doubt emerge as the film progresses and if successful, it could inspire a new range of Fright Night Tee shirts.ADNFCR-2904-ID-19657539-ADNFCR