Movies recommended or seen lately... les films a voir #133: Night of the demons

Genre: Horror/Horreur

Annee/Year: 1988

Format: DVD

Night of the demons. In review #120 i reviewed the remake of this film. This time i reviewed the original movie directed by Kevin Tenney back in 1988. This was his second movie after Witchboard; but since then he has directed about a dozen other horror flicks of the same genre and mitigated success.

Night of the demons is now a cult classic. This movie is set on halloween night which is always good. A group of youngsters decide to make a Halloween party on the ground of an old haunted house.
This turns out obviously to be a bad idea for them. The storyline is similar to the remake but lacks a lot of the meat they built around it. Less characters, substories and sets. The special effects were great for the '80s but have aged a bit since. There is a bit of nudity in this film from Linnea Quickgley which you may remember from the film Return of the living dead. For fans of the genre only.

Night of the demons. Dans la revue #120 j'ai fait la critique du remake de ce film. Cette fois-ci je fais la revue de l'original ; un film qui est maintenant un petit classique du genre. La recette de ce film est la même que le remake soit un groupe de jeunes qui vont fêter l'Halloween dans une maison abandonnée aux passes hantées. Le directeur Kevin Tenney qui a une douzaine de films du genre a son actif a utiliser des acteurs moyens qui jouent de façon moyenne alors pas de surprise ici. Les effets spéciaux étaient au sommet des années '80, mais ils sont datés un peu aujourd'hui. Donc un film à voir pour les maniaques du genre seulement.

Great quotes:

Stooge: Ang, you can't really believe this place is posessed.
Sal: Nah, just reposessed!
...
Angela: [possesed] Open the door, Rog. We don't want you, we want the bitch! You know we'd never hurt a nice little boy like you.
Rodger: Go to hell, you dirty bastard!
Angela: [possesed] Oh, not tonight my boy, not tonight. Rest assured we got something wonderful planned for you, so much pain, so much *sorrow*!
...
Frannie: [they've just arrived at Hull House] This place used to be a funeral parlor, wasn't it?
Max: Yes. The biggest one of four counties and rumor has it that Old Man Hull really loved his clientele. I mean in a carnal sense.
Judy Cassidy: A funeral parlor way out here?
Max: Yes. Its nice and cozy right next to the old cemetary.
Frannie: I've heard stories about this place ever since I was a kid. The Hull Family met a pretty gruesome end.
Max: Yeah they did. As a matter of fact it was on Halloween night. One of them went crazy and slaughtered the entire family. Then committed suicide. They could never figure out who did it. Too much blood and guts.

Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093624/fullcredits#cast

Rating perso: 6.5/10