Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred is the second movie in the movie trilogy and the sequel to Fred: The Movie. The movie follows Fred Figglehorn developing a relationship with his new music teacher, Mr. Devlin, who he suspects is a vampire.
The film received mixed to negative reviews; it was, however, considered an improvement over the original (although the alternative was impossible). The Nickelodeon TV premiere drew 5.7 million viewers.
It currently holds a 37% on Rotten Tomatoes and 2.4 out of 10 on IMDB.
Plot[]
Fred goes into music class to find his favorite teacher, Mrs. Felson, has been replaced by a teacher named Mr. Devlin. Walking home from school, Fred notices a strange girl named Talia following him. Fred believes he is being stalked, but the girl just walks the same way to school as him. Spying on Devlin that night, Fred sees him burying something, which he suspects is the body of Mrs. Felson. Kevin's mother invites Fred and his mother to a party for Mr. Devlin. At the party, Fred's mother falls in love with Mr. Devlin, and Fred learns that Talia is actually Kevin's sister.
The next day, Fred becomes extremely suspicious of Devlin and reaches the conclusion that he is a vampire. Mr. Devlin takes Fred's mother on a date, so Fred enlists his friend Bertha to spy on them. At a restaurant, Fred and Bertha learn that Mr. Devlin doesn't like garlic on his fries, making them all the more suspicious. Later that night, Fred's imaginary Dad brings him to a wrestling arena, where they tag team against Mr. Devlin and Kevin.
Fred is horrified at school the following day to discover Mr. Devlin running a blood drive at school. He's even more worried to discover Bertha taking personal music lessons from Devlin. Fred gathers items to use as weapons against Devlin, planning to defeat him at the school piano recital. Fred arms himself with him various tools and goes on a shooting spree of garlic sauce at the recital, soaking everyone except Devlin.
Mr. Devlin invites him into his house for dinner after the fiasco, so that they can bury the hatchet. Fred sets up a live video streaming from his cell phone so he can prove to his classmates that Devlin is a vampire. After showing off Devlin's living room and digging for "bodies", Fred discovers a secret butchers' room behind a wall filled with meat and bones. As Fred investigates, Devlin creeps in with a long knife and a tall head-dress. Fred then drops his phone into a pot of boiling liquid, freezing on Devlin, and the image of Devlin in his headdress causes everyone watching the video to think that he is a vampire. But after Devlin explains every weird hobby he has, Fred starts to relate to him, and he comes to realize Devlin is not a vampire, just an eccentric and cultural music teacher.
Everyone at Fred's school has seen his video, which makes everyone believe that Devlin is a vampire. Fred runs to Devlin's house to apologize, but Devlin is too depressed to answer. When Fred learns Devlin has gotten fired and put up a "for sale" sign for his house, he feels guilty and decides to fix things by making everyone think he himself is the vampire. Bertha and Talia both help, as Talia reveals how much she dislikes her brother. Kevin and his friends go up to Devlin's house because they think he has kidnapped Talia. Fred walks out of the garage carrying her, threatening to turn her into a vampire. Bertha makes Kevin stab Fred, and he gets sprayed with fake blood, making everyone believe Fred really is a vampire. Devlin accepts Fred's apology, revealing that he quit his job and sold his house of his own choice, but still sees Fred as his one true friend. As Fred's mother and Devlin go out for a good-bye lunch, Fred looks at the mirror in his house and sees that Mr. Devlin has no reflection, revealing that he was a vampire after all.
From left to right: Billy, Diesel, Kevin, Bertha.
Cast[]
- Lucas Cruikshank as Fred Figglehorn
- Daniella Monet as Bertha
- Siobhan Fallon Hogan as Fred's Mom
- John Cena as Fred's Dad
- Jake Weary as Kevin
- Carlos Knight as Diesel
- Ariel Winter as Thalia
- Matthew Scott Montgomery as Teen Manager
Transcript[]
Full transcript here.
Sequel[]
Another film was released a year later, Fred 3: Camp Fred, being the last of the trilogy.
Trivia[]
- The fight scene on WWE for Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred was started filming on Wednesday, April 27th, 2011 at Greensboro Coliseum Complex from Greensboro, NC. The show is called WWE Smackdown. The actors were Lucas Cruikshank, John Cena, Jake Weary, and Seth Morris who played as Fred and Mr. Figglehorn vs Mr. Devlin and Kevin.
- The movie was filmed in 3-D and was originally intended to be released in theaters, but only got a TV and DVD release.
- The UK version cuts the following from the movie:
- "I look like crap!"
- Fred's dad wrestling Fred.
- Jesse Daley, Cruikshank's stand-in for the movie, makes a cameo appearance in the piano recital scene.