Fright Night vs The Hunger: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Fright Night Fright Night NOW Comics · 1988 36 pages · ≈ 40 min · Light

Adapted from the 1985 film, Fright Night featured the continuing adventures of movie star/vampire killer/TV horror host Peter Vincent and his teenage monster-hunter sidekick Charley Brewster. In addition to dealing…

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Cover of The Hunger The Hunger Whitley Strieber · 1981 ★★★★☆ 4.0 384 pages · ≈ 7 h 07 m · Moderate
“SHE HATED THE CITY and hated it most in August.”

Movie tie-in edition. Front cover art of Catherine Deneuve; back cover photos of Deneuve, David Bowie and Susan Sarandon.

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Fright NightThe Hunger
Hardcover — 3.3 (7)
Apple Books — 4.5 (25)

Reception

Fright NightThe Hunger
Ratings — 25
Editions 27 18
Film adaptations 1 1
Wikipedia attention 15055 1424
Pages 36 384

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