On the night of Halloween, 10 teens decide to go to a party at an abandoned funeral parlor.
I’ve been really excited to be reviewing this franchise, so lets get on with it!
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the 80’s was jam-packed full of fantastic Horror films. Themed Horror films were the trend, the problem is a-lot of them were hit and miss but this release was most certainly a hit and more. You knew it was gonna be hit just by the amazing opening sequence, easily one of my all time favourites.
The film has a mixture of Horror cliches but when this was filmed they weren’t so it’s great to see the films that started them all, this release really had them all with a bunch of teenagers, trapped in a house, boozed up, hormones racing and demons. What more could you really ask for in an 80’s Horror b-movie?!
Talking of 80’s Horror b-movie, the film wouldn’t be complete without 80’s b-movies biggest star Linnea Quigley. She is absolutely fantastic in this film and does an amazing magic trick with a lipstick, the scene has become somewhat iconic over the years.
The rest of the cast are just as good and it’s helped that Director Kevin Tenney didn’t take the film too seriously and kept to the films fun and sometimes campy nature which is one of the reasons Horror fans seem to hold this film close to their hearts. I must say a huge kudos to the effects team, they did an immense job and pulled off some amazing moments in the film.
“Night Of The Demons” is a film I consider ‘A Must See’ for any Horror fan, or even as an alternative film to watch to “Halloween” on every Horror fans favourite holiday.
Miscellaneous facts about the film:
Linnea Quigley (Suzanne) and special effects artist Steve Johnson met when she came in to get the mold for her fake breasts done. They were later married.
Produced for a very modest $1.2 million, the film racked up outrageously large grosses in its limited release. Debuting in Detroit, it hit New York City at Thanksgiving and earned $3.109m, holding screens until the end of the year.
Linnea Quigley had to come in and practice eye-gouging.
Had the film opened nationwide with the numbers it earned in Detroit, it was projected to have earned $13 million domestically in its opening weekend – which would have ranked it amongst the top grossing horror films of its decade.
Rue McClanahan – choreographer Amelia Kinkade’s aunt – paid a visit to the set.
Shot in four weeks.
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