"Time to go. That's right. Come on."
- Regine's last words
| Regine | |
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| Family: | Jerry Dandrige (brother) |
| Appeared In: | Fright Night Part 2 (1988) |
| Played by: | Julie Carmen |
Regine Dandridge is a vampire and sister to Jerry Dandridge. She is likely around the same age as Jerry who was 1,000 years old. She's a female vampire like Amy Peterson.
History[]
Regine moves into Charley's neighborhood sometime after her brother's death. (It is possible that she was the source of the glowing eyes at the end of the first film.) Her intentions for revenge were to turn Charley into a vampire. This would not only provide the adequate idea of revenge in her mind, but it would also ensure she could make Charley's life a living hell as revenge for her brother's death in the previous film.
She first crosses paths with Charley when he is visiting his old friend Peter Vincent alongside his girlfriend Alex. After that, Regine does everything in her power to seem alluring to Charley. Throughout Fright Night Part 2, Regine appears numerous times, usually alongside her gang of vampires. She makes Charley start to believe that the events of what happened three years were not a dream like he thought but something else.
It first begins with Charley noticing Regine after visiting Peter Vincent in an elevator and instantly growing drawn to her. Then, while he is making out with Alex, Regine makes Charley think he is kissing her. This begins her long and yet drawn out plan. She then visits Charley one night, under the guise of asking for a cigarette. Charley lets her in, even offering to make coffee as well. This unfortunately turns into something else as Regine takes the chance to bite Charley with one fang right by where Charley had previously cut himself while shaving. This then begins his slow transformation into a vampire.
She is also the leader of a gang of vampires that are very loyal to her. Charley is plagued by seductive dreams of Regine but his therapist says these dreams are natural.
Peter Vincent is the first to realize she is a vampire and attempts to warn Charley (who no longer believes in vampires due to his therapy) but Charley dismisses this. Charley later blows off a date with Alex and is visited that night by Regine who bites him, turning him into a half vampire. Regine's gang also begin stalking Charley's friends namely Alex.
Regine takes Peter's job as Fright Night host, and Peter attempts to kill her on camera. Everybody thinks he's lost his sanity when he says she's a vampire. As a result Peter is put in the state hospital.
Louie, one of the vampires, stalks Alex and Charley throughout the library, but gets injured in the process and Alex and Charley are arrested by campus police.
Alex is later bailed out by Charley's shrink Dr. Harrison, but Charley is bailed out by Regine. They head to the hospital that Peter is held in. Dr. Harrison reveals himself to be a vampire and after a brief attack, is killed by Alex. Afterwords Peter and Alex escape.
In Regine's lair, Charley begins to slowly turn into a vampire, Alex and Peter rush to the rescue. In the fight, all of Regine's minions are killed but Regine refuses to lose. She makes a final attempt on Charley but is destroyed with sunlight (ironically much like her brother), by Peter Vincent. As a result, Charley's humanity is restored.
Appearance[]
Regine was a beautiful woman with a young appearance although she was around a thousand years old. She wore fine garments and dressed exotically. As a vampire, she had a terrifying side as she her true form was near that of a bat like creature.
Personality[]
Regine was a seductive vampire who used her charm to feed much like her brother did. Regine had a sadistic side as she attempted to turn Charley into a vampire merely so she could torture him for eternity. However, despite her apparent hatred of Charley, she was very intimate and even motherly towards him; she would bathe and kiss him like a mother and talk to him in seductive and intimate tones. She was also seen holding his hand as she walked him out of the police station. She seemed to have had romantic/motherly feelings for Charley, possibly as an extension of him being her vampire progeny. She was somewhat jealous of Alex's possession of Charley's affections and was seen with a bitter look on her face while she and Charley kissed. She smiled, however, when she invaded Charley's mind and kissed him passionately through Alex.